2022–23 IIHF Continental Cup

2022–23 IIHF Continental Cup

Tournament details
Dates	23 September 2022 – 15 January 2023
Teams	19
Final positions
Champions	HK Nitra (1st title)
Runner-up	Ducs d'Angers
Third place	Cardiff Devils
Fourth place	Asiago Hockey
Tournament statistics
Games played	42

The 2022–23 Continental Cup was the 25th edition of the IIHF Continental Cup, Europe's second-tier ice hockey club competition organised by International Ice Hockey Federation. The season began on 23 September 2022 and the final tournament was played from 13 to 15 January 2023.

HK Nitra won the tournament for the first time thus becoming the fifth Slovak team in history to win the trophy.

For the first time since the 2014–15 season, the IIHF Continental Cup winners did not get a wild card spot for the next season of the Champions Hockey League due to the reduction in the number of teams participating in the latter beginning from the 2023–24 season.

Qualified teams

Team	Qualification
Enter in the third round
HC Kremenchuk	2021–22 Ukrainian Hockey League runners-up
HK Zemgale/LLU	2021–22 Latvian Hockey League champions
HK Nitra	2021–22 Slovak Extraliga runners-up
Cardiff Devils	2021–22 EIHL playoff champions
Saryarka Karagandy	2021–22 Kazakhstan Hockey Championship champions
Unia Oświęcim	2021–22 Polska Hokej Liga runners-up
Enter in the second round
Ferencvárosi TC	2021–22 OB I bajnokság champions
Asiago Hockey	2021–22 IHL - Elite champions
HSC Csíkszereda	2021–22 Romanian Hockey League champions
Ducs d'Angers	2021–22 Coupe de France winners
HDD Jesenice	2021–22 Slovenian Ice Hockey League champions
HK Vojvodina	2021–22 Serbian Hockey League champions
Enter in the first round
Bulldogs Liège	2021–22 BeNe League champions
Hockey Punks Vilnius	2021–22 Lithuania Hockey League champions
KHL Sisak	2021–22 Croatian Ice Hockey League champions
Skautafélag Akureyrar	2021–22 Icelandic Hockey League champions
Tartu Välk 494	2021–22 Meistriliiga champions
NSA Sofia	2021–22 Bulgarian Hockey League champions
FC Barcelona	2021–22 Liga Nacional de Hockey Hielo champions
Buzadam Istanbul	2021–22 Turkish Ice Hockey Super League champions

Notes

Ukraine (UKR): The league winners Sokil Kyiv are unable to participate due to financial issue. The league's runners up HK Kremenchuk were named as their replacement.

First round

Group A

The Group A tournament was played in Sofia, Bulgaria, from 23 to 25 September 2022.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	KHL Sisak	3	3	0	0	0	22	10	+12	9	Second round
2	Tartu Välk 494	3	2	0	0	1	22	10	+12	6
3	Skautafélag Akureyrar	3	0	1	0	2	8	19	−11	2
4	NSA Sofia (H)	3	0	0	1	2	14	27	−13	1

All times are local (UTC+3).

23 September 2022 16:00

Tartu Välk 494

2–7 (0–2, 0–2, 2–3)

KHL Sisak

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia Attendance: 180

Game reference
	83 min	Penalties	41 min
	39	Shots	31

23 September 2022 19:30

Skautafélag Akureyrar

6–5 GWS (1–1, 2–2, 2–2) (OT: 0–0) (SO: 1–0)

NSA Sofia

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia Attendance: 250

Game reference
	6 min	Penalties	7 min
	38	Shots	23

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24 September 2022 16:00

Skautafélag Akureyrar

2–6 (0–2, 1–2, 1–2)

KHL Sisak

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia Attendance: 65

Game reference
	41 min	Penalties	43 min
	28	Shots	41

24 September 2022 19:30

NSA Sofia

3–12 (1–2, 1–5, 1–5)

Tartu Välk 494

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia Attendance: 260

Game reference
	20 min	Penalties	14 min
	19	Shots	41

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25 September 2022 16:00

KHL Sisak

9–6 (4–1, 3–2, 2–3)

NSA Sofia

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia Attendance: 150

Game reference
	14 min	Penalties	14 min
	49	Shots	30

25 September 2022 19:30

Tartu Välk 494

8–0 (1–0, 2–0, 5–0)

Skautafélag Akureyrar

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia Attendance: 60

Game reference
	14 min	Penalties	16 min
	30	Shots	25

Group B

The Group B tournament was played in Istanbul, Turkey, from 23 to 25 September 2022.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Buzadam İstanbul (H)	3	3	0	0	0	19	5	+14	9	Second round
2	Bulldogs Liège	3	2	0	0	1	13	4	+9	6
3	Hockey Punks Vilnius	3	1	0	0	2	6	14	−8	3
4	FC Barcelona	3	0	0	0	3	7	22	−15	0

All times are local (UTC+3).

23 September 2022 17:00

FC Barcelona

0–7 (0–3, 0–1, 0–3)

Bulldogs Liège

Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul Attendance: 50

Game reference
	28 min	Penalties	39 min
	42	Shots	24

23 September 2022 20:30

Buzadam İstanbul

6–0 (2–0, 3–0, 1–0)

Hockey Punks Vilnius

Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul Attendance: 154

Game reference
	10 min	Penalties	19 min
	42	Shots	19

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24 September 2022 17:00

FC Barcelona

3–6 (1–2, 0–2, 2–2)

Hockey Punks Vilnius

Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul Attendance: 52

Game reference
	12 min	Penalties	14 min
	53	Shots	21

24 September 2022 20:30

Bulldogs Liège

1–4 (0–1, 0–1, 1–2)

Buzadam İstanbul

Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul Attendance: 321

Game reference
	26 min	Penalties	20 min
	28	Shots	47

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25 September 2022 17:00

Buzadam İstanbul

9–4 (2–2, 3–0, 4–2)

FC Barcelona

Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul Attendance: 308

Game reference
	91 min	Penalties	33 min
	31	Shots	38

25 September 2022 20:30

Hockey Punks Vilnius

0–5 (0–1, 0–2, 0–2)

Bulldogs Liège

Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul Attendance: 53

Game reference
	8 min	Penalties	16 min
	31	Shots	28

Second round

Group C

The Group C tournament was played in Angers, France, from 14 to 16 October 2022.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Ducs d'Angers (H)	3	3	0	0	0	24	6	+18	9	Third round
2	SC Miercurea Ciuc	3	2	0	0	1	11	6	+5	6
3	Ferencvárosi TC	3	1	0	0	2	17	15	+2	3
4	KHL Sisak	3	0	0	0	3	2	27	−25	0

All times are local (UTC+2).

14 October 2022 16:30

SC Miercurea Ciuc

5–0 (2–0, 0–0, 3–0)

KHL Sisak

Angers IceParc, Angers Attendance: 231

Game reference
	6 min	Penalties	12 min
	38	Shots	20

14 October 2022 20:00

Ducs d'Angers

8–5 (2–0, 4–2, 2–3)

Ferencvárosi TC

Angers IceParc, Angers Attendance: 2,771

Game reference
	6 min	Penalties	6 min
	29	Shots	43

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15 October 2022 16:30

SC Miercurea Ciuc

5–2 (1–1, 1–0, 3–1)

Ferencvárosi TC

Angers IceParc, Angers Attendance: 310

Game reference
	8 min	Penalties	22 min
	38	Shots	32

15 October 2022 20:00

KHL Sisak

0–12 (0–0, 0–5, 0–7)

Ducs d'Angers

Angers IceParc, Angers Attendance: 3,237

Game reference
	4 min	Penalties	0 min
	15	Shots	67

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16 October 2022 14:00

Ferencvárosi TC

10–2 (2–2, 5–0, 3–0)

KHL Sisak

Angers IceParc, Angers Attendance: 267

Game reference
	15 min	Penalties	6 min
	72	Shots	19

16 October 2022 17:30

Ducs d'Angers

4–1 (1–0, 2–1, 1–0)

SC Miercurea Ciuc

Angers IceParc, Angers Attendance: 3,250

Game reference
	8 min	Penalties	16 min
	43	Shots	31

Group D

The Group D tournament was played in Asiago, Italy, from 14 to 16 October 2022.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Asiago Hockey (H)	3	3	0	0	0	28	5	+23	9	Third round
2	Acroni Jesenice	3	2	0	0	1	14	7	+7	6
3	Buzadam İstanbul	3	1	0	0	2	9	15	−6	3
4	HK Vojvodina	3	0	0	0	3	3	27	−24	0

All times are local (UTC+2).

14 October 2022 16:30

Acroni Jesenice

5–1 (1–0, 2–0, 2–1)

Buzadam İstanbul

Pala Hodegart, Asiago Attendance: 100

Game reference
	8 min	Penalties	20 min
	46	Shots	22

14 October 2022 20:30

HK Vojvodina

1–14 (0–2, 1–7, 0–5)

Asiago Hockey

Pala Hodegart, Asiago Attendance: 600

Game reference
	10 min	Penalties	4 min
	6	Shots	56

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15 October 2022 16:30

HK Vojvodina

1–7 (1–1, 0–3, 0–3)

Acroni Jesenice

Pala Hodegart, Asiago Attendance: 163

Game reference
	8 min	Penalties	29 min
	12	Shots	60

15 October 2022 20:30

Buzadam İstanbul

2–9 (1–2, 0–4, 1–3)

Asiago Hockey

Pala Hodegart, Asiago Attendance: 700

Game reference
	10 min	Penalties	10 min
	12	Shots	57

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16 October 2022 16:30

Buzadam İstanbul

6–1 (4–0, 2–0, 0–1)

HK Vojvodina

Pala Hodegart, Asiago Attendance: 135

Game reference
	12 min	Penalties	22 min
	41	Shots	35

16 October 2022 20:30

Asiago Hockey

5–2 (2–1, 2–0, 1–1)

Acroni Jesenice

Pala Hodegart, Asiago Attendance: 1,000

Game reference
	10 min	Penalties	18 min
	23	Shots	13

Ranking of second-placed teams

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	D	Acroni Jesenice	3	2	0	0	1	14	7	+7	6	Third round
2	C	SC Miercurea Ciuc	3	2	0	0	1	11	6	+5	6

Third round

Group E

The Group E tournament was played in Cardiff, Great Britain, from 18 to 20 November 2022.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Cardiff Devils (H)	3	3	0	0	0	11	3	+8	9	Final
2	Ducs d'Angers	3	2	0	0	1	7	4	+3	6
3	Acroni Jesenice	3	0	1	0	2	4	9	−5	2
4	HK Zemgale/LLU	3	0	0	1	2	4	10	−6	1

All times are local (UTC±0).

18 November 2022 16:00

HK Zemgale/LLU

2–3 OT (0–0, 1–0, 1–2) (OT: 0–1)

Acroni Jesenice

Ice Arena Wales, Cardiff Attendance: 546

Game reference
	Ēriks Vītols	Goalies	Antti Karjalainen	Referees: Stefan Hogarth Andrii Kicha
	10 min	Penalties	12 min
	29	Shots	38

18 November 2022 19:30

Cardiff Devils

3–1 (0–0, 2–1, 1–0)

Ducs d'Angers

Ice Arena Wales, Cardiff Attendance: 1,871

Game reference
	Taran Kozun	Goalies	Evan Cowley	Referees: Juraj Konc Krzysztof Kozłowski
	2 min	Penalties	10 min
	41	Shots	16

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19 November 2022 15:30

HK Zemgale/LLU

0–2 (0–0, 0–1, 0–1)

Ducs d'Angers

Ice Arena Wales, Cardiff Attendance: 350

Game reference
	Ēriks Vītols	Goalies	Evan Cowley	Referees: Andrii Kicha Krzysztof Kozłowski
	6 min	Penalties	6 min
	25	Shots	34

19 November 2022 19:00

Acroni Jesenice

0–3 (0–1, 0–1, 0–1)

Cardiff Devils

Ice Arena Wales, Cardiff Attendance: 2,014

Game reference
	Antti Karjalainen	Goalies	Ben Bowns	Referees: Juraj Konc Omar Pinie
	6 min	Penalties	8 min
	18	Shots	32

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20 November 2022 15:30

Ducs d'Angers

4–1 (2–0, 1–1, 1–0)

Acroni Jesenice

Ice Arena Wales, Cardiff Attendance: 1,276

Game reference
	Evan Cowley	Goalies	Antti Karjalainen	Referees: Stefan Hogarth Krzysztof Kozłowski
	2 min	Penalties	12 min
	48	Shots	16

20 November 2022 19:00

Cardiff Devils

5–2 (3–1, 1–0, 1–1)

HK Zemgale/LLU

Ice Arena Wales, Cardiff Attendance: 2,008

Game reference
	Ben Bowns	Goalies	Rihards Cimermanis Mariuss Bajaruns-Galejs	Referees: Juraj Konc Omar Pinie
	24 min	Penalties	22 min
	40	Shots	25

Group F

The Group F tournament was played in Nitra, Slovakia, from 18 to 20 November 2022.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	HK Nitra (H)	3	3	0	0	0	14	6	+8	9	Final
2	Asiago Hockey	3	2	0	0	1	11	8	+3	6
3	Unia Oświęcim	3	1	0	0	2	8	8	0	3
4	HC Kremenchuk	3	0	0	0	3	5	16	−11	0

All times are local (UTC+1).

18 November 2022 14:30

Unia Oświęcim

4–2 (0–1, 1–0, 3–1)

HC Kremenchuk

Nitra Aréna, Nitra Attendance: 545

Game reference
	13 min	Penalties	17 min
	38	Shots	18

18 November 2022 18:00

HK Nitra

5–2 (3–0, 1–2, 1–0)

Asiago Hockey

Nitra Aréna, Nitra Attendance: 1,579

Game reference
	8 min	Penalties	10 min
	38	Shots	23

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19 November 2022 14:30

Asiago Hockey

4–3 (1–1, 2–0, 1–2)

Unia Oświęcim

Nitra Aréna, Nitra Attendance: 440

Game reference
	12 min	Penalties	8 min
	17	Shots	32

19 November 2022 18:00

HK Nitra

7–3 (2–1, 1–1, 4–1)

HC Kremenchuk

Nitra Aréna, Nitra Attendance: 1,690

Game reference
	35 min	Penalties	14 min
	44	Shots	25

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20 November 2022 14:30

HC Kremenchuk

0–5 (0–2, 0–2, 0–1)

Asiago Hockey

Nitra Aréna, Nitra

Game reference
	14 min	Penalties	12 min
	25	Shots	42

20 November 2022 18:00

Unia Oświęcim

1–2 (0–0, 1–1, 0–1)

HK Nitra

Nitra Aréna, Nitra Attendance: 1,837

Game reference
	6 min	Penalties	10 min
	32	Shots	25

Final round

The final tournament was played in Angers, France, from 13 to 15 January 2023.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	HK Nitra	3	2	1	0	0	11	7	+4	8	Continental Cup winners
2	Ducs d'Angers (H)	3	0	1	2	0	6	7	−1	4
3	Cardiff Devils	3	1	0	1	1	10	6	+4	4
4	Asiago Hockey	3	0	1	0	2	7	14	−7	2

All times are local (UTC+1).

13 January 2023 16:30

HK Nitra

5–3 (2–0, 2–1, 1–2)

Asiago Hockey

Angers IceParc, Angers Attendance: 808

Game reference
	Matt O'Connor	Goalies	Justin Fazio	Referees: Geoffrey Barcelo Stefan Hürlimann
	Čederle (Krivošík, Buncis) (EA) – 07:00 / Lacka (Knies, Drábek) – 09:09 / Hrnka (Green, Elmer) – 26:22 / Pekarčík (Hrnka) – 36:04 / Krivošík (Green) (SH, ENG) – 59:52	1–0 / 2–0 / 2–1 / 3–1 / 4–1 / 4–2 / 4–3 / 5–3	24:03 – Saracino (Casetti, Gazzola) / 46:28 – McShane (Marchetti, Saracino) / 53:07 – Misley (Moncada)
	6 min	Penalties	2 min
	36	Shots	33

13 January 2023 20:00

Cardiff Devils

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

Ducs d'Angers

Angers IceParc, Angers Attendance: 3,586

Game reference
	Ben Bowns	Goalies	Evan Cowley	Referees: Uldis Bušs Kristian Vikman
	Reid – 41:49	0–1 / 1–1	12:44 – Halley (Charbonneau)
	6 min	Penalties	4 min
	42	Shots	33

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14 January 2023 16:30

Cardiff Devils

7–1 (3–0, 1–1, 3–0)

Asiago Hockey

Angers IceParc, Angers Attendance: 913

Game reference
	Taran Kozun	Goalies	Justin Fazio	Referees: Michał Baca Geoffrey Barcelo
	Sanford (Thompson) – 00:31 / Reid (Crandall, Penny) – 08:54 / Waller (Thompson, Reid) (PP) – 12:46 / Brittain (Waller, Crawford) – 21:44 / Cox (Brittain, Sanford – 41:09 / Waller (Brittain, Fournier) – 42:35 / Fournier (Waller, Thompson) – 51:56	1–0 / 2–0 / 3–0 / 3–1 / 4–1 / 5–1 / 6–1 / 7–1	21:30 – Finoro (McShane, Misley)
	9 min	Penalties	8 min
	35	Shots	32

14 January 2023 20:00

Ducs d'Angers

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

HK Nitra

Angers IceParc, Angers Attendance: 3,586

Game reference
	Evan Cowley	Goalies	Matt O'Connor	Referees: Stefan Hürlimann Kristian Vikman
	Charbonneau (Giroux) (PP) – 57:53 / Meija (EA) – 58:32	0–1 / 0–2 / 1–2 / 2–2	39:47 – Baláž (Krivošík, Green) / 45:11 – Gill
	10 min	Penalties	6 min
	37	Shots	34

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15 January 2023 14:00

HK Nitra

3–2 (3–0, 0–1, 0–1)

Cardiff Devils

Angers IceParc, Angers Attendance: 1,095

Game reference
	Libor Kašík	Goalies	Taran Kozun	Referees: Stefan Hürlimann Kristian Vikman
	Krivošík (Gill, Green) – 14:36 / Lucka (Pekarčík) – 15:53 / Tvrdoň – 19:14	1–0 / 2–0 / 3–0 / 3–1 / 3–2	33:39 – Sanford / 46:25 – Cox (Penny)
	27 min	Penalties	8 min
	33	Shots	47

15 January 2023 17:30

Asiago Hockey

3–2 OT (2–0, 0–2, 0–0) (OT: 1–0)

Ducs d'Angers

Angers IceParc, Angers Attendance: 3,586

Game reference
	Justin Fazio	Goalies	Evan Cowley	Referees: Michał Baca Uldis Bušs
	Saracino (McShane, Salinitri) (PP) – 05:22 / McShane (Gazzola, Finoro) – 19:48 / Finoro (McShane, Marchetti) – 60:25	1–0 / 2–0 / 2–1 / 2–2 / 3–2	23:33 – Giroux (Charbonneau) (PP) / 37:10 – Charbonneau (Manning, Halley)
	16 min	Penalties	12 min
	41	Shots	35

See also

• 2022–23 Champions Hockey League