2022–23 Champions Hockey League
 | This article relies largely or entirely on a single source. (January 2022) |
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 1 September 2022 – 18 February 2023[1] |
| Teams | 32 |
The 2022–23 Champions Hockey League will be the eighth season of the Champions Hockey League, a European ice hockey tournament. The tournament is competed by 32 teams, with qualification being on sporting merits only. The six founding leagues will be represented by between three and five teams (based on a four-year league ranking), while seven "challenge leagues" will be to be represented by one team each.
Team allocation
A total of 32 teams from different European first-tier leagues will participate in the 2022–23 Champions Hockey League. Besides the Continental Cup champions and wild card invitee Olimpija Ljubljana, 24 teams from the six founding leagues, as well as the national champions from Denmark, France, the United Kingdom, Norway, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia will participate. Belarusian teams were not invited to participate due to the current political situation in Belarus while a Ukrainian team HC Donbass was forced to withdraw from the competition due to the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine and was replaced with the Slovenian champions Olimpija Ljubljana.[2][3]
The qualification criteria for national leagues is based on the following rules:[4]
- CHL champions
- National league champions (play-off winners)
- Regular season winners
- Regular season runners-up
- Regular season third-placed team
- Regular season fourth-placed team
- Regular season fifth-placed team
Note: the national league champions of the United Kingdom are determined following the regular season.[5]
Teams
On 12 January 2022 it was decided that the 2021–22 season would not be accounted for in the league ranking and the status at the end of the 2019–20 season was taken into consideration to allocate places for the season.[6]
Round and draw dates
The schedule of the competition is as follows.[1][8]
| Phase | Round | Draw date | First leg | Second leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Group stage | Matchday 1 | 25 May 2022[8] | 1–2 September 2022 | |
| Matchday 2 | 3–4 September 2022 | |||
| Matchday 3 | 8–9 September 2022 | |||
| Matchday 4 | 10–11 September 2022 | |||
| Matchday 5 | 4–5 October 2022 | |||
| Matchday 6 | 11–12 October 2022 | |||
| Playoff | Round of 16 | TBA | 15–16 November 2022 | 22–23 November 2022 |
| Quarter-finals | 6–7 December 2022 | 13 December 2022 | ||
| Semi-finals | 10–11 January 2023 | 17–18 January 2023 | ||
| Final | 18 February 2023 | |||
Group stage
For the group stage, the teams were drawn into 8 groups of 4 teams. Each team will play home and away against every other team for a total of six games. The best two teams will qualify to the round of 16.
The draw of the group stage took place on 25 May 2022 in Tampere, Finland at 16:00 CEST.[8]
Pots
The participating teams have been seeded into Pots 1 to 4 according to their achievements in their national leagues and their respective league’s standing in the CHL league ranking.[9] The reigning CHL champions Rögle BK were the top seeded team and therefore given a place in pot 1. In the top pot there were also the reigning champions of the six founding leagues and the regular season winner of SHL. The 16 remaining teams from the founding leagues were placed to pots 2 and 3. The fourth pot included the playoff champions from the seven challenge leagues and MKS Cracovia, winners of 2021–22 IIHF Continental Cup.
Group A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | LHF | JUK | AAL | SPA | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Luleå HF
|
6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 11 | +11 | 17 | Advance to Playoffs | — | 4–3 | 2–1 (OT) | 5–2 | |
| 2 |  Jukurit
|
6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 15 | +7 | 12 | 2–5 | — | 5–3 | 3–0 | ||
| 3 |  Aalborg Pirates
|
6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 21 | −11 | 4 | 1–3 | 0–3 | — | 2–6 | ||
| 4 |  Sparta Praha
|
6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 15 | 22 | −7 | 3 | 2–3 | 3–6 | 2–3 | — |
Group B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | EVZ | WOB | TPS | OLI | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  EV Zug
|
6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 9 | +18 | 17 | Advance to Playoffs | — | 4–3 (OT) | 6–1 | 5–2 | |
| 2 |  Grizzlys Wolfsburg
|
6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 16 | +9 | 13 | 2–5 | — | 5–4 | 7–2 | ||
| 3 | TPS
|
6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 23 | −10 | 6 | 0–4 | 1–4 | — | 3–2 | ||
| 4 |  Olimpija Ljubljana
|
6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 26 | −17 | 0 | 1–3 | 0–4 | 2–4 | — |
Group C
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | TAP | RBM | RAP | SLV | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tappara
|
6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 9 | +11 | 15 | Advance to Playoffs | — | 4–0 | 2–3 (OT) | 2–0 | |
| 2 | Red Bull München
|
6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 15 | +6 | 12 | 3–4 (SO) | — | 5–4 (OT) | 5–1 | ||
| 3 | SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers
|
6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 19 | 0 | 9 | 1–3 | 1–4 | — | 4–1 | ||
| 4 |  Slovan Bratislava
|
6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 26 | −17 | 0 | 2–5 | 1–4 | 4–6 | — |
Group D
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | RBK | ZSC | FEH | KAT | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rögle BK
|
6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 12 | +14 | 17 | Advance to Playoffs | — | 3–2 (OT) | 7–1 | 5–1 | |
| 2 | ZSC Lions
|
6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 12 | +11 | 11 | 3–4 | — | 5–1 | 5–1 | ||
| 3 |  Fehérvár AV19
|
6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 23 | −14 | 6 | 1–2 | 1–7 | — | 1–0 | ||
| 4 |  GKS Katowice
|
6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 21 | −11 | 2 | 4–5 | 2–1 (OT) | 2–4 | — |
Group E
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | FRI | RBS | OIL | ILV | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | HC Fribourg-Gottéron
|
6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 5 | +7 | 14 | Advance to Playoffs | — | 3–2 (SO) | 0–1 | 3–2 | |
| 2 |  Red Bull Salzburg
|
6 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 8[a] | 0–1 | — | 3–2 (OT) | 2–3 (OT) | ||
| 3 |  Stavanger Oilers
|
6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 15 | −5 | 8[a] | 0–3 | 2–3 (SO) | — | 4–2 | ||
| 4 | Ilves
|
6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 14 | −2 | 6 | 0–2 | 1–2 (OT) | 4–1 | — |
Notes:
Group F
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | STR | FBK | CRA | VSV | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Straubing Tigers
|
6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 11 | +13 | 15 | Advance to Playoffs | — | 5–2 | 3–2 | 8–0 | |
| 2 | Färjestad BK
|
6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 25 | 12 | +13 | 12 | 6–1 | — | 5–1 | 7–0 | ||
| 3 | MKS Cracovia
|
6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 23 | −10 | 6 | 0–4 | 4–3 | — | 4–2 | ||
| 4 | Villach SV
|
6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 26 | −16 | 3 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 6–2 | — |
Group G
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | MHK | FHC | BER | GRE | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mountfield HK
|
6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 17 | +12 | 15[a] | Advance to Playoffs | — | 5–3 | 8–2 | 3–2 | |
| 2 | Frölunda HC
|
6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 34 | 16 | +18 | 15[a] | 4–2 | — | 7–1 | 7–4 | ||
| 3 | Eisbären Berlin
|
6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 21 | 29 | −8 | 6 | 3–7 | 2–3 | — | 5–2 | ||
| 4 |  Brûleurs de Loups
|
6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 15 | 37 | −22 | 0 | 3–4 | 2–10 | 2–8 | — |
Group H
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | SKE | HCD | TRI | BEL | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Skellefteå AIK
|
6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 14 | +9 | 14 | Advance to Playoffs | — | 2–3 | 3–2 (OT) | 4–1 | |
| 2 | HC Davos
|
6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 15 | +8 | 12 | 2–5 | — | 4–0 | 5–1 | ||
| 3 | Oceláři Třinec
|
6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 18 | −2 | 8 | 4–5 | 4–3 | — | 4–0 | ||
| 4 |  Belfast Giants
|
6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 25 | −15 | 2 | 2–4 | 3–6 | 3–2 (OT) | — |
Group stage tie-breaking criteria
Teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win in regulation time, 2 poins for a win in overtime, 1 point for a loss in overtime, 0 points for a loss in regulation time). If two or more teams were tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria were applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (see 8.4.4. Tie breaking formula group stage standings):[10][11]
- Points in head-to-head matches among the tied teams;
- Goal difference in head-to-head matches among the tied teams;
- Goals scored in head-to-head matches among the tied teams;
- The higher number of goals in one of the matches among the tied teams;
- The most goals in the two game winning shot series;
- If more than two teams are tied, head-to-head criteria 1, 2 and 3 are reapplied exclusively to this subset of teams;
- If more than two teams are tied, and after applying head-to-head criteria 1, 2 and 3, a subset of teams are still tied, goal difference and goals scored then the results between each of the three teams and the closest best-ranked team outside the subset was applied; best-ranked team outside the sub-group was applied;
- The higher position in the 2021–22 Champions Hockey League club ranking;
- Goal difference in all group matches;
- Goals scored in all group matches;
- Regulation time wins in all group matches;
- Overtime wins in all group matches;
- Overtime losses in all group matches.
Notes
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