2018–19 IIHF Continental Cup

2018–2019 IIHF Continental Cup
Tournament details
Dates	28 September 2018 – 13 January 2019
Teams	17
Final positions
Champions	Arlan Kokshetau (1st title)
Runner-up	Belfast Giants
Third place	GKS Katowice
Fourth place	HK Gomel
Tournament statistics
Games played	36
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The 2018–19 Continental Cup was the 22nd edition of the IIHF Continental Cup, Europe's second-tier ice hockey club competition organised by International Ice Hockey Federation. The season started on 28 September 2018 and the final tournament was played from 11 to 13 January 2019.^[1]

Qualified teams[]

Team	Qualification
Enter in the third round
HK Gomel	2017 Belarusian Cup winners
Medveščak Zagreb	2017–18 Croatian Ice Hockey League champions
Lyon Lions	2017–18 Coupe de France winners
Belfast Giants	2017–18 Challenge Cup winners
Arlan Kokshetau	2017–18 Kazakhstan Hockey Championship champions
GKS Katowice	2017–18 Polska Hokej Liga runners-up
Enter in the second round
MAC Budapest	2017–18 Erste Liga champions
Ritten Sport	2017–18 IHL - Elite champions
Kurbads Riga	2017–18 Latvian Hockey Higher League champions
Crvena Zvezda	2017–18 Serbian Hockey League champions
HDD Jesenice	2017–18 Slovenian Ice Hockey League champions
Txuri Urdin	2017–18 Liga Nacional de Hockey Hielo champions
HC Donbass	2017–18 Ukrainian Hockey League champions
Enter in the first round
Irbis-Skate Sofia	2017–18 Bulgarian Hockey League champions
Vikingar Akureyri	2017–18 Icelandic Hockey League champions
HC Bat Yam	2017–18 Israeli Hockey League champions
Zeytinburnu Belediyespor	2017–18 Turkish Ice Hockey Super League champions

First round[]

Group A[]

The Group A tournament was played in Sofia, Bulgaria, from 28 to 30 September 2018.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Vikingar Akureyri	3	2	1	0	0	13	5	+8	8	Advance to Second round
2	Irbis-Skate Sofia (H)	3	2	0	1	0	17	8	+9	7
3	Zeytinburnu Belediyespor	3	1	0	0	2	7	11	−4	3
4	HC Bat Yam	3	0	0	0	3	1	14	−13	0

Source: IIHF
(H) Host.

All times are local (UTC+3).

28 September 2018
16:00

Zeytinburnu Belediyespor

4–0
(1–0, 2–0, 1–0)

HC Bat Yam

Winter Sports Palace
Attendance: 50




12 min	Penalties	16 min
33	Shots	17

28 September 2018
20:00

Vikingar Akureyri

5–4 GWS
(2–2, 1–0, 1–2)
(OT: 0–0)
(SO: 1–0)

Irbis-Skate Sofia

Winter Sports Palace
Attendance: 563




12 min	Penalties	18 min
28	Shots	38

29 September 2018
14:00

Irbis-Skate Sofia

8–1
(2–1, 2–0, 4–0)

HC Bat Yam

Winter Sports Palace
Attendance: 250




10 min	Penalties	10 min
35	Shots	19

29 September 2018
18:00

Zeytinburnu Belediyespor

1–6
(0–2, 1–3, 0–1)

Vikingar Akureyri

Winter Sports Palace
Attendance: 213




14 min	Penalties	8 min
15	Shots	29

30 September 2018
14:00

HC Bat Yam

0–2
(0–0, 0–2, 0–0)

Vikingar Akureyri

Winter Sports Palace
Attendance: 150




28 min	Penalties	4 min
14	Shots	28

30 September 2018
18:00

Irbis-Skate Sofia

5–2
(3–1, 0–1, 2–0)

Zeytinburnu Belediyespor

Winter Sports Palace
Attendance: 619




12 min	Penalties	14 min
23	Shots	22

Second round[]

Group B[]

The Group B tournament was played in Ritten, Italy, from 19 to 21 October 2018.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Ritten Sport (H)	3	3	0	0	0	16	6	+10	9	Advance to Third round
2	HDD Jesenice	3	1	0	1	1	6	11	−5	4
3	MAC Budapest	3	1	0	0	2	12	8	+4	3
4	Crvena Zvezda	3	0	1	0	2	6	15	−9	2

Source: IIHF
(H) Host.

All times are local (UTC+2).

19 October 2018
16:00

MAC Budapest

8–0
(1–0, 6–0, 1–0)

Crvena Zvezda

Arena Ritten
Attendance: 75




8 min	Penalties	16 min
47	Shots	19

19 October 2018
20:00

HDD Jesenice

1–6
(0–3, 1–3, 0–0)

Ritten Sport

Arena Ritten
Attendance: 812




8 min	Penalties	35 min
40	Shots	27

20 October 2018
16:00

MAC Budapest

3–4
(0–1, 2–2, 1–1)

HDD Jesenice

Arena Ritten
Attendance: 120




10 min	Penalties	18 min
32	Shots	21

20 October 2018
20:00

Ritten Sport

6–4
(2–1, 0–2, 4–1)

Crvena Zvezda

Arena Ritten
Attendance: 900




2 min	Penalties	14 min
58	Shots	22

21 October 2018
14:00

Crvena Zvezda

2–1 OT
(0–0, 0–0, 1–1)
(OT 1–0)

HDD Jesenice

Arena Ritten
Attendance: 51




10 min	Penalties	8 min
18	Shots	46

21 October 2018
18:00

Ritten Sport

4–1
(2–0, 1–1, 1–0)

MAC Budapest

Arena Ritten
Attendance: 825




16 min	Penalties	14 min
32	Shots	50

Group C[]

The Group C tournament was played in Riga, Latvia, from 19 to 21 October 2018.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Kurbads Riga (H)	3	3	0	19	4	+15	9	Advance to Third round
2	HC Donbass	3	2	1	13	7	+6	6
3	Vikingar Akureyri	3	1	2	8	17	−9	3
4	Txuri Urdin	3	0	3	5	17	−12	0

Source: IIHF
(H) Host.

All times are local (UTC+3).

19 October 2018
15:30

Txuri Urdin

2–6
(0–2, 2–3, 0–1)

HC Donbass

Kurbads Ledus Halle
Attendance: 160




31 min	Penalties	51 min
19	Shots	47

19 October 2018
19:30

Kurbads Riga

9–2
(3–0, 4–1, 2–1)

Vikingar Akureyri

Kurbads Ledus Halle
Attendance: 173




4 min	Penalties	4 min
68	Shots	20

20 October 2018
14:00

HC Donbass

6–3
(1–1, 1–1, 4–1)

Vikingar Akureyri

Kurbads Ledus Halle
Attendance: 75




0 min	Penalties	20 min
60	Shots	12

20 October 2018
18:00

Kurbads Riga

8–1
(2–0, 5–1, 1–0)

Txuri Urdin

Kurbads Ledus Halle
Attendance: 750




10 min	Penalties	16 min
54	Shots	14

21 October 2018
14:00

Vikingar Akureyri

3–2
(0–0, 1–1, 2–1)

Txuri Urdin

Kurbads Ledus Halle
Attendance: 63




10 min	Penalties	4 min
39	Shots	37

21 October 2018
18:00

HC Donbass

1–2
(0–0, 0–2, 1–0)

Kurbads Riga

Kurbads Ledus Halle
Attendance: 968




8 min	Penalties	8 min
27	Shots	27

Third round[]

Group D[]

The Group D tournament was played in Lyon, France, from 16 to 18 November 2018.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Arlan Kokshetau	3	1	2	0	0	9	4	+5	7	Advance to Final round
2	HK Gomel	3	2	0	0	1	8	6	+2	6	Advance to Final round
3	Kurbads Riga	3	1	0	1	1	8	12	−4	4
4	Lyon Lions (H)	3	0	0	1	2	4	7	−3	1

Source: IIHF
(H) Host.

All times are local (UTC+1).

16 November 2018
14:30

HK Gomel

6–2
(3–0, 1–2, 2–0)

Kurbads Riga

Patinoire Charlemagne
Attendance: 105




8 min	Penalties	34 min
40	Shots	24

16 November 2018
20:30

Lyon Lions

1–2 GWS
(0–1, 1–0, 0–0)
(OT: 0–0)
(SO: 0–1)

Arlan Kokshetau

Patinoire Charlemagne
Attendance: 2,224




6 min	Penalties	12 min
30	Shots	30

17 November 2018
15:00

Arlan Kokshetau

4–3 GWS
(1–2, 1–0, 1–1)
(OT: 0–0)
(SO: 1–0)

Kurbads Riga

Patinoire Charlemagne
Attendance: 112




18 min	Penalties	37 min
43	Shots	36

17 November 2018
20:00

HK Gomel

2–1
(3–0, 1–2, 2–0)

Lyon Lions

Patinoire Charlemagne
Attendance: 2,006




12 min	Penalties	10 min
29	Shots	24

18 November 2018
14:00

Arlan Kokshetau

3–0
(2–0, 1–0, 0–0)

HK Gomel

Patinoire Charlemagne
Attendance: 205




4 min	Penalties	6 min
33	Shots	22

18 November 2018
18:00

Kurbads Riga

3–2
(1–1, 0–0, 2–1)

Lyon Lions

Patinoire Charlemagne
Attendance: 1,452




12 min	Penalties	10 min
27	Shots	44

Group E[]

The Group E tournament was played in Belfast, United Kingdom, from 15 to 17 November 2018.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Belfast Giants (H)	3	2	1	12	6	+6	6^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Advance to Final round
2	GKS Katowice	3	2	1	10	5	+5	6^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Advance to Final round
3	Medveščak Zagreb	3	2	1	6	7	−1	6^{[lower-alpha 1]}
4	Ritten Sport	3	0	3	3	13	−10	0

Source: IIHF
(H) Host.
Notes:

↑ Continental Cup set. IIHF (26 June 2018).

All times are local (UTC±0).

15 November 2018
15:00

GKS Katowice

4–0
(1–0, 2–0, 1–0)

Ritten Sport

SSE Arena
Attendance: 200




12 min	Penalties	6 min
39	Shots	28

15 November 2018
19:00

Medveščak Zagreb

0–4
(0–1, 0–1, 0–2)

Belfast Giants

SSE Arena
Attendance: 2,929




22 min	Penalties	20 min
34	Shots	36

16 November 2018
15:00

GKS Katowice

2–3
(0–2, 1–0, 1–1)

Medveščak Zagreb

SSE Arena
Attendance: 642




12 min	Penalties	20 min
29	Shots	34

16 November 2018
19:00

Belfast Giants

6–2
(2–2, 2–0, 2–0)

Ritten Sport

SSE Arena
Attendance: 3,595




37 min	Penalties	31 min
45	Shots	32

17 November 2018
15:00

Ritten Sport

1–3
(0–1, 0–0, 1–2)

Medveščak Zagreb

SSE Arena
Attendance: 578




6 min	Penalties	16 min
24	Shots	46

17 November 2018
19:00

Belfast Giants

2–4
(1–0, 1–2, 0–2)

GKS Katowice

SSE Arena
Attendance: 5,618




37 min	Penalties	12 min
29	Shots	31

Final round[]

Continental Cup Final tournament was played in Belfast, United Kingdom, from 11 to 13 January 2019.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Arlan Kokshetau	3	2	1	0	0	15	6	+9	8
2	Belfast Giants (H)	3	2	0	1	0	11	5	+6	7
3	GKS Katowice	3	1	0	0	2	9	8	+1	3
4	HK Gomel	3	0	0	0	3	2	18	−16	0

Source: IIHF
(H) Host.

All times are local (UTC±0).

11 January 2019
15:00

GKS Katowice

2–4
(0–3, 2–0, 0–1)

Arlan Kokshetau

SSE Arena
Attendance: 1,004


Kevin Lindskoug	Goalies	Ivan Poloshkov	Referees: Martin Fraňo Andreas Koch
Tuhkanen (Laakkonen, Rohtla) (PP2) – 23:40 / Rohtla (Laakkonen, Čakajík) – 27:16	0–1 / 0–2 / 0–3 / 1–3 / 2–3 / 2–4	11:44 – Savenkov (Klemeshov, Kiselyov) / 14:13 – Borovikov (Berdnikov, Shitikov) (PP) / 18:00 – Potaichuk (Kiselyov, Savenkov) (PP) / 54:21 – Klemeshov (Nesterov)
6 min	Penalties	8 min
21	Shots	20

11 January 2019
19:00

Belfast Giants

5–0
(1–0, 1–0, 3–0)

HK Gomel

SSE Arena
Attendance: 3,728


Tyler Beskorowany	Goalies	Roman Bobariko	Referees: Alexandre Garon Ladislav Smetana
Rutherford (Leonard, Roach) – 17:54 / Dwyer (Higgins, Baun) – 21:58 / D. Murphy (Rutherford, Vandermeer) (PP) – 44:02 / Shields (D. Murphy, Vandermeer) – 50:20 / Higgins (Dwyer, Baun) (PP) – 57:41	1–0 / 2–0 / 3–0 / 4–0 / 5–0
6 min	Penalties	10 min
35	Shots	13

12 January 2019
15:00

Arlan Kokshetau

8–2
(4–0, 3–1, 1–1)

HK Gomel

SSE Arena
Attendance: 1,102


Mikhail Demidov	Goalies	Roman Bobariko Alexei Merzlov	Referees: Gordon Schukies Ladislav Smetana
Kiselyov (Savenkov) – 05:11 / Potaichuk (Savenkov) – 07:53 / Berdnikov (Malevich) – 09:54 / Antsiferov (Petrov) – 11:42 / Potaichuk (Kiselyov, Savenkov) – 25:03 / Petrov (PS) – 26:45 / Nesterov (Gasnikov) – 37:33 / Borovikov (Yermolayev, Shitikov) – 49:00	1–0 / 2–0 / 3–0 / 4–0 / 5–0 / 6–0 / 6–1 / 7–1 / 8–1 / 8–2	30:35 – Tochilkin (PP) / 59:56 – Solomonov (Suslo, Musienko)
6 min	Penalties	4 min
41	Shots	16

12 January 2019
19:00

Belfast Giants

4–2
(1–0, 1–2, 2–0)

GKS Katowice

SSE Arena
Attendance: 4,572


Tyler Beskorowany	Goalies	Kevin Lindskoug	Referees: Alexandre Garon Andreas Koch
D. Murphy (Leonard, Rutherford) – 17:07 / D. Murphy (Riley, McFaull) – 31:14 / Leonard (Riley) – 40:15 / Johner (Roach, Dwyer) (PP2) – 58:52	1–0 / 1–1 / 2–1 / 2–2 / 3–2 / 4–2	20:14 – Rohtla (Łopuski, Jyrkkiö) / 39:51 – Laakkonen (Rohtla, Devečka)
10 min	Penalties	48 min
47	Shots	28

13 January 2019
13:00

HK Gomel

0–5
(0–2, 0–2, 0–1)

GKS Katowice

SSE Arena
Attendance: 726


Roman Bobariko	Goalies	Kevin Lindskoug	Referees: Andreas Koch Ladislav Smetana
	0–1 / 0–2 / 0–3 / 0–4 / 0–5	00:17 – Łopuski (Jyrkkiö, Rohtla) / 13:19 – Łopuski (Rohtla, Jyrkkiö) (PP2) / 20:27 – Łopuski (Rohtla, Laakkonen) (PP) / 21:51 – Strzyżowski (Starzyński, Urbanowicz) / 58:15 – Jyrkkiö (Laakkonen)
28 min	Penalties	10 min
17	Shots	44

13 January 2019
17:00

Arlan Kokshetau

3–2 GWS
(2–0, 0–0, 0–2)
(OT: 0–0)
(SO: 1–0)

Belfast Giants

SSE Arena


Ivan Poloshkov	Goalies	Tyler Beskorowany	Referees: Martin Fraňo Gordon Schukies
Yegorov (Nesterov) – 11:51 / Yermolayev – 18:08	1–0 / 2–0 / 2–1 / 2–2	47:44 – Higgins (Baun) / 48:56 – Johner (Ferland, Shields)
8 min	Penalties	10 min
30	Shots	41

References[]

External links[]

Official IIHF tournament page

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Contents

Qualified teams[]

First round[]

Group A[]

Second round[]

Group B[]

Group C[]

Third round[]

Group D[]

Group E[]

Final round[]

See also[]

References[]

External links[]