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05 Jun 2011 | Davide Tuniz - IIHF.com

Continental Cup 2011-12 will be assigned to France for the third time in the last four years.

The International Ice Hockey Federation has determined the clubs, groups and dates for the 2011-2012 IIHF Continental Cup at the Annual Continental Cup Meeting in Budapest, Hungary.

The Super Final will be held in Rouen, France, January 13-15, 2012. The Rouen Dragons hosted the event already in 2009 in their Île Lacroix Arena. The club from the Normandy region recently defended its title in the French Ligue Magnus.

Reigning Continental Cup champion Yunost Minsk from Belarus will be the other pre-qualified team for the Super Final. Yunost is a regular Continental Cup participant, having won the Belarusian championship three years in a row.

Two more finalists will be determined in the preliminary round events. In total 19 teams from as many countries will participate in the Continental Cup that is spread over four stages and six tournaments.

Almost all teams are national champions from their countries. A notable exception is Russia’s representative Rubin Tyumen, which won the VHL, Russia’s second-tier league.

Donbass Donetsk, the winner of the Ukrainian league, will also play in the VHL next season and will host one of the two third-round tournaments of the Continental Cup. The other will be held in Herning, Denmark.

The second-round groups will be played in Dunaujvaros (Hungary) and Miercurea Ciuc (Romania) while the first round takes place in the Turkish capital of Ankara.

First round, 30 September - 2 October 2011:

Group A - Ankara, Turkey

Baskent Yildizlari Ankara (TUR)

Kalev-Välk Tartu (EST)

Metula HC (ISR)

White Caps Turnhout (BEL)

Second round, 21-23 October 2011:

Group B - Dunaujvaros, Hungary

Dunaujvarosi Jegkorong (HUN)

HYS The Hague (NED)

CH Jaca (SPA)

Winner Group A

Group C - Miercurea Ciuc, Romania

Sport Club Miercurea Ciuc (ROM)

Liepajas Metalurgs (LAT)

Olimpija Ljubljana (SLO)

Beibarys Atyrau (KAZ)

Third round, 25-27 November 2011:

Group D - Herning, Denmark

Herning Blue Fox (DEN)

Sheffield Steelers (GBR)

HC Asiago (ITA)

Winner Group B

Group E - Donetsk, Ukraine

Donbass Donetsk (UKR)

Rubin Tyumen (RUS)

Cracovia Krakow (POL)

Winner Group C

Super Final, 13-15 January 2012:

Group F - Rouen, France

Rouen Dragons (FRA)

Yunost Minsk (BLR)

Winner Group D

Winner Group E

Continental Cup Winners

Year	Venue	Winner	Runner-up
1998	Tampere (FIN)	HC Kosice (SVK)	Eisbären Berlin (GER)
1999	Kosice (SVK)	Ambrì Piotta (SUI)	HC Kosice (SVK)
2000	Berlin (GER)	Ambrì Piotta (SUI)	Eisbären Berlin (GER)
2001	Zurich (SUI)	Zurich SC Lions (SUI)	London Knights (GBR)
2002	Zurich (SUI)	Zurich SC Lions (SUI)	Milano Vipers (ITA)
2003	Lugano (SUI) and Milan (ITA)	Jokerit Helsinki (FIN)	Lokomotiv Yaroslavl (RUS)
2004	Gomel (BLR)	Slovan Bratislava (SVK)	Gomel (BLR)
2005	Székesfehérvár (HUN)	HKm Zvolen (SVK)	Dynamo Moscow (RUS)
2006	Székesfehérvár (HUN)	Lada Togliatti (RUS)	HK Riga 2000 (LAT)
2007	Székesfehérvár (HUN)	Yunost Minsk (BLR)	Avangard Omsk (RUS)
2008	Riga (LAT)	AK Bars Kazan (RUS)	HK Riga 2000 (LAT)
2009	Rouen (FRA)	MHC Martin (SVK)	Rouen Dragons (FRA)
2010	Grenoble (FRA)	Red Bulls Salzburg (AUT)	Yunost Minsk (BLR)
2011	Minsk (BLR)	Yunost Minsk (BLR)	Red Bulls Salzburg (AUT)