1999 Benson & Hedges Cup

The 1999 Benson & Hedges Cup was the 17th edition of the Autumn Cup as a British-wide competition. 20 teams participated in the tournament, which was won by the Manchester Storm.

Format

The Benson & Hedges Cup consists of the teams from the Ice Hockey Superleague and the teams from the British National League. The BNL teams were split into three groups of four teams (groups A, B and C) and the ISL teams were split into two groups of four teams (groups D and E). Each team played the other teams in the group once at home and away.

The group winners from the BNL groups and the best runner-up entered the knock-out stage in a preliminary challenge round qualifier with the winners progressing to the challenge round to meet the fourth placed teams from the ISL group stage. The winners of the challenge rounds entered the quarter finals with the top three teams from each ISL group.

All games after the group stages were home and away aggregate scores except for the challenge round and the final itself which were one-off games. The final was held at Sheffield Arena.

First round

Challenge round qualifier

Challenge round

Quarter finals

Group A

Group A	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Pts
Fife Flyers	6	5	1	0	49	11	11
Edinburgh Capitals	6	4	1	1	31	19	9
Paisley Pirates	6	2	0	4	21	33	4
Whitley Bay Warriors	6	0	0	6	12	50	0

Group B

Group B	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Pts
Hull Thunder	6	4	2	0	31	16	10
Peterborough Pirates	6	4	2	0	40	17	10
Milton Keynes Kings	6	2	0	4	16	24	4
Telford Tigers	6	0	0	6	11	41	0

Group C

Group C	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Pts
Basingstoke Bison	6	3	2	1	23	12	8
Slough Jets	6	2	3	1	17	13	7
Guildford Flames	6	2	2	2	21	17	6
Solihull Blaze	6	1	1	4	23	42	3

Group D

Group D	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Pts
Cardiff Devils	6	2	2	2	18	14	6
Bracknell Bees	6	2	2	2	27	26	6
London Knights	6	2	2	2	18	18	6
Sheffield Steelers	6	2	2	2	17	22	6

Group E

Group E	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Pts
Manchester Storm	6	5	0	1	29	15	10
Ayr Scottish Eagles	6	4	0	2	24	16	8
Newcastle Riverkings	6	2	0	4	14	26	4
Nottingham Panthers	6	1	0	5	14	24	2

Playoffs

Challenge round qualifiers

Peterborough Pirates vs Fife Flyers

• Peterborough Pirates 2–1 Fife Flyers
• Fife Flyers 3–4 Peterborough Pirates (Peterborough win 6–4 on aggregate)

Basingstoke Bison vs Hull Thunder

• Basingstoke Bison 3–2 Hull Thunder
• Hull Thunder 1–3 Basingstoke Bison (Basingstoke win 6–3 on aggregate)

Challenge round

• Peterborough Pirates 3–5 Nottingham Panthers
• Basingstoke Bison 1–4 Sheffield Steelers

Finals

Quarter finals

Nottingham Panthers vs Cardiff Devils

• Nottingham Panthers 1–6 Cardiff Devils
• Cardiff Devils 7–1 Nottingham Panthers (Cardiff win 13–2 on aggregate)

Manchester Storm vs Sheffield Steelers

• Manchester Storm 6–6 Sheffield Steelers
• Sheffield Steelers 2–3 Manchester Storm (Manchester win 9–8 on aggregate)

Newcastle Riverkings vs Bracknell Bees

• Newcastle Riverkings 5–8 Bracknell Bees
• Bracknell Bees 7–4 Newcastle Riverkings (Bracknell win 15–9 on aggregate)

London Knights vs Ayr Scottish Eagles

• London Knights 1–0 Ayr Scottish Eagles
• Ayr Scottish Eagles 7–0 London Knights (Ayr win 7–1 on aggregate)

Semi finals

Manchester Storm vs Cardiff Devils

• Manchester Storm 4–0 Cardiff Devils
• Cardiff Devils 0–0 Manchester Storm (Manchester win 4–0 on aggregate)

Bracknell Bees vs London Knights

• Bracknell Bees 3–5 London Knights
• London Knights 5–3 Bracknell Bees (London win 10–6 on aggregate)

Final

The final took place at Sheffield Arena between Manchester Storm and London Knights.

• Manchester Storm 4–3 London Knights (after overtime and penalty shootout)

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