CHL determined ranking for the draw

29 Apr 2015Davide Tuniz»

The 48 teams were divided in 3 baskets to form the 16 groups during the draw of May, 13 in Prague

The 48 clubs partecipants in next Champions Hockey League were organized in three big groups of 16 teams each, according to the classification of the country in which they playing and to their performance in the play-offs. Thus the ranking is determined by following criteria:

The champions of Sweden, Finland, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Austria and Germany
The regular-season winners of same six countries. If national champion and regular season winner are the same team, the second-placed team enters in this group
All the other teams with the 10 teams that received a wild-card ranked from 39 to 48

The 16 groups drawn will be formed with one team from each pot, the top two teams from each group of three teams will qualify for the knockout stages, which will be played on home/away system with the exception of the final. The group phase will last from 20 August to 6 September. The final will take place on 9 February.

Pot A (1–16)	Pot B (17–32)	Pot C (33–48)
1. Växjö Lakers SWE	17. Vienna Capitals AUT	33.HC Fribourg-Gottéron SUI
2. Kärpät Oulu FIN	18. ERC Ingolstadt GER	34. Krefeld Pinguine GER
3. HC Litvínov CZE	19. Linköping HC SWE	35. Färjestad Karlstad SWE
4. HC Davos SUI	20. JYP Jyväskylä FIN	36. IFK Helsinki FIN
5. Red Bull Salzburg AUT	21. HC Pardubice CZE	37. Djurgården Stockholm SWE
6. Adler Mannheim GER	22.Genève-Servette SUI	38. TPS Turku FIN
7. Skellefteå AIK SWE	23. KAC Klagenfurt AUT	39. HC Košice SVK
8. Tappara Tampere FIN	24. Düsseldorfer EG GER	40. Stavanger Oilers NOR
9. Oceláři Třinec CZE	25. HV 71 Jönköping SWE	41. SønderjyskE Vojens DEN
10. ZSC Lions SUI	26. Espoo Blues FIN	42. Sheffield Steelers GBR
11. Black Wings Linz AUT	27. Vítkovice Ostrava CZE	43. Gap Rapaces FRA
12. Red Bull Munich GER	28. EV Zug SUI	44. HK Nitra SVK
13. Frölunda Gothenburg SWE	29. Eisbären Berlin GER	45. Storhamar Hamar NOR
14. Lukko Rauma FIN	30. Luleå Hockey SWE	46. Braehead Clan GBR
15. Sparta Prague CZE	31. KalPa Kuopio FIN	47. Grenoble FRA
16. CP Bern SUI	32. Bílí Tygři Liberec CZE	48. Neman Grodno BLR

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CHL determined ranking for the draw

Pot A (1–16)

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Pot C (33–48)

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