Established |
2010 |
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Current holder(s) |
HC Dynamo Moscow |
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Awarded to the |
Team finished 1st in the KHL standings after the regular season |
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The Continental Cup[1][2] (Russian: Кубок Континента, Kubok Kontinenta), also known as the Kontinental Cup,[3] is the trophy presented to the winner of the regular season of the Kontinental Hockey League, i.e. the team with the most points at the end of the regular season. It was introduced during the second season of the competition. Earlier, the winner of the first season simply named the regular season winner. The name of the trophy was voted on by visitors of the KHL website. Other candidates for the name of the trophy included Leader Cup, Suvorov Cup, Peoples' Friendship Cup and «Our Game» Cup. More than 24,000 people voted. Continental Cup received 58.57% of the votes (14 118 votes).[4] During the history of KHL, the winner of Continental Cup had never won Gagarin Cup in the same season before 2018–19, when CSKA Moscow became the first team to win both trophies.
Cup winners
Key to colors
W
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Western Conference member
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E
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Eastern Conference member
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Notes: The 2021–22 regular season was ended prematurely at the Olympic break due to complications from the COVID-19 pandemic; as a result, teams finished with an uneven total of games played, and the final standings were instead determined by points percentage. At the time of the suspension, Metallurg Magnitogorsk led the league with 71 points in 48 games. The original season schedule called for 56 games per team; however, COVID-19-related postponements and the aforementioned premature conclusion of the season resulted in teams finishing with as few as 45 or as many as 50 games played.
See also
- Gagarin Cup, awarded to the winner of the KHL play-offs
References