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Stewart Roberts
Jun 21, 04 - 3:06 PM |
Nottingham Panthers in Continental Cup 2004
Full text of today's IIHF press release: The city of Szekesfehervar, Hungary and its national champion Alba Volan will be hosting the final of the 2004-2005 IIHF Continental Cup on January 7 – 9, 2005. This was approved by the IIHF and the participating national associations and teams in Vienna on June 19. The Hungarian champion will be joined by the Russian league powerhouse Dynamo Moscow and by HKm Zvolen, the finalist of the Slovak league playoffs. The third round winner will be the fourth team in the 2005 IIHF Continental Cup Super Final. The participation in the 2004-2005 Continental Cup is limited to one team per country, namely the champion of the countries not invited to take part in the IIHF Super Six and a club from the top league of the national associations joining the IIHF Super Six (to be played in St. Petersburg, Russia, January 13 – 16, 2005). Dynamo Moscow, HKm Zvolen and Great Britain’s Nottingham Panthers (runners-up) are Continental Cup participants who are not champions in their respective countries. The 2004-2005 IIHF Continental Cup will be played in three rounds prior to the final in Hungary. First round (24 – 26 September) Group A: Miercurea Ciuc, ROM (organizer) Slavia Sofia, BUL Maccabi Amos Lod, ISR Group B: Medvescak Zagreb, CRO (organizer) Vojvodina Novi Sad, SCG CH Jaca, ESP Second round (15 – 17 October) Group C: HC Riga 2000, LAT (organizer) Kazzinc Torpedo, KAZ Junost Minsk, BLR Winner A Group D: HC Amiens, FRA (organizer) Nottingham Panthers, GBR HC Milano, ITA HDD Olimpija, SLO Group E: Unia Oswiecim, POL (organizer) Sokol Kiev, UKR Esbjerg IK, DEN Winner B Third Round (19 – 21 November) Group F: Storhamar Dragons, NOR (organizer) Winner C Winner D Winner E Final (7 – 9 January, 2005) at Szekesfehervar, Hungary Group G: Alba Volan, HUN Dynamo Moscow, RUS HKm Zvolen, SVK Winner F The playing schedules will be announced later. Previous IIHF Continental Cup winners: 1998 Kosice, SVK 1999 Ambri-Piotta, SUI, 2000 Ambri Piotta, SUI 2001 ZSC Zurich Lions, SUI 2002 ZSC Zurich Lions, SUI 2003 Jokerit Helsinki, FIN 2004 Slovan Bratislava, SVK For further information: Szymon Szemberg IIHF Information & Media Relations Manager Brandschenkestrasse 50, 8002 Zürich, Switzerland 0041-1-562 22 75 (direct), 0041-79-774 07 11 (mobile) 0041-1-562 22 39 (Fax) szemberg@iihf.com www.iihf.com |
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