2017–2018 IIHF Continental Cup

Tournament details
Dates	29 September 2017 – 14 January 2018
Teams	17
Final positions
Champions	Yunost Minsk (3rd title)
Runner-up	Nomad Astana
Third place	Sheffield Steelers
Fourth place	Ritten Sport
Tournament statistics
Games played	36
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The 2017–18 Continental Cup was the 21st edition of the IIHF Continental Cup, Europe's second-tier ice hockey club competition organised by International Ice Hockey Federation. The season started on 29 September 2017 and the final tournament was played on 12–14 January 2018.^[1]

Crvena Zvezda

Reykjavik

Sofia

Zeytinburnu

Donbass

Riga

Jegesmedvék

Txuri Urdin

Tychy

Brașov

Narva

Rungsted

Astana
(not on map)

Ritten

Minsk

Brûleurs

Sheffield

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Location of teams for the 2017–18 IIHF Continental Cup
Blue: First round; Red: Second round; Green: Third round

Team	Qualification
Enter in the third round
Rungsted Ishockey	2016–17 Metal Cup winners
Nomad Astana	2016–17 Kazakhstan Hockey Championship winners
Ritten Sport	2016–17 Alps Hockey League winners
Yunost Minsk	2016–17 Belarusian Extraliga runners-up
Brûleurs de Loups	2016–17 Ligue Magnus regular season runners-up
Sheffield Steelers	2016–17 Elite League play-off winners
Enter in the second round
HC Donbass	2016–17 Ukrainian Hockey League winners
Kurbads Riga	2016–17 Latvian Hockey Higher League winners
DVTK Jegesmedvék	2016–17 MOL Liga season winners
Txuri Urdin	2016–17 Liga Nacional de Hockey Hielo winners
GKS Tychy	2016–17 Polska Hokej Liga runners-up
Corona Brașov	2016–17 Romanian Hockey League winners
Narva PSK	2016–17 Meistriliiga winners
Enter in the first round
Crvena Zvezda	2016–17 Serbian Hockey League runners-up
Esja Reykjavik	2016–17 Icelandic Hockey League winners
Irbis-Skate Sofia	2016–17 Bulgarian Hockey League winners
Zeytinburnu Belediyespor	2016–17 Turkish Ice Hockey Super League winners

The Group A tournament was played in Belgrade, Serbia, from 29 September to 1 October 2017 with all games were held at the Pionir Ice Hall.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Crvena Zvezda (H)	3	2	1	0	0	15	8	+7	8	Advance to Second round
2	Zeytinburnu Belediyespor	3	1	1	0	1	10	9	+1	5
3	Irbis-Skate Sofia	3	1	0	1	1	11	11	0	4
4	Esja Reykjavik	3	0	0	1	2	5	13	−8	1

All times are local. (CEST – UTC+2)

29 September 2017 16:00

Zeytinburnu Belediyespor

4–3 (1–2, 1–1, 2–0)

Irbis-Skate Sofia

Pionir Ice Hall Attendance: 23

29 September 2017 19:30

Crvena Zvezda

6–1 (3–0, 0–1, 3–0)

Esja Reykjavik

Pionir Ice Hall Attendance: 142

30 September 2017 16:00

Irbis-Skate Sofia

4–2 (0–0, 2–1, 2–1)

Esja Reykjavik

Pionir Ice Hall Attendance: 30

30 September 2017 19:30

Crvena Zvezda

4–3 (0–0, 2–1, 2–2)

Zeytinburnu Belediyespor

Pionir Ice Hall Attendance: 125

1 October 2017 16:00

Esja Reykjavik

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

Zeytinburnu Belediyespor

Pionir Ice Hall Attendance: 20

1 October 2017 19:30

Irbis-Skate Sofia

4–5 OT (1–2, 1–1, 2–1) (OT 0–1)

Crvena Zvezda

Pionir Ice Hall Attendance: 180

The Group B tournament was played in Riga, Latvia, from 20 to 22 October 2017 with all games were held at the Kurbads Ledus Halle.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Kurbads Riga (H)	3	3	0	0	0	15	4	+11	9	Advance to Third round
2	GKS Tychy	3	2	0	0	1	17	7	+10	6
3	HC Donbass	3	1	0	0	2	7	14	−7	3
4	Narva PSK	3	0	0	0	3	3	17	−14	0

All times are local. (EEST – UTC+3)

20 October 2017 15:30

HC Donbass

4–2 (1–1, 1–0, 2–1)

Narva PSK

Kurbads Ledus Halle Attendance: 153

20 October 2017 19:30

Kurbads Riga

5–2 (1–0, 2–0, 2–2)

GKS Tychy

Kurbads Ledus Halle Attendance: 840

21 October 2017 14:00

GKS Tychy

11–0 (3–0, 5–0, 3–0)

Narva PSK

Kurbads Ledus Halle Attendance: 307

21 October 2017 18:00

HC Donbass

1–8 (0–2, 1–4, 0–2)

Kurbads Riga

Kurbads Ledus Halle Attendance: 418

22 October 2017 14:00

GKS Tychy

4–2 (3–0, 0–2, 1–0)

HC Donbass

Kurbads Ledus Halle Attendance: 576

22 October 2017 18:00

Narva PSK

1–2 (1–0, 0–1, 0–1)

Kurbads Riga

Kurbads Ledus Halle Attendance: 781

The Group C tournament was played in Brașov, Romania, from 20 to 22 October 2017 with all games were held at the Brașov Olympic Ice Rink.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	DVTK Jegesmedvék	3	3	0	0	0	12	1	+11	9	Advance to Third round
2	Corona Brașov (H)	3	2	0	0	1	12	8	+4	6
3	Txuri Urdin	3	0	1	0	2	4	11	−7	2
4	Crvena Zvezda	3	0	0	1	2	7	15	−8	1

All times are local. (EEST – UTC+3)

20 October 2017 14:30

Txuri Urdin

0–5 (0–3, 0–2, 0–0)

DVTK Jegesmedvék

Brașov Olympic Ice Rink Attendance: 65

20 October 2017 18:30

Corona Brașov

8–4 (5–1, 1–1, 2–2)

Crvena Zvezda

Brașov Olympic Ice Rink Attendance: 566

21 October 2017 14:30

DVTK Jegesmedvék

4–1 (0–0, 2–1, 2–0)

Crvena Zvezda

Brașov Olympic Ice Rink Attendance: 142

21 October 2017 18:30

Corona Brașov

4–1 (1–0, 0–1, 3–0)

Txuri Urdin

Brașov Olympic Ice Rink Attendance: 594

22 October 2017 14:30

Crvena Zvezda

2–3 OT (1–1, 1–1, 0–0) (OT 0–1)

Txuri Urdin

Brașov Olympic Ice Rink Attendance: 28

22 October 2017 18:30

DVTK Jegesmedvék

3–0 (2–0, 0–0, 1–0)

Corona Brașov

Brașov Olympic Ice Rink Attendance: 1085

The Group D tournament was played in Rungsted, Denmark, from 17 to 19 November 2017 with all games were held at the Saxo Bank Arena.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Yunost Minsk	3	3	0	0	0	13	4	+9	9	Advance to Final round
2	Sheffield Steelers	3	1	1	0	1	10	13	−3	5
3	Kurbads Riga	3	1	0	0	2	12	12	0	3
4	Rungsted Ishockey (H)	3	0	0	1	2	9	15	−6	1

All times are local. (CET – UTC+1)

17 November 2017 16:00

Yunost Minsk

7–1 (3–0, 3–0, 1–1)

Sheffield Steelers

Saxo Bank Arena Attendance: 641

17 November 2017 19:45

Rungsted Ishockey

4–8 (3–3, 1–2, 0–3)

Kurbads Riga

Saxo Bank Arena Attendance: 1,168

18 November 2017 16:00

Kurbads Riga

2–4 (0–0, 1–2, 1–2)

Yunost Minsk

Saxo Bank Arena Attendance: 619

18 November 2017 19:45

Sheffield Steelers

5–4 GWS (0–2, 3–2, 1–0) (OT 0–0) (SO 1–0)

Rungsted Ishockey

Saxo Bank Arena Attendance: 1,283

19 November 2017 14:00

Sheffield Steelers

4–2 (3–2, 0–0, 1–0)

Kurbads Riga

Saxo Bank Arena Attendance: 915

19 November 2017 18:00

Rungsted Ishockey

1–2 (1–0, 0–2, 0–0)

Yunost Minsk

Saxo Bank Arena Attendance: 650

The Group E tournament was played in Ritten, Italy, from 17 to 19 November 2017 with all games were held at the Arena Ritten.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Nomad Astana	3	2	0	1	0	8	3	+5	7	Advance to Final round
2	Ritten Sport (H)	3	2	0	0	1	6	4	+2	6
3	DVTK Jegesmedvék	3	0	2	0	1	5	5	0	4
4	Brûleurs de Loups	3	0	0	1	2	1	8	−7	1

All times are local. (CET – UTC+1)

17 November 2017 16:00

Nomad Astana

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

DVTK Jegesmedvék

Arena Ritten Attendance: 300

17 November 2017 20:00

Ritten Sport

2–0 (1–0, 0–0, 1–0)

Brûleurs de Loups

Arena Ritten Attendance: 910

18 November 2017 16:00

Brûleurs de Loups

1–2 OT (1–0, 0–1, 0–0) (OT 0–1)

DVTK Jegesmedvék

Arena Ritten Attendance: 432

18 November 2017 20:00

Nomad Astana

3–1 (1–1, 2–0, 0–0)

Ritten Sport

Arena Ritten Attendance: 1,050

19 November 2017 16:00

Brûleurs de Loups

0–4 (0–1, 0–1, 0–2)

Nomad Astana

Arena Ritten Attendance: 310

19 November 2017 20:00

DVTK Jegesmedvék

1–3 (0–1, 0–0, 1–2)

Ritten Sport

Arena Ritten Attendance: 1,237

Continental Cup Final tournament was played in Minsk, Belarus, from 12 to 14 January 2018 with all games were held at the Čyžoŭka-Arena.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Yunost Minsk (H)	3	3	0	0	0	12	7	+5	9	Qualification to Champions Hockey League
2	Nomad Astana	3	1	1	0	1	10	8	+2	5
3	Sheffield Steelers	3	1	0	0	2	7	10	−3	3
4	Ritten Sport	3	0	0	1	2	3	7	−4	1

All times are local. (FET – UTC+3)

12 January 2018 15:00

Ritten Sport

1–2 (0–2, 0–0, 1–0)

Yunost Minsk

Čyžoŭka-Arena Attendance: 3,120

Game reference
	Patrick Killeen	Goalies	Dmitri Milchakov	Referees: Vladimír Pešina Marian Rohatsch Linesmen: Dominik Altmann Gašper Jaka Zgonc
	0–1 07:33 – Plotnikov (EA) 0–2 10:16 – Karakulko (Plotnikov) Tudin (Hofer) – 56:39 1–2
	4 min	Penalties	4 min
	25	Shots	35

12 January 2018 19:00

Nomad Astana

5–1 (1–0, 1–0, 3–1)

Sheffield Steelers

Čyžoŭka-Arena Attendance: 273

Game reference
	Vladimir Kramar	Goalies	Ervīns Muštukovs	Referees: Daniel Konc Yuriy Oskirko Linesmen: Dmitry Golyak Mikita Paliakou
	Yakovlev (Petukhov, Asetov) – 01:51 1–0 Gurin (Mikhailis, Grebenshchikov) – 23:48 2–0 Mikhailis (Gurin, Lakiza) (PP2) – 41:58 3–0 Asetov (Pelevin) (PP) – 42:48 4–0 Mikhailis (Grebenshchikov) (PP) – 48:34 5–0 5–1 54:54 – Neiley (Valdix)
	33 min	Penalties	14 min
	33	Shots	31

13 January 2018 15:00

Nomad Astana

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

Ritten Sport

Čyžoŭka-Arena Attendance: 262

Game reference
	Vladimir Kramar	Goalies	Patrick Killeen	Referees: Marcus Linde Yuriy Oskirko Linesmen: Pavel Badyl Mikita Paliakou
	0–1 04:28 – Jean (Frei, J. Kostner) 0–2 17:24 – Hofer (Tudin, Spinell) Mikhailis (Grents) – 38:52 1–2 Grents (Gurin, Mikhailis) – 44:35 2–2
	Grents Petukhov Mikhailis Kovzalov Zhdakhin	Shootout	Lutz V. Ahlström O. Ahlström Jean Frei
	10 min	Penalties	31 min
	36	Shots	27

13 January 2018 19:00

Yunost Minsk

5–4 (2–2, 1–1, 2–1)

Sheffield Steelers

Čyžoŭka-Arena Attendance: 3,800

Game reference
	Dmitri Milchakov	Goalies	Ervīns Muštukovs	Referees: Vladimír Pešina Marian Rohatsch Linesmen: Jakob Schauer Gašper Jaka Zgonc
	Pretnar (Mitskevich) – 03:28 1–0 Antonov (PP) – 08:51 2–0 2–1 13:08 – Roy (Fretter, Jämtin) (PP) 2–2 18:18 – Roy (Aarssen) Kogalev (Razvadovsky) – 23:07 3–2 3–3 24:37 – Matheson (Wallace) Yefimenko (Parfeyevets, Plotnikov) – 43:07 4–3 4–4 52:13 – Matheson (Wallace) Mikhnov (Zakharov, Corso) – 57:33 5–4
	8 min	Penalties	16 min
	40	Shots	23

14 January 2018 15:00

Sheffield Steelers

2–0 (1–0, 1–0, 0–0)

Ritten Sport

Čyžoŭka-Arena Attendance: 350

Game reference
	Ervīns Muštukovs	Goalies	Patrick Killeen	Referees: Daniel Konc Marian Rohatsch Linesmen: Pavel Badyl Dmitry Golyak
	Jämtin (Westerling, O'Connor) (PP) – 15:48 1–0 Westerling (Marquardt, O'Connor) – 33:38 2–0
	12 min	Penalties	12 min
	37	Shots	25

14 January 2018 19:00

Yunost Minsk

5–2 (2–1, 2–0, 1–1)

Nomad Astana

Čyžoŭka-Arena Attendance: 7,600

Game reference
	Dmitri Milchakov	Goalies	Vladimir Kramar Dmitri Malgin	Referees: Marcus Linde Vladimír Pešina Linesmen: Dominik Altmann Jakob Schauer
	Razvadovsky (PP, EA) – 03:24 1–0 1–1 13:37 – Gurin (Lakiza) (PP2) Zakharov (Razvadovsky) (PP2) – 19:47 2–1 Yefimenko (Goroshko) – 24:27 3–1 Razvadovsky – 37:45 4–1 4–2 41:48 – Mikhailis (Gurkov) Parfeyevets (Plotnikov) – 50:51 5–2
	12 min	Penalties	16 min
	29	Shots	33

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