2018–2019 IIHF Continental Cup

Tournament details
Dates	28 September 2018 – 13 January 2019
Teams	17
Final positions
Champions	Arlan Kokshetau (1st title)
Runner-up	Belfast Giants
Third place	GKS Katowice
Fourth place	HK Gomel
Tournament statistics
Games played	36
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The 2018–19 Continental Cup was the 22nd edition of the IIHF Continental Cup, Europe's second-tier ice hockey club competition organised by International Ice Hockey Federation. The season started on 28 September 2018 and the final tournament was played from 11 to 13 January 2019. ^[1]

Qualified teams

Team	Qualification
Enter in the third round
HK Gomel	2017 Belarusian Cup winners
Medveščak Zagreb	2017–18 Croatian Ice Hockey League champions
Lyon Lions	2017–18 Coupe de France winners
Belfast Giants	2017–18 Challenge Cup winners
Arlan Kokshetau	2017–18 Kazakhstan Hockey Championship champions
GKS Katowice	2017–18 Polska Hokej Liga runners-up
Enter in the second round
MAC Budapest	2017–18 Erste Liga champions
Ritten Sport	2017–18 IHL - Elite champions
Kurbads Riga	2017–18 Latvian Hockey Higher League champions
Crvena Zvezda	2017–18 Serbian Hockey League champions
HDD Jesenice	2017–18 Slovenian Ice Hockey League champions
Txuri Urdin	2017–18 Liga Nacional de Hockey Hielo champions
HC Donbass	2017–18 Ukrainian Hockey League champions
Enter in the first round
Irbis-Skate Sofia	2017–18 Bulgarian Hockey League champions
Vikingar Akureyri	2017–18 Icelandic Hockey League champions
HC Bat Yam	2017–18 Israeli Hockey League champions
Zeytinburnu Belediyespor	2017–18 Turkish Ice Hockey Super League champions

First round

Group A

The Group A tournament was played in Sofia, Bulgaria, from 28 to 30 September 2018.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Vikingar Akureyri	3	2	1	0	0	13	5	+8	8	Advance to Second round
2	Irbis-Skate Sofia (H)	3	2	0	1	0	17	8	+9	7
3	Zeytinburnu Belediyespor	3	1	0	0	2	7	11	−4	3
4	HC Bat Yam	3	0	0	0	3	1	14	−13	0

All times are local ( UTC+3).

28 September 2018 16:00

Zeytinburnu Belediyespor

4–0 (1–0, 2–0, 1–0)

HC Bat Yam

Winter Sports Palace Attendance: 50

Game reference
	12 min	Penalties	16 min
	33	Shots	17

28 September 2018 20:00

Vikingar Akureyri

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

Irbis-Skate Sofia

Winter Sports Palace Attendance: 563

Game reference
	12 min	Penalties	18 min
	28	Shots	38

29 September 2018 14:00

Irbis-Skate Sofia

8–1 (2–1, 2–0, 4–0)

HC Bat Yam

Winter Sports Palace Attendance: 250

Game reference
	10 min	Penalties	10 min
	35	Shots	19

29 September 2018 18:00

Zeytinburnu Belediyespor

1–6 (0–2, 1–3, 0–1)

Vikingar Akureyri

Winter Sports Palace Attendance: 213

Game reference
	14 min	Penalties	8 min
	15	Shots	29

30 September 2018 14:00

HC Bat Yam

0–2 (0–0, 0–2, 0–0)

Vikingar Akureyri

Winter Sports Palace Attendance: 150

Game reference
	28 min	Penalties	4 min
	14	Shots	28

30 September 2018 18:00

Irbis-Skate Sofia

5–2 (3–1, 0–1, 2–0)

Zeytinburnu Belediyespor

Winter Sports Palace Attendance: 619

Game reference
	12 min	Penalties	14 min
	23	Shots	22

Second round

Group B

The Group B tournament was played in Ritten, Italy, from 19 to 21 October 2018.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Ritten Sport (H)	3	3	0	0	0	16	6	+10	9	Advance to Third round
2	HDD Jesenice	3	1	0	1	1	6	11	−5	4
3	MAC Budapest	3	1	0	0	2	12	8	+4	3
4	Crvena Zvezda	3	0	1	0	2	6	15	−9	2

All times are local ( UTC+2).

19 October 2018 16:00

MAC Budapest

8–0 (1–0, 6–0, 1–0)

Crvena Zvezda

Arena Ritten Attendance: 75

Game reference
	8 min	Penalties	16 min
	47	Shots	19

19 October 2018 20:00

HDD Jesenice

1–6 (0–3, 1–3, 0–0)

Ritten Sport

Arena Ritten Attendance: 812

Game reference
	8 min	Penalties	35 min
	40	Shots	27

20 October 2018 16:00

MAC Budapest

3–4 (0–1, 2–2, 1–1)

HDD Jesenice

Arena Ritten Attendance: 120

Game reference
	10 min	Penalties	18 min
	32	Shots	21

20 October 2018 20:00

Ritten Sport

6–4 (2–1, 0–2, 4–1)

Crvena Zvezda

Arena Ritten Attendance: 900

Game reference
	2 min	Penalties	14 min
	58	Shots	22

21 October 2018 14:00

Crvena Zvezda

2–1 OT (0–0, 0–0, 1–1) ( OT 1–0)

HDD Jesenice

Arena Ritten Attendance: 51

Game reference
	10 min	Penalties	8 min
	18	Shots	46

21 October 2018 18:00

Ritten Sport

4–1 (2–0, 1–1, 1–0)

MAC Budapest

Arena Ritten Attendance: 825

Game reference
	16 min	Penalties	14 min
	32	Shots	50

Group C

The Group C tournament was played in Riga, Latvia, from 19 to 21 October 2018.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Kurbads Riga (H)	3	3	0	0	0	19	4	+15	9	Advance to Third round
2	HC Donbass	3	2	0	0	1	13	7	+6	6
3	Vikingar Akureyri	3	1	0	0	2	8	17	−9	3
4	Txuri Urdin	3	0	0	0	3	5	17	−12	0

All times are local ( UTC+3).

19 October 2018 15:30

Txuri Urdin

2–6 (0–2, 2–3, 0–1)

HC Donbass

Kurbads Ledus Halle Attendance: 160

Game reference
	31 min	Penalties	51 min
	19	Shots	47

19 October 2018 19:30

Kurbads Riga

9–2 (3–0, 4–1, 2–1)

Vikingar Akureyri

Kurbads Ledus Halle Attendance: 173

Game reference
	4 min	Penalties	4 min
	68	Shots	20

20 October 2018 14:00

HC Donbass

6–3 (1–1, 1–1, 4–1)

Vikingar Akureyri

Kurbads Ledus Halle Attendance: 75

Game reference
	0 min	Penalties	20 min
	60	Shots	12

20 October 2018 18:00

Kurbads Riga

8–1 (2–0, 5–1, 1–0)

Txuri Urdin

Kurbads Ledus Halle Attendance: 750

Game reference
	10 min	Penalties	16 min
	54	Shots	14

21 October 2018 14:00

Vikingar Akureyri

3–2 (0–0, 1–1, 2–1)

Txuri Urdin

Kurbads Ledus Halle Attendance: 63

Game reference
	10 min	Penalties	4 min
	39	Shots	37

21 October 2018 18:00

HC Donbass

1–2 (0–0, 0–2, 1–0)

Kurbads Riga

Kurbads Ledus Halle Attendance: 968

Game reference
	8 min	Penalties	8 min
	27	Shots	27

Third round

Group D

The Group D tournament was played in Lyon, France, from 16 to 18 November 2018.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Arlan Kokshetau	3	1	2	0	0	9	4	+5	7	Advance to Final round
2	HK Gomel	3	2	0	0	1	8	6	+2	6
3	Kurbads Riga	3	1	0	1	1	8	12	−4	4
4	Lyon Lions (H)	3	0	0	1	2	4	7	−3	1

All times are local ( UTC+1).

16 November 2018 14:30

HK Gomel

6–2 (3–0, 1–2, 2–0)

Kurbads Riga

Patinoire Charlemagne Attendance: 105

Game reference
	8 min	Penalties	34 min
	40	Shots	24

16 November 2018 20:30

Lyon Lions

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

Arlan Kokshetau

Patinoire Charlemagne Attendance: 2,224

Game reference
	6 min	Penalties	12 min
	30	Shots	30

17 November 2018 15:00

Arlan Kokshetau

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

Kurbads Riga

Patinoire Charlemagne Attendance: 112

Game reference
	18 min	Penalties	37 min
	43	Shots	36

17 November 2018 20:00

HK Gomel

2–1 (3–0, 1–2, 2–0)

Lyon Lions

Patinoire Charlemagne Attendance: 2,006

Game reference
	12 min	Penalties	10 min
	29	Shots	24

18 November 2018 14:00

Arlan Kokshetau

3–0 (2–0, 1–0, 0–0)

HK Gomel

Patinoire Charlemagne Attendance: 205

Game reference
	4 min	Penalties	6 min
	33	Shots	22

18 November 2018 18:00

Kurbads Riga

3–2 (1–1, 0–0, 2–1)

Lyon Lions

Patinoire Charlemagne Attendance: 1,452

Game reference
	12 min	Penalties	10 min
	27	Shots	44

Group E

The Group E tournament was played in Belfast, United Kingdom, from 15 to 17 November 2018.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Belfast Giants (H)	3	2	0	0	1	12	6	+6	6 [a]	Advance to Final round
2	GKS Katowice	3	2	0	0	1	10	5	+5	6 [a]
3	Medveščak Zagreb	3	2	0	0	1	6	7	−1	6 [a]
4	Ritten Sport	3	0	0	0	3	3	13	−10	0

All times are local ( UTC±0).

15 November 2018 15:00

GKS Katowice

4–0 (1–0, 2–0, 1–0)

Ritten Sport

SSE Arena Attendance: 200

Game reference
	12 min	Penalties	6 min
	39	Shots	28

15 November 2018 19:00

Medveščak Zagreb

0–4 (0–1, 0–1, 0–2)

Belfast Giants

SSE Arena Attendance: 2,929

Game reference
	22 min	Penalties	20 min
	34	Shots	36

16 November 2018 15:00

GKS Katowice

2–3 (0–2, 1–0, 1–1)

Medveščak Zagreb

SSE Arena Attendance: 642

Game reference
	12 min	Penalties	20 min
	29	Shots	34

16 November 2018 19:00

Belfast Giants

6–2 (2–2, 2–0, 2–0)

Ritten Sport

SSE Arena Attendance: 3,595

Game reference
	37 min	Penalties	31 min
	45	Shots	32

17 November 2018 15:00

Ritten Sport

1–3 (0–1, 0–0, 1–2)

Medveščak Zagreb

SSE Arena Attendance: 578

Game reference
	6 min	Penalties	16 min
	24	Shots	46

17 November 2018 19:00

Belfast Giants

2–4 (1–0, 1–2, 0–2)

GKS Katowice

SSE Arena Attendance: 5,618

Game reference
	37 min	Penalties	12 min
	29	Shots	31

Final round

Continental Cup Final tournament was played in Belfast, United Kingdom, from 11 to 13 January 2019.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Arlan Kokshetau	3	2	1	0	0	15	6	+9	8
2	Belfast Giants (H)	3	2	0	1	0	11	5	+6	7
3	GKS Katowice	3	1	0	0	2	9	8	+1	3
4	HK Gomel	3	0	0	0	3	2	18	−16	0

All times are local ( UTC±0).

11 January 2019 15:00

GKS Katowice

2–4 (0–3, 2–0, 0–1)

Arlan Kokshetau

SSE Arena Attendance: 1,004

Game reference
	Kevin Lindskoug	Goalies	Ivan Poloshkov	Referees: Martin Fraňo Andreas Koch Linesmen: Andrew Cook Robert Pullar
	0–1 11:44 – Savenkov ( Klemeshov, Kiselyov) 0–2 14:13 – Borovikov ( Berdnikov, Shitikov) (PP) 0–3 18:00 – Potaichuk (Kiselyov, Savenkov) (PP) Tuhkanen ( Laakkonen, Rohtla) (PP2) – 23:40 1–3 Rohtla (Laakkonen, Čakajík) – 27:16 2–3 2–4 54:21 – Klemeshov ( Nesterov)
	6 min	Penalties	8 min
	21	Shots	20

11 January 2019 19:00

Belfast Giants

5–0 (1–0, 1–0, 3–0)

HK Gomel

SSE Arena Attendance: 3,728

Game reference
	Tyler Beskorowany	Goalies	Roman Bobariko	Referees: Alexandre Garon Ladislav Smetana Linesmen: Martin Jobbágy Joep Leermakers
	Rutherford ( Leonard, Roach) – 17:54 1–0 Dwyer ( Higgins, Baun) – 21:58 2–0 D. Murphy (Rutherford, Vandermeer) (PP) – 44:02 3–0 Shields (D. Murphy, Vandermeer) – 50:20 4–0 Higgins (Dwyer, Baun) (PP) – 57:41 5–0
	6 min	Penalties	10 min
	35	Shots	13

12 January 2019 15:00

Arlan Kokshetau

8–2 (4–0, 3–1, 1–1)

HK Gomel

SSE Arena Attendance: 1,102

Game reference
	Mikhail Demidov	Goalies	Roman Bobariko Alexei Merzlov	Referees: Gordon Schukies Ladislav Smetana Linesmen: Robert Pullar Scott Rodger
	Kiselyov ( Savenkov) – 05:11 1–0 Potaichuk (Savenkov) – 07:53 2–0 Berdnikov ( Malevich) – 09:54 3–0 Antsiferov ( Petrov) – 11:42 4–0 Potaichuk (Kiselyov, Savenkov) – 25:03 5–0 Petrov (PS) – 26:45 6–0 6–1 30:35 – Tochilkin (PP) Nesterov ( Gasnikov) – 37:33 7–1 Borovikov ( Yermolayev, Shitikov) – 49:00 8–1 8–2 59:56 – Solomonov ( Suslo, Musienko)
	6 min	Penalties	4 min
	41	Shots	16

12 January 2019 19:00

Belfast Giants

4–2 (1–0, 1–2, 2–0)

GKS Katowice

SSE Arena Attendance: 4,572

Game reference
	Tyler Beskorowany	Goalies	Kevin Lindskoug	Referees: Alexandre Garon Andreas Koch Linesmen: Martin Jobbágy Tornike Kuchava
	D. Murphy ( Leonard, Rutherford) – 17:07 1–0 1–1 20:14 – Rohtla ( Łopuski, Jyrkkiö) D. Murphy ( Riley, McFaull) – 31:14 2–1 2–2 39:51 – Laakkonen (Rohtla, Devečka) Leonard (Riley) – 40:15 3–2 Johner ( Roach, Dwyer) (PP2) – 58:52 4–2
	10 min	Penalties	48 min
	47	Shots	28

13 January 2019 13:00

HK Gomel

0–5 (0–2, 0–2, 0–1)

GKS Katowice

SSE Arena Attendance: 726

Game reference
	Roman Bobariko	Goalies	Kevin Lindskoug	Referees: Andreas Koch Ladislav Smetana Linesmen: Andrew Cook Scott Rodger
	0–1 00:17 – Łopuski ( Jyrkkiö, Rohtla) 0–2 13:19 – Łopuski (Rohtla, Jyrkkiö) (PP2) 0–3 20:27 – Łopuski (Rohtla, Laakkonen) (PP) 0–4 21:51 – Strzyżowski ( Starzyński, Urbanowicz) 0–5 58:15 – Jyrkkiö (Laakkonen)
	28 min	Penalties	10 min
	17	Shots	44

13 January 2019 17:00

Arlan Kokshetau

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

Belfast Giants

SSE Arena

Game reference
	Ivan Poloshkov	Goalies	Tyler Beskorowany	Referees: Martin Fraňo Gordon Schukies Linesmen: Tornike Kuchava Joep Leermakers
	Yegorov ( Nesterov) – 11:51 1–0 Yermolayev – 18:08 2–0 2–1 47:44 – Higgins ( Baun) 2–2 48:56 – Johner ( Ferland, Shields)
	Potaichuk Malevich Yermolayev Gasnikov Berdnikov Gasnikov	Shootout	D. Murphy Higgins Dwyer Rutherford Johner Rutherford
	8 min	Penalties	10 min
	30	Shots	41

See also

• 2018–19 Champions Hockey League

References

External links

• Official IIHF tournament page