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TheIIHF European Champions Cup (ECC) was an annual event organized by theInternational Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF), 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 defunctEuropean Cup (1965–1997), and the suspendedEuropean Hockey League (1996–2000).[1] In the 2008–09 season, the ECC was replaced by theChampions Hockey League, which was the new official European club championship event.[1] The new tournament was cancelled after only one season. However,another tournament with the same name was introduced in 2014.
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The competition featured the reigning club champions from the top six European hockey nations according to theIIHF World Ranking; these teams were known as the Super Six. Two groups of three played in around-robin tournament, with the winners of each group facing off in a championship game. The two groups were named after international hockey legendsAlexander Ragulin andIvan Hlinka.
| Season | Winner | Score | Runner-up | Group Runner-up (Equal with Semifinalist) | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 |  Avangard Omsk | 2–1 (OT) |  Kärpät |  Czech Republic and Sweden | St. Petersburg,Russia |
| 2006 | Dynamo Moscow | 4–4 (2-1SO) | Kärpät |  Switzerland and Czech Republic | St. Petersburg,Russia |
| 2007 | Ak Bars Kazan | 6–0 | HPK | Switzerland and Slovakia | St. Petersburg,Russia |
| 2008 | Metallurg Magnitogorsk | 5–2 | Sparta Praha | Finland and Slovakia | St. Petersburg,Russia |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russia (RUS) | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2 | Finland (FIN) | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | Czech Republic (CZE) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | Slovakia (SVK) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Switzerland (SUI) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 6 | Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (6 entries) | 4 | 4 | 8 | 16 | |
Group A
Dukla Trenčín –Avangard Omsk – 1:6 (1:3; 0:1; 0:2)HV71 – Dukla Trenčín – 4:1 (3:0; 0:0; 1:1)Avangard Omsk – HV71 – 9:0 (4:0; 2:0; 3:0)Group B
HC Hamé Zlín –
Frankfurt Lions – 4:3 (2:2; 0:1; 2:0)Kärpät – HC Hamé Zlín – 4:1 (1:0; 2:1; 1:0) Frankfurt Lions –Kärpät – 3:6 (1:3; 0:2; 2:1)Final
Avangard Omsk – Kärpät – 2:1 (OT) (0:1; 0:0; 1:0; 1:0)Alexander Ragulin division
HC Dynamo Moscow –HC Slovan Bratislava – 3:1 (2:0; 0:0; 1:1) HC Slovan Bratislava –HC Moeller-Pardubice – 0:2 (0:0; 0:2; 0:0) HC Moeller-Pardubice –HC Dynamo Moscow – 1:5 (1:3; 0:0; 0:2)Ivan Hlinka division
Kärpät –HC Davos – 3:1 (1:0; 0:1; 2:0)HC Davos –Frölunda HC – 6:2 (2:0; 2:1; 2:1) Frölunda HC –Kärpät – 0:3 (0:1; 0:1; 0:1)Final
HC Dynamo Moscow – Kärpät – 5:4 (in a shootout) (1:0; 1:2; 2:2; 0:0; 2:1)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 –Färjestad BK – 6:4 (2:2; 2:1; 2:1) Färjestad 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)Alexander Ragulin division
Metallurg Magnitogorsk –Modo Hockey – 3:0 (2:0; 1:0; 0:0) Modo Hockey –HC Slovan Bratislava – 1:4 (1:0; 0:3; 0:1) HC Slovan Bratislava –Metallurg Magnitogorsk – 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 Magnitogorsk – 2:5 (1:1; 1:2; 0:2)TheEuropean Cup, also known as the Europa Cup, was a Europeanice hockey club competition for champions of national leagues which was contested between 1965 and 1997.
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russia | 22 | 6 | 2 | 30 |
| 2 | Czech Republic | 4 | 13 | 7 | 24 |
| 3 | Finland | 3 | 4 | 9 | 16 |
| 4 | Sweden | 3 | 4 | 7 | 14 |
| 5 | Germany | 0 | 4 | 12 | 16 |
| 6 |  Austria | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 7 |  Italy | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Netherlands | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Norway | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (9 entries) | 32 | 32 | 43 | 107 | |
Note: 11 Editions since 1965/66 to 1977/78 have 2 Semifinalists (Exclude1973–74 IIHF European Cup and1977–78 IIHF European Cup).
TheEuropean Hockey League was a Europeanice hockey club competition which ran between the years 1996 and 2000.[1]
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russia | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| 2 | Finland | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | Austria | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Czech Republic | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | Germany | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Sweden | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (6 entries) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | |
TheContinental Cup is anice hockey tournament for European clubs, begun in 1997 after the discontinuing of the IIHF European Cup. It was intended for teams from countries without representatives in theEuropean Hockey League, with participating teams chosen by the countries' respective ice hockey associations.
TheIIHF Super Cup was anice hockey event played between the champions of the two main European club tournaments at the time; it began in 1997 and ended in 2000.
The Champions Hockey League was conducted by 14 teams of which 12 are in the group stage. It replaced theIIHF European Champions Cup in 2008. The league was staged for one year only.
On December 9, 2013, the IIHF officially announced that they had launcheda new tournament with a similar name as their previous tournament, born out of theEuropean Trophy, starting in the2014–15 season.[2]
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