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IIHF European Cup

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IIHF European Cup
SportIce hockey
Founded1965
FounderIIHF
First season1965–66
Ceased1996
No. of teams14–31
Countries34
ContinentEurope
Most titlesSoviet Union CSKA Moscow (20 titles)

The IIHF 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

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The competition was originated by Günther Sabetzki,[1] based on the European Cup of association football (now UEFA Champions League).

The tournament encountered problems. Countries had different levels of development in ice hockey, so some teams were weaker than others, resulting in a number of uncompetitive, one-sided games. 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

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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 the champion. After the European Cup was discontinued, the Continental Cup would adopt this format.

Winners

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Knockout, 1965/66–1977/78

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Season Winner Score Runner-up Semifinals
1965–66 Czechoslovakia ZKL Brno 6–4, 7–5, 6–2, 6–1 West Germany EV Füssen Austria EC KAC
Norway Vålerenga
1966–67 Czechoslovakia ZKL Brno 3–2, 5–4 Finland Ilves Austria EC KAC
Soviet Union CSKA Moscow (w/o)
1967–68 Czechoslovakia ZKL Brno 3–0, 3–3 Czechoslovakia Dukla Jihlava Austria EC KAC
East Germany Dynamo Berlin
1968–69 Soviet Union CSKA Moscow 9–1, 14–3 Austria EC KAC East Germany Dynamo Berlin
Czechoslovakia ZKL Brno (w/o)
1969–70 Soviet Union CSKA Moscow 2–3, 8–5 Soviet Union Spartak Moscow Sweden Leksands IF
Czechoslovakia Dukla Jihlava
1970–71 Soviet Union CSKA Moscow 7–0, 3–3 Czechoslovakia Dukla Jihlava Italy SG Cortina
Sweden Brynäs IF
1971–72 Soviet Union CSKA Moscow 8–2, 8–3 Sweden Brynäs East Germany Dynamo Weißwasser
Czechoslovakia Dukla Jihlava
1972–73 Soviet Union CSKA Moscow 6–2, 12–2 Sweden Brynäs West Germany Düsseldorfer EG
Czechoslovakia Dukla Jihlava
1973–74 Soviet Union CSKA Moscow 2–3, 6–1 Czechoslovakia Tesla Pardubice Netherlands Tilburg Trappers
1974–75 Soviet Union Krylya Sovetov Moscow 2–3, 7–0 Czechoslovakia Dukla Jihlava East Germany Dynamo Weißwasser
Finland HIFK
1975–76 Soviet Union CSKA Moscow 6–0, 4–2 Czechoslovakia Poldi Kladno West Germany Düsseldorfer EG
Finland Tappara
1976–77 Czechoslovakia Poldi Kladno 4–4, 4–4 (2–1 SO) Soviet Union Spartak Moscow Sweden Brynäs IF
Finland TPS
1977–78 Soviet Union CSKA Moscow 3–1 Czechoslovakia Poldi Kladno East Germany Dynamo Berlin

Group, 1978/79–1989/90

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Season Winner Runner-up Third Venue
1978–79 Soviet Union CSKA Moscow Czechoslovakia Poldi Kladno Finland Ässät Innsbruck, Austria
1979–80 Soviet Union CSKA Moscow Finland Tappara Czechoslovakia Slovan Bratislava Innsbruck, Austria
1980–81 Soviet Union CSKA Moscow Finland HIFK Czechoslovakia Poldi Kladno Urtijëi, Italy
1981–82 Soviet Union CSKA Moscow Czechoslovakia TJ Vítkovice West Germany SC Riessersee Düsseldorf, West Germany
1982–83 Soviet Union CSKA Moscow Czechoslovakia Dukla Jihlava Finland Tappara Tampere, Finland
1983–84 Soviet Union CSKA Moscow Czechoslovakia Dukla Jihlava East Germany Dynamo Berlin Urtijëi, Italy
1984–85 Soviet Union CSKA Moscow West Germany Kölner EC Czechoslovakia Dukla Jihlava Megève, France
1985–86 Soviet Union CSKA Moscow Sweden Södertälje SK West Germany SB Rosenheim Rosenheim, West Germany
1986–87 Soviet Union CSKA Moscow Czechoslovakia TJ VSŽ Košice Sweden Färjestad BK Lugano, Switzerland
1987–88 Soviet Union CSKA Moscow Czechoslovakia Tesla Pardubice Finland Tappara Davos, Switzerland
1988–89 Soviet Union CSKA Moscow Czechoslovakia TJ VSŽ Košice West Germany Kölner EC Cologne, West Germany
1989–90 Soviet Union CSKA Moscow Finland TPS Sweden Djurgårdens IF West Berlin, West Germany

Knockout, 1990–1996

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Season Winner Score Runner-up Third Venue
1990 Sweden Djurgårdens IF 3–2 Soviet Union Dynamo Moscow Finland TPS Düsseldorf, Germany
1991 Sweden Djurgårdens IF 7–2 Germany Düsseldorfer EG Russia Dynamo Moscow Düsseldorf, Germany
1992 Sweden Malmö IF 3–3 (1-0 SO) Russia Dynamo Moscow Finland Jokerit Düsseldorf, Germany
1993 Finland TPS 4–3 Russia Dynamo Moscow Sweden Malmö IF Düsseldorf, Germany
1994 Finland Jokerit 4–2 Russia Lada Togliatti Finland TPS Helsinki, Turku, Finland
1995 Finland Jokerit 3–3 (3-2 SO) Germany Kölner Haie Sweden HV71 Cologne, Germany
1996 Russia Lada Togliatti 4–3 (OT) Sweden Modo Germany Düsseldorfer EG Düsseldorf, Germany

Source:[2]

By club

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Club Winners Runners-up Third
Soviet Union CSKA Moscow 20 0 1
Czechoslovakia ZKL Brno 3 0 1
Sweden Djurgårdens IF 2 0 1
Finland Jokerit 2 0 1
Czechoslovakia Poldi Kladno 1 3 1
Finland TPS 1 1 3
Russia HC Lada Togliatti 1 1 0
Sweden Malmö IF 1 0 1
Soviet Union Krylya Sovetov Moscow 1 0 0
Czechoslovakia Dukla Jihlava 0 5 4
Russia Dynamo Moscow 0 3 1
Sweden Brynäs 0 2 2
Germany Kölner Haie 0 2 1
Soviet Union Spartak Moscow 0 2 0
Czechoslovakia Tesla Pardubice 0 2 0
Czechoslovakia TJ VSŽ Košice 0 2 0
Germany Düsseldorfer EG 0 1 3
Austria EC KAC 0 1 3
Finland Tappara 0 1 3
Finland HIFK 0 1 1
West Germany EV Füssen 0 1 0
Finland Ilves 0 1 0
Sweden Modo 0 1 0
Sweden Södertälje SK 0 1 0
Czechoslovakia TJ Vítkovice 0 1 0
East Germany Dynamo Berlin 0 0 4
East Germany Dynamo Weißwasser 0 0 2
Finland Ässät 0 0 1
Sweden Färjestad BK 0 0 1
Sweden HV71 0 0 1
Sweden Leksands IF 0 0 1
West Germany SB Rosenheim 0 0 1
West Germany SC Riessersee 0 0 1
Italy SG Cortina 0 0 1
Czechoslovakia Slovan Bratislava 0 0 1
Netherlands Tilburg Trappers 0 0 1
Norway Vålerenga 0 0 1

By nation

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Nation Winners Runners-up Third
 Soviet Union
 Russia
22 6 2
 Czechoslovakia 4 13 7
 Finland 3 4 9
 Sweden 3 4 7
 West Germany
 East Germany
 Germany
0 4 12
 Austria 0 1 3
 Italy 0 0 1
 Netherlands 0 0 1
 Norway 0 0 1

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Ice Hockey and Olympism page 187
  2. ^ "European Cup (1966-1997)". International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 2020-02-20. Retrieved 2020-01-23.
  • Müller, Stephan (2005). International Ice Hockey Encyclopaedia 1904–2005. Germany: Books on Demand. ISBN 3-8334-4189-5.
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