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{{Infobox Sports league
{{Infobox Sports league
| title          = Champions Hockey League
| title          = Champions Hockey League
| current_season = 2015–16 Champions Hockey League
| current_season = 2018–19 Champions Hockey League
| logo          = Champions_Hockey_League_logo.jpg
| logo          = Champions League_logo.png
| pixels        = 300px
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| motto          =
| motto          =
| inaugural      = 2014
| inaugural      = 2014
| teams          = 48
| teams          = 32
| country        = Multiple in Europe
| country        = Multiple in Europe
| venue          =
| venue          =
| champion      = {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Frölunda HC]]
| champion      = {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Frölunda HC]] (3rd title)
| most_champs    = {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Luleå Hockey]] (1) [[Frölunda HC]] (1)
| most_champs    = {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Frölunda HC]] (3)
| qualification  =  
| qualification  =  
| folded        =  
| folded        =  
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| Founder        = [[International Ice Hockey Federation|IIHF]]
| Founder        = [[International Ice Hockey Federation|IIHF]]
}}
}}
[[File:Champions_Hockey_League_logo.jpg|thumb|250px]]
The '''Champions Hockey League''' is a European ice hockey tournament launched by the [[International Ice Hockey Federation]] (IIHF), which started in the [[2014–15 Champions Hockey League|2014–15 season]].
The '''Champions Hockey League''' is a European ice hockey tournament launched by the [[International Ice Hockey Federation]] (IIHF), which started in the [[2014–15 Champions Hockey League|2014–15 season]].


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The IIHF launched [[Champions Hockey League (2008–09)|a tournament with the same name]] in 2008 to coincide with the IIHF's 100th anniversary. [[2008–09 Champions Hockey League|The tournament's only season]] was played between 8 October 2008 and 28 January 2009, and was won by the [[ZSC Lions]] who got to play in the [[2009 Victoria Cup]] game as a result. The IIHF planned to launch another season, but was ultimately forced to cancel the tournament due to problems with finding sponsors and failure to agree on a format. On 9 December 2013, the IIHF officially announced that they had launched a new tournament with the same name, born out of the [[European Trophy]], starting in the [[2014–15 Champions Hockey League|2014–15 season]].<ref name="Season announced">[http://www.iihf.com/home-of-hockey/news/news-singleview/recap/8242.html?tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=187&cHash=2bf2ed1463 New era dawns for Europe]</ref>
The IIHF launched [[Champions Hockey League (2008–09)|a tournament with the same name]] in 2008 to coincide with the IIHF's 100th anniversary. [[2008–09 Champions Hockey League|The tournament's only season]] was played between 8 October 2008 and 28 January 2009, and was won by the [[ZSC Lions]] who got to play in the [[2009 Victoria Cup]] game as a result. The IIHF planned to launch another season, but was ultimately forced to cancel the tournament due to problems with finding sponsors and failure to agree on a format. On 9 December 2013, the IIHF officially announced that they had launched a new tournament with the same name, born out of the [[European Trophy]], starting in the [[2014–15 Champions Hockey League|2014–15 season]].<ref name="Season announced">[http://www.iihf.com/home-of-hockey/news/news-singleview/recap/8242.html?tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=187&cHash=2bf2ed1463 New era dawns for Europe]</ref>


==Seasons==
=== Overview ===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! Season
! Teams
! Games
! {{abbr|Avg. att.|Average attendance}}
! Champion
! Runner-up
! Semi-finalists
|-
| [[2014–15 Champions Hockey League|2014–15]]
| 44
| 161
| 3,049
| style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|SWE}} '''[[Luleå HF]]'''
| style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Frölunda HC]]
| style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|FIN}} [[Oulun Kärpät]], {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Skellefteå AIK]]
|-
| [[2015–16 Champions Hockey League|2015–16]]
| 48
| 157
| 3,261
| style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|SWE}} '''[[Frölunda HC]]'''
| style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|FIN}} [[Oulun Kärpät]]
| style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|CHE}} [[HC Davos]], {{flagicon|FIN}} [[Lukko]]
|-
| [[2016–17 Champions Hockey League|2016–17]]
| 48
| 157
| 3,240
| style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|SWE}} '''[[Frölunda HC]]'''
| style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|CZE}} [[HC Sparta Praha]]
| style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|CHE}} [[Fribourg-Gottéron]], {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Växjö Lakers]]
|-
| [[2017–18 Champions Hockey League|2017–18]]
| 32
| 125
| 3,369
| style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|FIN}} '''[[JYP Jyväskylä|JYP]]'''
| style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Växjö Lakers]]
| style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|CZE}} [[Oceláři Třinec]], {{flagicon|CZE}} [[Bílí Tygři Liberec]]
|-
| [[2018–19 Champions Hockey League|2018–19]]
| 32
| 125
| 3,400
| style="text-align:left;"|'''{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Frölunda HC]]'''
| style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|DEU}} [[EHC Red Bull München]]
| style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|CZE}} [[HC Plzeň]], {{flagicon|AUT}} [[EC Red Bull Salzburg]]
|-
| [[2019–20 Champions Hockey League|2019–20]]
| 32
| 125
|
|
|
|
|}
=== 2014–15 season ===
=== 2014–15 season ===
{{main|2014–15 Champions Hockey League}}
{{main|2014–15 Champions Hockey League}}
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For the 2015–16 season, the tournament has been expanded to 48 teams, divided into 16 groups with three teams in each group. The two first teams in each group advanced to the playoff round of 32.<ref name="CHL to play with 48">{{cite web |url=http://www.championshockeyleague.net/news/chl-to-play-with-48-teams-in-2015-16/674/ |title=CHL to play with 48 teams in 2015–16 |publisher=Champions Hockey League |date=4 December 2014 |accessdate=4 December 2014}}</ref> The 48 teams consisted of the 26 founding A-licence clubs, 12 B-licensed clubs from the founding leagues, and 10 C-licensed "Wild card" teams from other leagues. The champions from Norway, Denmark, Slovakia, France and the United Kingdom, like the previous season, received wild card berths.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tv2.no/a/6534754|title=Norge får to plasser i Champions Hockey League|publisher=TV2|date=10 February 2015|accessdate=16 February 2015|language=Norwegian}}</ref> From Slovakia, Norway, France and the United Kingdom, a second team also received a wild card berth.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hockeyslovakia.sk/sk/clanok/v-lige-majstrov-bude-mat-slovensko-od-sezony-2015-2016-dvoch-zastupcov|title=V Lige majstrov bude mať Slovensko od sezóny 2015/2016 dvoch zástupcov|publisher=Slovak Ice Hockey Federation|date=13 February 2015|accessdate=16 February 2015|language=Slovak}}</ref> One wild card license was also assigned to [[IIHF Continental Cup 2015]] winner [[HK Neman Grodno]].<ref name="CHL to play with 48"/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.iihf.com/home-of-hockey/news/news-singleview/?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=9360&cHash=91953f6440355014cd40cfbefc5b5539|title=Neman wins Continental Cup|publisher=IIHF|date=10 January 2015|accessdate=10 January 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://eng.belta.by/all_news/sport/HC-Neman-Grodno-to-play-in-2015-16-CHL-season_i_79279.html|title=HC Neman Grodno to play in 2015-16 CHL season|publisher=Belarus News (BelTA)|date=5 February 2015|accessdate=16 February 2015}}</ref>
For the 2015–16 season, the tournament has been expanded to 48 teams, divided into 16 groups with three teams in each group. The two first teams in each group advanced to the playoff round of 32.<ref name="CHL to play with 48">{{cite web |url=http://www.championshockeyleague.net/news/chl-to-play-with-48-teams-in-2015-16/674/ |title=CHL to play with 48 teams in 2015–16 |publisher=Champions Hockey League |date=4 December 2014 |accessdate=4 December 2014}}</ref> The 48 teams consisted of the 26 founding A-licence clubs, 12 B-licensed clubs from the founding leagues, and 10 C-licensed "Wild card" teams from other leagues. The champions from Norway, Denmark, Slovakia, France and the United Kingdom, like the previous season, received wild card berths.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tv2.no/a/6534754|title=Norge får to plasser i Champions Hockey League|publisher=TV2|date=10 February 2015|accessdate=16 February 2015|language=Norwegian}}</ref> From Slovakia, Norway, France and the United Kingdom, a second team also received a wild card berth.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hockeyslovakia.sk/sk/clanok/v-lige-majstrov-bude-mat-slovensko-od-sezony-2015-2016-dvoch-zastupcov|title=V Lige majstrov bude mať Slovensko od sezóny 2015/2016 dvoch zástupcov|publisher=Slovak Ice Hockey Federation|date=13 February 2015|accessdate=16 February 2015|language=Slovak}}</ref> One wild card license was also assigned to [[IIHF Continental Cup 2015]] winner [[HK Neman Grodno]].<ref name="CHL to play with 48"/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.iihf.com/home-of-hockey/news/news-singleview/?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=9360&cHash=91953f6440355014cd40cfbefc5b5539|title=Neman wins Continental Cup|publisher=IIHF|date=10 January 2015|accessdate=10 January 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://eng.belta.by/all_news/sport/HC-Neman-Grodno-to-play-in-2015-16-CHL-season_i_79279.html|title=HC Neman Grodno to play in 2015-16 CHL season|publisher=Belarus News (BelTA)|date=5 February 2015|accessdate=16 February 2015}}</ref>
=== 2016–17 season ===
{{main|2016–17 Champions Hockey League}}
The 2016–17 season was once more played with 48 teams, using the same format as in the previous season. The season started on 16 August 2016 and ended with the final game on 7 February 2017 with [[Frölunda HC|Frölunda]] defeating [[HC Sparta Praha|Sparta Prague]], 4–3 in overtime.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.svt.se/sport/ishockey/folj-chl-finalen-har/|title=Frölunda försvarade CHL-titeln|publisher=SVT Sport|language=Swedish|author=Gustav Orbring|date=7 February 2017|accessdate=7 February 2017|deadurl=no|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170208134738/http://www.svt.se/sport/ishockey/folj-chl-finalen-har/|archivedate=8 February 2017|df=}}</ref>
=== 2017–18 season ===
{{main|2017–18 Champions Hockey League}}
Starting with the fourth CHL season, the championship was reduced to 32 teams, and qualification was on sporting merits only. The six founding leagues were represented by between three and five teams (based on a three-year league ranking), while eight teams from the "challenge leagues" were represented by one team each. No founding team was qualified automatically.<ref name="format_2017">{{cite web|url=http://www.championshockeyleague.net/news/new-chl-format-for-2017-18-32-teams-and-on-ice-qualification-only/1727/|title=New CHL format for 2017–18! 32 teams & on-ice qualification only|publisher=championshockeyleague.net|date=2016-06-14|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161130083341/http://www.championshockeyleague.net/news/new-chl-format-for-2017-18-32-teams-and-on-ice-qualification-only/1727|archivedate=2016-11-30|df=}}</ref>
Finnish side [[JYP Jyväskylä]] won the title defeating Swedish team [[Växjö Lakers]] 2-0.


== Teams ==
== Teams ==
From the 2015-16 season, 48 clubs from the first-tier leagues of at least ten different European countries will participate. Teams can qualify for the tournament by obtaining either an A, B or C license.<ref name="Ready for takeoff" /><ref name="CHL to play with 48" />
Since the 2017–18 season, 32 teams again participate in the group stage, with 24 of the entries coming from the six founding leagues ([[Swedish Hockey League]], Finnish [[Liiga]], Swiss [[National League A]], [[Czech Extraliga]], German [[Deutsche Eishockey Liga|DEL]] and Austrian/international [[Austrian Hockey League|EBEL]]) and all berths being earned through on-ice achievement: the "founding clubs" are no longer guaranteed a place in the competition. A maximum of five teams from each country are permitted, with the entries allotted to each country according to a coefficient system  (best two leagues get five berths, next two get four, last two get three). The remaining eight places are given to the champions of the Norwegian, Slovakian, French, Belarusian, Danish, British and Polish leagues, as well as the champion of the [[IIHF Continental Cup|Continental Cup]]. The teams are then be drawn into eight groups of four, with the top two teams in each group advancing to the knockout stage, which is contested as two-legged ties until a one-match final.<ref name="format_2017"/>
 
In the first 3 years of the competition, the 26 founding teams had guaranteed spots in the group stage ("A license"). Additional teams from the founding league, that qualified based on sporting merits ("B license") and the champions from other European leagues ("C license") completed the field.
 
===League ranking===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
!style="width:8%"| Rank !! League !! Points 2014–15 (25%) !! Points 2015–16 (50%) !! Points 2016–17 (75%) !! Points 2017-18 (100%) !! Total points !! Berths for 2018–19
|-
| 1 ||style="text-align:left;"| {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Swedish Hockey League|SHL]]<sup>F</sup> || 100 (25) || 100 (50) || 95 (71) || 100 || 246 || 5
|-
| 2 ||style="text-align:left;"| {{flagicon|FIN}} [[Liiga]]<sup>F</sup> || 95 (24) || 95 (48) || 90 (68) || 85 || 225 || 5 <sup>TH</sup>
|-
| 3 ||style="text-align:left;"| {{flagicon|CZE}} [[Czech Extraliga|ELH]]<sup>F</sup> || 80 (20) || 85 (43) || 85 (64) || 95 || 222 || 4
|-
| 4 ||style="text-align:left;"| {{flagicon|SUI}} [[National League A|NLA]]<sup>F</sup> || 85 (21) || 80 (40) || 100 (75) || 80 || 216 || 4
|-
| 5 ||style="text-align:left;"| {{flagicon|GER}} [[Deutsche Eishockey Liga|DEL]]<sup>F</sup> || 65 (16) || 75 (38) || 75 (56) || 90 || 200 || 3
|-
| 6 ||style="text-align:left;"| {{flagicon|AUT}} [[Austrian Hockey League|EBEL]]<sup>F</sup> || 90 (23) || 65 (43) || 65 (49) || 75 || 180 || 3
|-
| 7 ||style="text-align:left;"| {{flagicon|SVK}} [[Slovak Extraliga]] || 75(19) || 70 (35) || 70 (53) || 60 || 167 || 1
|-
| 8 ||style="text-align:left;"| {{flagicon|BLR}} [[Belarusian Extraliga|BXL]] || – || 65 (33) || 80 (60) || 70 || 163 || 2<sup>CC</sup>
|-
| 9 ||style="text-align:left;"| {{flagicon|NOR}} [[GET-ligaen]] || 70 (18) || 90 (45) || 50 (38) || 55|| 156 || 1
|-
| 10 ||style="text-align:left;"| {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Elite Ice Hockey League|EIHL]] || 55 (14) || 45 (23) || 60 (45) || 65 || 147 || 1
|-
| 11 ||style="text-align:left;"| {{flagicon|DEN}} [[Metal Ligaen]] || 60 (15) || 65 (33) || 60 (45) || 50 || 143 || 1
|-
| 12 ||style="text-align:left;"| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Ligue Magnus]] || 50 (13) || 65 (33) || 45 (34) || 50 || 130 || 1
|-
| 13 ||style="text-align:left;"| {{flagicon|POL}} [[Polska Hokej Liga]] || – || – || 40 (30) || 50 || 80 || 1
|}
<sup>F</sup> founding leagues<br>
<sup>TH</sup> as [[JYP Jyväskylä]] qualified as titleholder, four best teams from [[Liiga]], beside JYP Jyväskylä, will qualify as maximum number of teams from one league is five<br>
<sup>CC</sup> [[Yunost Minsk]] of [[Belarusian Extraliga|BXL]] qualified as [[2017–18 IIHF Continental Cup]] champion so BXL will have two berths (other being the regular season champion)
 
====League ranking points calculation====
Each match is counted for league ranking points. Points collected by all teams from a specific league are summed up and then divided by number of teams from that league. The final result represents the league's coefficient for that year. Coefficients are then sorted from highest to lowest: the best league gets 100 points with each following getting five points less than previous one (95, 90, 85...).
 
Points are awarded as follows:
* win in regulation time – 3 points (group stage, playoffs)
* win in overtime – 2 points (group stage only; no overtime in playoffs)
* tie in regulation time – 1 point (playoffs only)
* loss in overtime – 1 point (group stage only)
* loss in regulation time – 0 points (group stage, playoffs)
 
Additionally, each team is awarded 1 point for reaching each of next rounds.


* '''A license''': The 26 founding clubs are granted an "A license", provided that they play in the first-tier league of their respective system.<ref name="Djurgarden not eligible to play unless promoted">{{cite web |url=http://www.difhockey.se/artikel/3002/ |title=CHL: Ny era i europeisk klubbhockey |publisher=[[Djurgårdens IF Hockey]] |work=difhockey.se |language=Swedish |date=2013-12-09 |accessdate=2013-12-19}}</ref>
The last four seasons are taken into account for berth allocation for the 2018–19 season. League points are made of 25% of points won in first season, 50% of points won in second season, 75% of points won in third season and 100% of points won in last, fourth season.
* '''B license''': Two teams—the top regular season team and the top playoff team in the previous season without an A license—from each of the founding leagues (Austrian [[Austrian Hockey League|EBEL]], [[Czech Extraliga]], Finnish [[Liiga]], German [[Deutsche Eishockey Liga|DEL]], Swiss [[National League A|NLA]] and Swedish [[Swedish Hockey League|SHL]]) will also participate.<ref name="Ebel Qualifikationskriterien">[http://www.erstebankliga.at/de/news/detail/2014/02/20/qualifikationskriterien_fuer_die_champions_hockey_league Qualifikationskriterien für die Champions Hockey League]</ref> If these top teams are already founding clubs with A licenses, other teams from the league can take the B license spots. The order the B licenses will be handed out is:<ref name="Ebel Qualifikationskriterien"/><ref name="IIHF new clubs">[http://www.iihf.com/home-of-hockey/news/news-singleview/?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=8660&cHash=4740b1f34301de6c890940cbc9b9d9ae New clubs join CHL]</ref>
# National champion
# Regular season winner
# Runner-up, regular season
# Play-off finalist
# Best placed semifinal loser
# Worst placed semifinal loser
:If the leagues after that still don't reach their guaranteed number of places (EBEL: 4; DEL, NLA and Extraliga: 5; SHL and Liiga: 6) the third and fourth placed team in the regular season also can be considered.<ref name="Växjös chanser">{{cite web |url=http://www.hockeysverige.se/robert-pettersson/2014/03/26/sex-nya-lag-klara-for-champions-league-sa-ser-vaxjos-chanser-ut/ |title=Sex nya lag klara för Champions League – så ser Växjös chanser ut |date=2014-03-26 |publisher=Hockeysverige.se |language=sv}}</ref>


* '''C license''': The rest of the places will go to "wild card" teams, from European first-tier leagues other than the founding ones. The C license teams will be drawn from amongst the champions of the [[IIHF Continental Cup]], [[Elite Ice Hockey League]] (United Kingdom), [[GET-ligaen]] (Norway), [[Ligue Magnus]] (France), [[Metal Ligaen]] (Denmark), and [[Slovak Extraliga]] (Slovakia).<ref name="Ready for takeoff" /><ref name="Belarus’ Neman">{{cite web |url=http://www.championshockeyleague.net/news/belarus-neman-grodno-marks-chl-foray-into-eastern-europe/820/ |title=Belarus’ Neman Grodno marks CHL foray into Eastern Europe |date=2015-02-19 |publisher=Champions Hockey League }}</ref>
For the 2018–19 season, each of the four previous seasons will be taken into account and starting with 2019-20 season each will be based on points from last five seasons.


== Prize money ==
== Prize money ==
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The winner of the Competition will receive the “European Trophy”.<ref>http://www.championshockeyleague.net/about/about_chl/</ref>
The winner of the Competition will receive the “European Trophy”.<ref>http://www.championshockeyleague.net/about/about_chl/</ref>


==Winners==
==Records and statistics==
*[[2014–15 Champions Hockey League|2014–2015]]: {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Luleå Hockey]]
===Winners===
*[[2015–16 Champions Hockey League|2015–2016]]: {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Frölunda HC]]
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
|+ Performance in the Champions Hockey League
|-
!scope=col|Club
!scope=col|Winners
!scope=col|Runners-up
!scope=col|Semi-finalists
!scope=col|Years won
|-
!scope=row|{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Frölunda HC]]
| style="text-align:center;" |3
| style="text-align:center;" |1
| style="text-align:center;" |0
|[[2015–16 Champions Hockey League|2015–16]], [[2016–17 Champions Hockey League|2016–17]], [[2018–19 Champions Hockey League|2018–19]]
|-
!scope=row|{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Luleå HF]]
| style="text-align:center;" |1
| style="text-align:center;" |0
| style="text-align:center;" |0
|[[2014–15 Champions Hockey League|2014–15]]
|-
!scope=row|{{flagicon|FIN}} [[JYP Jyväskylä|JYP]]
| style="text-align:center;" |1
| style="text-align:center;" |0
| style="text-align:center;" |0
|[[2017–18 Champions Hockey League|2017–18]]
|-
!scope=row|{{flagicon|FIN}} [[Oulun Kärpät]]
| style="text-align:center;" |0
| style="text-align:center;" |1
| style="text-align:center;" |1
|
|-
!scope=row|{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Växjö Lakers]]
| style="text-align:center;" |0
| style="text-align:center;" |1
| style="text-align:center;" |1
|
|-
!scope=row|{{flagicon|CZE}} [[HC Sparta Praha]]
| style="text-align:center;" |0
| style="text-align:center;" |1
| style="text-align:center;" |0
|
|-
!scope=row|{{flagicon|GER}} [[EHC Red Bull München]]
| style="text-align:center;" |0
| style="text-align:center;" |1
| style="text-align:center;" |0
|
|-
!scope=row|{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Skellefteå AIK]]
| style="text-align:center;" |0
| style="text-align:center;" |0
| style="text-align:center;" |1
|
|-
!scope=row|{{flagicon|SUI}} [[HC Davos]]
| style="text-align:center;" |0
| style="text-align:center;" |0
| style="text-align:center;" |1
|
|-
!scope=row|{{flagicon|FIN}} [[Lukko]]
| style="text-align:center;" |0
| style="text-align:center;" |0
| style="text-align:center;" |1
|
|-
!scope=row|{{flagicon|SUI}} [[HC Fribourg-Gottéron|Fribourg-Gottéron]]
| style="text-align:center;" |0
| style="text-align:center;" |0
| style="text-align:center;" |1
|
|-
!scope=row|{{flagicon|CZE}} [[HC Bílí Tygři Liberec|Bílí Tygři Liberec]]
| style="text-align:center;" |0
| style="text-align:center;" |0
| style="text-align:center;" |1
|
|-
!scope=row|{{flagicon|CZE}} [[HC Oceláři Třinec|Oceláři Třinec]]
| style="text-align:center;" |0
| style="text-align:center;" |0
| style="text-align:center;" |1
|
|-
!scope=row|{{flagicon|CZE}} [[HC Plzeň]]
| style="text-align:center;" |0
| style="text-align:center;" |0
| style="text-align:center;" |1
|
|-
!scope=row|{{flagicon|AUT}} [[EC Red Bull Salzburg]]
| style="text-align:center;" |0
| style="text-align:center;" |0
| style="text-align:center;" |1
|
|-
!Total!!5!!5!!10!!
|}


== References ==
== References ==

Revision as of 16:02, 12 August 2019

This article is about the tournament that was launched in the 2014–15 season. For the tournament that was cancelled after the 2008–09 season, see Champions Hockey League (2008–09).

Champions Hockey League
2018–19 Champions Hockey League
Champions League logo.png
Sport Ice hockey
Founded 2013
CEO Martin Baumann[1]
Inaugural season 2014
No. of teams 32
Country(ies) Multiple in Europe
Most recent champion(s) Flag of Sweden Frölunda HC (3rd title)
Most championship(s) Flag of Sweden Frölunda HC (3)
TV partner(s) Europe: various
Official website ChampionsHockeyLeague.net
Champions Hockey League logo.jpg

The Champions Hockey League is a European ice hockey tournament launched by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF), which started in the 2014–15 season.

Background

The IIHF launched a tournament with the same name in 2008 to coincide with the IIHF's 100th anniversary. The tournament's only season was played between 8 October 2008 and 28 January 2009, and was won by the ZSC Lions who got to play in the 2009 Victoria Cup game as a result. The IIHF planned to launch another season, but was ultimately forced to cancel the tournament due to problems with finding sponsors and failure to agree on a format. On 9 December 2013, the IIHF officially announced that they had launched a new tournament with the same name, born out of the European Trophy, starting in the 2014–15 season.[2]

Seasons

Overview

Season Teams Games Avg. att. Champion Runner-up Semi-finalists
2014–15 44 161 3,049 Flag of Sweden Luleå HF Flag of Sweden Frölunda HC Flag of Finland Oulun Kärpät, Flag of Sweden Skellefteå AIK
2015–16 48 157 3,261 Flag of Sweden Frölunda HC Flag of Finland Oulun Kärpät Flag of Switzerland HC Davos, Flag of Finland Lukko
2016–17 48 157 3,240 Flag of Sweden Frölunda HC Flag of the Czech Republic HC Sparta Praha Flag of Switzerland Fribourg-Gottéron, Flag of Sweden Växjö Lakers
2017–18 32 125 3,369 Flag of Finland JYP Flag of Sweden Växjö Lakers Flag of the Czech Republic Oceláři Třinec, Flag of the Czech Republic Bílí Tygři Liberec
2018–19 32 125 3,400 Flag of Sweden Frölunda HC Flag of Germany EHC Red Bull München Flag of the Czech Republic HC Plzeň, Flag of Austria EC Red Bull Salzburg
2019–20 32 125

2014–15 season

Main article: 2014–15 Champions Hockey League

The 2014–15 season's regulation round was played between 21 August and 7 October 2014. 44 clubs from 12 different European countries participated in the season, divided into 11 groups of four teams each. A draw took place in Minsk, Belarus, on 21 May 2014 to determine the groups. Each team played a double round-robin in their group, for a total of 6 games per team. The 11 group winners as well as the top five group runners-up qualified for the playoffs, which began on 4 November and ended with the final on 4 February 2015. The playoffs were as a single-elimination tournament, with all rounds leading to the final played in two-game, home-and-away, total-goal series. The final was a single game. In total, 161 games were played, including the group and playoff stages.[2][3]

2015–16 season

Main article: 2015–16 Champions Hockey League

For the 2015–16 season, the tournament has been expanded to 48 teams, divided into 16 groups with three teams in each group. The two first teams in each group advanced to the playoff round of 32.[4] The 48 teams consisted of the 26 founding A-licence clubs, 12 B-licensed clubs from the founding leagues, and 10 C-licensed "Wild card" teams from other leagues. The champions from Norway, Denmark, Slovakia, France and the United Kingdom, like the previous season, received wild card berths.[5] From Slovakia, Norway, France and the United Kingdom, a second team also received a wild card berth.[6] One wild card license was also assigned to IIHF Continental Cup 2015 winner HK Neman Grodno.[4][7][8]

2016–17 season

Main article: 2016–17 Champions Hockey League

The 2016–17 season was once more played with 48 teams, using the same format as in the previous season. The season started on 16 August 2016 and ended with the final game on 7 February 2017 with Frölunda defeating Sparta Prague, 4–3 in overtime.[9]

2017–18 season

Main article: 2017–18 Champions Hockey League

Starting with the fourth CHL season, the championship was reduced to 32 teams, and qualification was on sporting merits only. The six founding leagues were represented by between three and five teams (based on a three-year league ranking), while eight teams from the "challenge leagues" were represented by one team each. No founding team was qualified automatically.[10]

Finnish side JYP Jyväskylä won the title defeating Swedish team Växjö Lakers 2-0.

Teams

Since the 2017–18 season, 32 teams again participate in the group stage, with 24 of the entries coming from the six founding leagues (Swedish Hockey League, Finnish Liiga, Swiss National League A, Czech Extraliga, German DEL and Austrian/international EBEL) and all berths being earned through on-ice achievement: the "founding clubs" are no longer guaranteed a place in the competition. A maximum of five teams from each country are permitted, with the entries allotted to each country according to a coefficient system (best two leagues get five berths, next two get four, last two get three). The remaining eight places are given to the champions of the Norwegian, Slovakian, French, Belarusian, Danish, British and Polish leagues, as well as the champion of the Continental Cup. The teams are then be drawn into eight groups of four, with the top two teams in each group advancing to the knockout stage, which is contested as two-legged ties until a one-match final.[10]

In the first 3 years of the competition, the 26 founding teams had guaranteed spots in the group stage ("A license"). Additional teams from the founding league, that qualified based on sporting merits ("B license") and the champions from other European leagues ("C license") completed the field.

League ranking

Rank League Points 2014–15 (25%) Points 2015–16 (50%) Points 2016–17 (75%) Points 2017-18 (100%) Total points Berths for 2018–19
1 Flag of Sweden SHLF 100 (25) 100 (50) 95 (71) 100 246 5
2 Flag of Finland LiigaF 95 (24) 95 (48) 90 (68) 85 225 5 TH
3 Flag of the Czech Republic ELHF 80 (20) 85 (43) 85 (64) 95 222 4
4 Flag of Switzerland NLAF 85 (21) 80 (40) 100 (75) 80 216 4
5 Flag of Germany DELF 65 (16) 75 (38) 75 (56) 90 200 3
6 Flag of Austria EBELF 90 (23) 65 (43) 65 (49) 75 180 3
7 Flag of Slovakia Slovak Extraliga 75(19) 70 (35) 70 (53) 60 167 1
8 Flag of Belarus BXL – 65 (33) 80 (60) 70 163 2CC
9 Flag of Norway GET-ligaen 70 (18) 90 (45) 50 (38) 55 156 1
10 Flag of the United Kingdom EIHL 55 (14) 45 (23) 60 (45) 65 147 1
11 Flag of Denmark Metal Ligaen 60 (15) 65 (33) 60 (45) 50 143 1
12 Flag of France Ligue Magnus 50 (13) 65 (33) 45 (34) 50 130 1
13 Flag of Poland Polska Hokej Liga – – 40 (30) 50 80 1

F founding leagues
TH as JYP Jyväskylä qualified as titleholder, four best teams from Liiga, beside JYP Jyväskylä, will qualify as maximum number of teams from one league is five
CC Yunost Minsk of BXL qualified as 2017–18 IIHF Continental Cup champion so BXL will have two berths (other being the regular season champion)

League ranking points calculation

Each match is counted for league ranking points. Points collected by all teams from a specific league are summed up and then divided by number of teams from that league. The final result represents the league's coefficient for that year. Coefficients are then sorted from highest to lowest: the best league gets 100 points with each following getting five points less than previous one (95, 90, 85...).

Points are awarded as follows:

  • win in regulation time – 3 points (group stage, playoffs)
  • win in overtime – 2 points (group stage only; no overtime in playoffs)
  • tie in regulation time – 1 point (playoffs only)
  • loss in overtime – 1 point (group stage only)
  • loss in regulation time – 0 points (group stage, playoffs)

Additionally, each team is awarded 1 point for reaching each of next rounds.

The last four seasons are taken into account for berth allocation for the 2018–19 season. League points are made of 25% of points won in first season, 50% of points won in second season, 75% of points won in third season and 100% of points won in last, fourth season.

For the 2018–19 season, each of the four previous seasons will be taken into account and starting with 2019-20 season each will be based on points from last five seasons.

Prize money

In the 2014–15 season, 40 teams competed for a grand total of 1.5 million euros.[3]

European Trophy

The winner of the Competition will receive the “European Trophy”.[11]

Records and statistics

Winners

Performance in the Champions Hockey League
Club Winners Runners-up Semi-finalists Years won
Flag of Sweden Frölunda HC 3 1 0 2015–16, 2016–17, 2018–19
Flag of Sweden Luleå HF 1 0 0 2014–15
Flag of Finland JYP 1 0 0 2017–18
Flag of Finland Oulun Kärpät 0 1 1
Flag of Sweden Växjö Lakers 0 1 1
Flag of the Czech Republic HC Sparta Praha 0 1 0
Flag of Germany EHC Red Bull München 0 1 0
Flag of Sweden Skellefteå AIK 0 0 1
Flag of Switzerland HC Davos 0 0 1
Flag of Finland Lukko 0 0 1
Flag of Switzerland Fribourg-Gottéron 0 0 1
Flag of the Czech Republic Bílí Tygři Liberec 0 0 1
Flag of the Czech Republic Oceláři Třinec 0 0 1
Flag of the Czech Republic HC Plzeň 0 0 1
Flag of Austria EC Red Bull Salzburg 0 0 1
Total 5 5 10

References

  1. ↑ "Staff". Champions Hockey League. http://www.championshockeyleague.net/about/about_chl/. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 New era dawns for Europe
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Ready for takeoff". International Ice Hockey Federation. 2014-02-27. http://www.iihf.com/home-of-hockey/news/news-singleview/?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=8589&cHash=ab1d824eaa32562f1c7a4e373ce62cf5. 
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "CHL to play with 48 teams in 2015–16". Champions Hockey League. 4 December 2014. http://www.championshockeyleague.net/news/chl-to-play-with-48-teams-in-2015-16/674/. Retrieved 4 December 2014. 
  5. ↑ "Norge får to plasser i Champions Hockey League" (in Norwegian). TV2. 10 February 2015. http://www.tv2.no/a/6534754. Retrieved 16 February 2015. 
  6. ↑ "V Lige majstrov bude mať Slovensko od sezóny 2015/2016 dvoch zástupcov" (in Slovak). Slovak Ice Hockey Federation. 13 February 2015. http://www.hockeyslovakia.sk/sk/clanok/v-lige-majstrov-bude-mat-slovensko-od-sezony-2015-2016-dvoch-zastupcov. Retrieved 16 February 2015. 
  7. ↑ "Neman wins Continental Cup". IIHF. 10 January 2015. http://www.iihf.com/home-of-hockey/news/news-singleview/?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=9360&cHash=91953f6440355014cd40cfbefc5b5539. Retrieved 10 January 2015. 
  8. ↑ "HC Neman Grodno to play in 2015-16 CHL season". Belarus News (BelTA). 5 February 2015. http://eng.belta.by/all_news/sport/HC-Neman-Grodno-to-play-in-2015-16-CHL-season_i_79279.html. Retrieved 16 February 2015. 
  9. ↑ Gustav Orbring (7 February 2017). "Frölunda försvarade CHL-titeln" (in Swedish). SVT Sport. Archived from the original on 8 February 2017. http://www.svt.se/sport/ishockey/folj-chl-finalen-har/. Retrieved 7 February 2017. 
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 "New CHL format for 2017–18! 32 teams & on-ice qualification only". championshockeyleague.net. 2016-06-14. Archived from the original on 2016-11-30. https://web.archive.org/web/20161130083341/http://www.championshockeyleague.net/news/new-chl-format-for-2017-18-32-teams-and-on-ice-qualification-only/1727. 
  11. ↑ http://www.championshockeyleague.net/about/about_chl/

See also


European Club Tournaments
European Cup

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European Hockey League

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Champions Hockey League (2008-2009)

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Champions Hockey League

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European Hockey Overview
Top-Level Leagues
International

Alps Hockey League - BeNe League - Erste Liga - International Hockey League - Kontinental Hockey League

National

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Third-Level Leagues
Austria - Belgium - Czech Republic - Denmark - England - Finland - France - Germany - Hungary - Italy - Netherlands - Norway - Poland - Russia - Scotland - Slovakia - Sweden - Switzerland
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Cup Competitions
Cups

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Defunct Leagues
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International leagues

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Defunct leagues

Czechoslovakia - Interliga - Low Countries Cup

Junior Leagues
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Other competitions

Olympic Games - Champions Hockey League - Continental Cup - IIHF Asia and Oceania Championship - IIHF Development Cup (Women's)

Former

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Related articles

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