Champions Hockey League draw info

14 May 2014 | Henrik Lundqvist

The eleven groups of the Champions Hockey League will be decided in Minsk on May 21st

The new Champions Hockey League will include 44 European top teams divided into eleven groups.

The clubs have been ranked and placed into four baskets. One team from each of the baskets will be drawn to a group. The eleven groups will be lettered A to K. There can't be two teams from the same country in a group.

Sweden and Finland each have 8 participating clubs. Germany, Switzerland and Czech Republic have 6. The remaining clubs are from Austria (3), Norway (2), Italy (1), Great Britain (1), Slovakia (1), Denmark (1) and France (1).

Basket 1

1. Skellefteå AIK
2. Kärpät Oulu
3. PSG Zlin
4. ZSC Lions Zurich
5. ERC Ingolstadt
6. Südtirol Bolzano
7. Sparta Prague
8. Hamburg Freezers
9. Red Bull Salzburg
10. Frölunda Indians
11. Tappara Tampere

Basket 2

12. Ocelari Trinec
13. Fribourg-Gottéron
14. Krefeld Pinguine
15. Färjestads BK
16. Kloten Flyers
17. Kölner Haie
18. Växjö Lakers
19. Lukko Rauma
20. Villach SV
21. Linköping HC
22. SaiPa Lappeenranta

Basket 3

23. Geneva Servette
24. Vienna Capitals
25. Adler Mannheim
26. JYP Jyväskylä
27. Luleå Hockey
28. HC Pardubice
29. Vitkovice Ostrava
30. Eisbären Berlin
31. IFK Helsinki
32. Bili Tygri Liberec
33. SC Bern

Basket 4

34. HV 71 Jönköping
35. EV Zug
36. TPS Turku
37. KalPa Kuopio
38. Djurgårdens IF
39. Stavanger Oilers
40. HC Kosice
41. Briancon Diables Rouges
42. Sønderjyske Vojens
43. Vålerenga Oslo
44. Nottingham Panthers