2017–18 IIHF Continental Cup

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]

2017–2018 IIHF Continental Cup

Tournament details
Dates	29 September 2017 – 14 January 2018
Teams	17
Final positions
Champions	Yunost Minsk (3rd title)
Runners-up	Nomad Astana
Third place	Sheffield Steelers
Fourth place	Ritten Sport
Tournament statistics
Games played	36
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Qualified teams

Crvena Zvezda

Reykjavik

Sofia

Zeytinburnu

Donbass

Riga

Jegesmedvék

Txuri Urdin

Tychy

Brașov

Narva

Rungsted

Astana
(not on map)

Ritten

Minsk

Brûleurs

Sheffield

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

First round

Group A

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

Source: IIHF.com
(H) Host

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

Game reference
	12 min	Penalties	12 min
	25	Shots	32

29 September 2017 19:30

Crvena Zvezda

6–1 (3–0, 0–1, 3–0)

Esja Reykjavik

Pionir Ice Hall Attendance: 142

Game reference
	8 min	Penalties	12 min
	38	Shots	16

30 September 2017 16:00

Irbis-Skate Sofia

4–2 (0–0, 2–1, 2–1)

Esja Reykjavik

Pionir Ice Hall Attendance: 30

Game reference
	12 min	Penalties	10 min
	37	Shots	24

30 September 2017 19:30

Crvena Zvezda

4–3 (0–0, 2–1, 2–2)

Zeytinburnu Belediyespor

Pionir Ice Hall Attendance: 125

Game reference
	14 min	Penalties	6 min
	41	Shots	31

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

Game reference
	10 min	Penalties	14 min
	45	Shots	25

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

Game reference
	10 min	Penalties	16 min
	39	Shots	47

Second round

Group B

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

Source: IIHF
(H) Host

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

Game reference
	4 min	Penalties	12 min
	43	Shots	33

20 October 2017 19:30

Kurbads Riga

5–2 (1–0, 2–0, 2–2)

GKS Tychy

Kurbads Ledus Halle Attendance: 840

Game reference
	20 min	Penalties	26 min
	30	Shots	35

21 October 2017 14:00

GKS Tychy

11–0 (3–0, 5–0, 3–0)

Narva PSK

Kurbads Ledus Halle Attendance: 307

Game reference
	16 min	Penalties	20 min
	70	Shots	11

21 October 2017 18:00

HC Donbass

1–8 (0–2, 1–4, 0–2)

Kurbads Riga

Kurbads Ledus Halle Attendance: 418

Game reference
	6 min	Penalties	10 min
	24	Shots	38

22 October 2017 14:00

GKS Tychy

4–2 (3–0, 0–2, 1–0)

HC Donbass

Kurbads Ledus Halle Attendance: 576

Game reference
	30 min	Penalties	12 min
	49	Shots	24

22 October 2017 18:00

Narva PSK

1–2 (1–0, 0–1, 0–1)

Kurbads Riga

Kurbads Ledus Halle Attendance: 781

Game reference
	12 min	Penalties	8 min
	14	Shots	39

Group C

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

Source: IIHF
(H) Host

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

Game reference
	12 min	Penalties	12 min
	12	Shots	40

20 October 2017 18:30

Corona Brașov

8–4 (5–1, 1–1, 2–2)

Crvena Zvezda

Brașov Olympic Ice Rink Attendance: 566

Game reference
	4 min	Penalties	8 min
	37	Shots	19

21 October 2017 14:30

DVTK Jegesmedvék

4–1 (0–0, 2–1, 2–0)

Crvena Zvezda

Brașov Olympic Ice Rink Attendance: 142

Game reference
	14 min	Penalties	12 min
	53	Shots	21

21 October 2017 18:30

Corona Brașov

4–1 (1–0, 0–1, 3–0)

Txuri Urdin

Brașov Olympic Ice Rink Attendance: 594

Game reference
	75 min	Penalties	26 min
	55	Shots	19

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

Game reference
	28 min	Penalties	16 min
	36	Shots	24

22 October 2017 18:30

DVTK Jegesmedvék

3–0 (2–0, 0–0, 1–0)

Corona Brașov

Brașov Olympic Ice Rink Attendance: 1085

Game reference
	8 min	Penalties	14 min
	27	Shots	32

Third round

Group D

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

Source: IIHF
(H) Host

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

Game reference
	12 min	Penalties	14 min
	23	Shots	24

17 November 2017 19:45

Rungsted Ishockey

4–8 (3–3, 1–2, 0–3)

Kurbads Riga

Saxo Bank Arena Attendance: 1,168

Game reference
	33 min	Penalties	18 min
	36	Shots	41

18 November 2017 16:00

Kurbads Riga

2–4 (0–0, 1–2, 1–2)

Yunost Minsk

Saxo Bank Arena Attendance: 619

Game reference
	12 min	Penalties	6 min
	22	Shots	31

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

Game reference
	10 min	Penalties	2 min
	50	Shots	35

19 November 2017 14:00

Sheffield Steelers

4–2 (3–2, 0–0, 1–0)

Kurbads Riga

Saxo Bank Arena Attendance: 915

Game reference
	16 min	Penalties	39 min
	32	Shots	30

19 November 2017 18:00

Rungsted Ishockey

1–2 (1–0, 0–2, 0–0)

Yunost Minsk

Saxo Bank Arena Attendance: 650

Game reference
	14 min	Penalties	16 min
	24	Shots	45

Group E

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

Source: IIHF
(H) Host

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

Game reference
	10 min	Penalties	10 min
	32	Shots	30

17 November 2017 20:00

Ritten Sport

2–0 (1–0, 0–0, 1–0)

Brûleurs de Loups

Arena Ritten Attendance: 910

Game reference
	6 min	Penalties	12 min
	27	Shots	29

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

Game reference
	14 min	Penalties	6 min
	36	Shots	30

18 November 2017 20:00

Nomad Astana

3–1 (1–1, 2–0, 0–0)

Ritten Sport

Arena Ritten Attendance: 1,050

Game reference
	12 min	Penalties	20 min
	22	Shots	28

19 November 2017 16:00

Brûleurs de Loups

0–4 (0–1, 0–1, 0–2)

Nomad Astana

Arena Ritten Attendance: 310

Game reference
	18 min	Penalties	10 min
	30	Shots	25

19 November 2017 20:00

DVTK Jegesmedvék

1–3 (0–1, 0–0, 1–2)

Ritten Sport

Arena Ritten Attendance: 1,237

Game reference
	55 min	Penalties	91 min
	30	Shots	24

Final round

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

Source: IIHF
(H) Host

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

See also

• 2017–18 Champions Hockey League