The
IIHF European Champions Cup (ECC) was an
annual event organized by the
International Ice Hockey
Federation, which took place during a long weekend in early
January. The winner was considered the official club champion of
Europe by the IIHF. The Champions Cup was first played in 2005, as
a replacement for the defunct
European Cup and the suspended
European Hockey League.
Beginning in the 2008-09 season, it was replaced by the
Champions Hockey League, which is
the new official European club championship event.
European Cup
The
European Cup, also known as the
Europa
Cup, was a European
ice hockey
club competition for champions of national leagues which was
contested between 1965 and 1997, governed by the
International Ice Hockey
Federation (IIHF).
History
Inspired
by the success of football's
European Cup (now UEFA Champions
League), the IIHF decided to start the competition in 1965
during a meeting in Tampere, Finland
. The idea was brought up by a German
, Dr.
Sabetzki, and approved by a majority of the delegates.
However, the tournament was often plagued with problems. Teams from
different countries were generally of wildly differing standards
due to different levels of development in ice hockey across Europe,
resulting in many uncompetitive, one-sided games.
Significant
organisational difficulties were also posed by the refusal of some
Soviet
Union
teams to play away games in certain places.
This resulted in no final being held some years, and more than one
final being held in others. The competition was discontinued after
1997. In its place, the
European
Hockey League and the
Continental
Cup, and later the IIHF European Champions Cup, were
started.
Format
Teams were seeded and drawn into groups of four teams, with the
winners of each group progressing to the next round, where they
were drawn into groups again. Each round was played over a long
weekend (Friday to Sunday) in a single venue, until one final group
was left, the winner of which would be considered champions. After
the European Cup was discontinued, the
Continental Cup would adopt this
format.
Winners
Knockout, 1966-1978
| Season |
Winner |
Score |
Runner-up |
| 1966 |
ZKL
Brno |
6–4, 7–5, 6–2, 6–1 |
EV
Füssen |
| 1967 |
ZKL
Brno |
3–2, 5–4 |
Ilves |
| 1968 |
ZKL
Brno |
3–0, 3–3 |
Dukla
Jihlava |
| 1969 |
CSKA Moscow |
9–1, 14–3 |
EC KAC |
| 1970 |
CSKA Moscow |
2–3, 8–5 |
Spartak
Moscow |
| 1971 |
CSKA Moscow |
7–0, 3–3 |
Dukla
Jihlava |
| 1972 |
CSKA Moscow |
8–2, 8–3 |
Brynäs |
| 1973 |
CSKA Moscow |
6–2, 12–2 |
Brynäs |
| 1974 |
CSKA Moscow |
2–3, 6–1 |
Tesla
Pardubice |
| 1975 |
Krylya Sovetov Moscow |
2–3, 7–0 |
Dukla
Jihlava |
| 1976 |
CSKA Moscow |
6–0, 4–2 |
Poldi
Kladno |
| 1977 |
Poldi Kladno |
4–4, 4–4 (2-1 PS) |
Spartak
Moscow |
| 1978 |
CSKA Moscow |
3–1 |
Poldi
Kladno |
|
Group, 1979-1990
| Season |
Winner |
Runner-up |
Third |
Venue |
| 1979 |
CSKA Moscow |
Poldi
Kladno |
Ässät |
Innsbruck , Austria |
| 1980 |
CSKA Moscow |
Tappara |
Slovan Bratislava |
Innsbruck, Austria |
| 1981 |
CSKA Moscow |
HIFK |
Poldi
Kladno |
Urtijëi , Italy |
| 1982 |
CSKA Moscow |
TJ
Vítkovice |
SC
Riessersee |
Düsseldorf , West
Germany |
| 1983 |
CSKA Moscow |
Dukla
Jihlava |
Tappara |
Tampere , Finland |
| 1984 |
CSKA Moscow |
Dukla
Jihlava |
Dynamo Berlin |
Urtijëi, Italy |
| 1985 |
CSKA Moscow |
Kölner
EC |
Dukla
Jihlava |
Megeve , France |
| 1986 |
CSKA Moscow |
Södertälje SK |
SB
Rosenheim |
Rosenheim , West
Germany |
| 1987 |
CSKA Moscow |
TJ VSŽ
Košice |
Färjestads BK |
Lugano , Switzerland |
| 1988 |
CSKA Moscow |
Tesla
Pardubice |
Tappara |
Davos , Switzerland |
| 1989 |
CSKA Moscow |
TJ VSŽ
Košice |
Kölner
EC |
Köln, West Germany |
| 1990 |
CSKA Moscow |
TPS |
Djurgårdens IF |
Berlin , West Germany |
|
Knockout, 1991-1997
European Hockey League
The
European Hockey League was a European
ice hockey club competition which ran between the
years 1996 and 2000.
It was established in 1996 by the
International Ice Hockey
Federation (IIHF) and commercial partner CWL Telesport and
first contested in 1996-1997. In 1996-1997, twenty teams played in
five divisions. After home and away inter-division matches, the
division winners plus the three best second-placed teams went into
the quarter-finals.
The first winners were Finnish side TPS, who beat
Russian
HC Dynamo Moscow
5-2.
In the 1997-1998 season, 24 teams competed in six divisions. The
division winners and the two best second-placed teams progressed to
the quarter-finals.
The league was won by Austrian side VEU Feldkirch,
who beat Russian side Dynamo Moscow 5-3.
In 1998-1999, 24 teams competed in six divisions. The top two in
each division went into playoff matches. The winners of these six
playoffs went into the semi-final round, which was played in two
leagues. The winners of these two leagues played the final. For the
third year in a row, Dynamo Moscow lost the final, this time to
fellow-Russians
Metallurg
Magnitogorsk.
In 1999-2000, 16 teams competed in four divisions. The two best
clubs of each divisions advanced to the semi-final round, which was
played as home and away games. The four winners of the semi-finals
qualified for the
EHL Top Four Final.
In that final,
Metallurg Magnitogorsk defended its title, this time beating
Czech
side Sparta
Prague 2-0.
Following consultation with its commercial partner, now
CWL
Holding AG, the IIHF decided to suspend the running of the
European Hockey League for the 2000-2001 season. Despite financial
investment and the improved quality of the contest, attention from
the media, spectators and TV networks in Europe was not seen as
satisfactory. In order to optimise exposure of the league in
Europe, the IIHF decided to consult with European broadcasters
starting from the 2001-2002 season. An international club
competition, in the tradition of the previous European Cup, was
staged by the IIHF for the 2000-2001 season, but the European
Hockey League did not restart.
European Hockey League Finals
IIHF Continental Cup
The
Continental Cup is an
ice hockey tournament for European clubs, begun
in 1997 after the discontinuing of the
European Cup. It was intended for
teams from countries without representatives in the
European Hockey League, with
participating teams chosen by the countries' respective ice hockey
associations.
IIHF Super Cup
The
IIHF Super Cup was an
ice hockey event played between the champions of
the two main European club tournaments at the time, it begun in
1997 and ended in 2000.
IIHF European Champions Cup
Format
The competition features the reigning club champions from the top
six European hockey nations according to the
IIHF World Ranking, which are known as
the Super Six. Two groups of three play a round-robin, with the
winner of each group facing each other in a championship game. The
two groups are named after international hockey legends
Alexander Ragulin and
Ivan Hlinka.
2005 participants
Group A
Group B
2005 results
Group A
Dukla Trencin - Avangard Omsk - 1:6
HV71 - Dukla Trencin - 4:1
Avangard Omsk - HV71 - 9:0
Group B
HC Hamé Zlin - Frankfurt Lions - 4:3
Kärpät - HC Hamé Zlin - 4:1
Frankfurt Lions - Kärpät - 3:6
Final
Avangard Omsk - Kärpät - 2:1 (OT)
2006 participants
Alexander Ragulin division:
Ivan Hlinka division:
2006 results
Alexander Ragulin division
HC Dynamo Moscow - Slovan Bratislava - 3:1
Slovan Bratislava - HC Moeller-Pardubice - 0:2
HC Moeller-Pardubice - HC Dynamo Moscow - 1:5
Ivan Hlinka division
Kärpät - HC Davos - 3:1
HC Davos - Frölunda HC - 6:2
Frölunda HC - Kärpät - 0:3
Final
HC Dynamo Moscow - Kärpät - 5:4 after OT and Game Winning Shot
2007 participants
Alexander Ragulin division:
Ivan Hlinka division:
2007 results
Alexander Ragulin division:
HPK - MsHK Žilina - 7:0 (2:0; 3:0; 2:0)
MsHK Žilina - HC Sparta Praha - 4:2 (0:1; 2:1; 2:0)
HC Sparta Praha - HPK 2:3 (1:1; 1:2; 0:0)
Ivan Hlinka division:
Ak Bars Kazan - Färjestads BK - 6:4 (2:2; 2:1; 2:1)
Färjestads BK - HC Lugano - 0:3 (0:1; 0:1; 0:1)
HC Lugano - Ak Bars Kazan - 0:3 (0:1; 0:1; 0:1)
Final:
HPK - Ak Bars Kazan - 0:6 (0:3, 0:0, 0:3)
2008 participants
Alexander Ragulin division:
Ivan Hlinka division:
2008 results
Alexander Ragulin division:
Metallurg - Modo - 3:0 (2:0; 1:0; 0:0)
Modo - HC Slovan - 1:4 (1:0; 0:3; 0:1)
HC Slovan - Metallurg - 1:2 (1:0; 0:0; 0:1; 0:0; 0:1)
Ivan Hlinka division:
Kärpät - HC Sparta Praha - 3:5 (0:2; 1:2; 2:1)
HC Sparta Praha - HC Davos - 6:4 (1:2; 3:1; 2:1)
HC Davos - Kärpät - 1:6 (0:1; 1:3; 0:2)
Final:
HC Sparta Praha - Metallurg - 2:5 (1:1; 1:2; 0:2)
ECC winners
See also
, Finland
, Austria
, Russia
, Russia
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