The 2018–19 Continental Cup was the 22nd edition of the
IIHF Continental Cup
The Continental Cup is a second-level ice hockey tournament for European clubs (behind Champions Hockey League), begun in 1997 after the discontinuing of the European Cup. It was intended for teams from countries without representatives in the ...
, Europe's second-tier ice hockey club competition organised by
International Ice Hockey Federation
The International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF; ; ) is a worldwide governing body for ice hockey. It is based in Zurich, Switzerland, and has 84 member countries.
The IIHF maintains the IIHF World Ranking based on international ice hockey to ...
. The season started on 28 September 2018 and the final tournament was played from 11 to 13 January 2019.
Qualified teams
First round
Group A
The Group A tournament was played in
Sofia
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, Bulgaria, from 28 to 30 September 2018.
''All times are local (UTC+3
UTC+03:00 is an identifier for a UTC offset, time offset from UTC of +03:00. In areas using this time offset, the time is three hours ahead of the Coordinated Universal Time, Coordinated Universal Time (UTC).
Following the ISO 8601 standard, ...
).''
Second round
Group B
The Group B tournament was played in
Ritten
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Territory
The community is named after the high plateau, elevation , the Ritten or the Renon, on which most of the villages are located. The plateau forms the southe ...
, Italy, from 19 to 21 October 2018.
''All times are local (UTC+2
UTC+02:00 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of +02:00. In ISO 8601, the associated time would be written as 2020-11-08T23:41:45+02:00.
As standard time (year-round)
Principal cities: Pretoria, Cape Town, Johannesburg, Durban, Por ...
).''
Group C
The Group C tournament was played in
Riga
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, Latvia, from 19 to 21 October 2018.
''All times are local (UTC+3
UTC+03:00 is an identifier for a UTC offset, time offset from UTC of +03:00. In areas using this time offset, the time is three hours ahead of the Coordinated Universal Time, Coordinated Universal Time (UTC).
Following the ISO 8601 standard, ...
).''
Third round
Group D
The Group D tournament was played in
Lyon
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, France, from 16 to 18 November 2018.
''All times are local (UTC+1
+01:00 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of +01:00. In ISO 8601, the associated time would be written as 2019-02-07T23:28:34+01:00. This time is used in:
*Central European Time
* West Africa Time
* Western European Summer Time
**Brit ...
).''
Group E
The Group E tournament was played in
Belfast
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, United Kingdom, from 15 to 17 November 2018.
''All times are local (UTC±0
UTC+00:00 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of +00:00. This time zone is the basis of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) and all other time zones are based on it. In ISO 8601, an example of the associated time would be written as 2069-0 ...
).''
Final round
Continental Cup Final tournament was played in
Belfast
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, United Kingdom, from 11 to 13 January 2019.
''All times are local (UTC±0
UTC+00:00 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of +00:00. This time zone is the basis of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) and all other time zones are based on it. In ISO 8601, an example of the associated time would be written as 2069-0 ...
).''
See also
*
2018–19 Champions Hockey League
References
External links
Official IIHF tournament page
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IIHF Continental Cup
2018–19 in European ice hockey