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From 30 September 17 teams will battle for the craved plate
Six months after the home triumph of Rouen Dragons, Continental Cup opens officially the 2016-2017 season, announcing the groups schedule.
The format is the usual of last editions, with the Superfinals venue still undecided and assigned later to one of four qualified teams.
17 participating teams will battle in 3 rounds, with the winner advancing to the following one, except for the semi-finals qualify two teams from each group.
Here the groups (the host team in bold)
First Round (30 september - 2 October)
Group A
Irbis Skate
Sofia (BUL)
Partizan
Beograd (SRB)
HC Bat Yam
(ISR)
Zeytinburnu Istanbul (TUR)
Czech Rep.:
Tipsport extraliga |
1.liga |
2.liga
Slovakia:
Tipsport Extraliga |
1.liga
Sweden:
SHL |
HockeyAllsvenskan
Other: EBEL | Belarus | Croatia | Denmark | Estonia | France | Great Britain | Iceland | Italy | Latvia | Lithuania | MOL-liga | Norway | Poland | Romania | Serbia | Slovenia | Spain | NHL | AHL |
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