2022–23 Champions Hockey League

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Teams in the 2022–23 Champions Hockey League

Black: Group A;

Purple: Group B;

Blue: Group C;

Red: Group D;

Orange: Group E;

Green: Group F;

White: Group G;

Yellow: Group H.

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.^[12]^[14]

Pots

The participating teams were 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.^[15] 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.

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
Rögle BK Färjestad BK EV Zug Eisbären Berlin Tappara Oceláři Třinec Red Bull Salzburg Luleå HF	HC Fribourg-Gottéron Red Bull München Jukurit Mountfield HK Villach SV Skellefteå AIK ZSC Lions Grizzlys Wolfsburg	Ilves Sparta Praha Fehérvár AV19 Frölunda HC SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers Straubing Tigers TPS HC Davos	Belfast Giants Brûleurs de Loups Slovan Bratislava Stavanger Oilers GKS Katowice Aalborg Pirates Olimpija Ljubljana MKS Cracovia

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	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	Advance to Playoffs	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 v t e	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	Advance to Playoffs	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 v t e	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	Advance to Playoffs	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 v t e	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	Advance to Playoffs	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 v t e	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]	Advance to Playoffs	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	—

Source: Champions Hockey League
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Head-to-head points: Red Bull Salzburg 4, Stavanger Oilers 2

Group F

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	STR	FBK	CRA	VSV
1	Straubing Tigers	6	5	1	24	11	+13	15	Advance to Playoffs	—	5–2	3–2	8–0
2	Färjestad BK	6	4	2	25	12	+13	12	Advance to Playoffs	6–1	—	5–1	7–0
3	MKS Cracovia	6	2	4	13	23	−10	6		0–4	4–3	—	4–2
4	Villach SV	6	1	5	10	26	−16	3		1–3	1–2	6–2	—

Group G

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	MHK	FHC	BER	GRE
1	Mountfield HK	6	5	1	29	17	+12	15^[a]	Advance to Playoffs	—	5–3	8–2	3–2
2	Frölunda HC	6	5	1	34	16	+18	15^[a]	Advance to Playoffs	4–2	—	7–1	7–4
3	Eisbären Berlin	6	2	4	21	29	−8	6		3–7	2–3	—	5–2
4	Brûleurs de Loups	6	0	6	15	37	−22	0		3–4	2–10	2–8	—

Source: Champions Hockey League
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:

^ ^a ^b The higher number of goals in one of the head-to-head matches: Mountfield HK 5, Frölunda HC 4

Group H

Pos	Team v t e	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	Advance to Playoffs	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 points 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):^[16]^[17]

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.

Playoffs

Qualified teams

The knockout phase involves the 16 teams which qualify as winners and runners-up of each of the eight groups in the group stage.

Group	Winners (seeded in round of 16 draw)	Runners-up (unseeded in round of 16 draw)
A	Luleå HF	Jukurit
B	EV Zug	Grizzlys Wolfsburg
C	Tappara	Red Bull München
D	Rögle BK	ZSC Lions
E	HC Fribourg-Gottéron	Red Bull Salzburg
F	Straubing Tigers	Färjestad BK
G	Mountfield HK	Frölunda HC
H	Skellefteå AIK	HC Davos

Format

In each round except the final, the teams play two games and the aggregate score decides which team advances. As a rule, the first leg is hosted by the team who has the inferior record in the tournament with the second leg being played on the home ice of the other team. If aggregate score is tied, a sudden death overtime follows. If the overtime is scoreless, the team who wins the shoot out competition advances.

The final will be played on the home ice of the team who has the better record in the tournament.

Bracket

The eight group winners and the eight second-placed teams advanced to the round of 16. The teams were divided into two seeding groups and group winners were randomly drawn against runners-up. Teams who had faced each other in the group stage could not be drawn against each other in the round of 16.

Round of 16				Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final

Färjestad BK	4	2	6

Mountfield HK (OT)	3	4	7
				Mountfield HK	2	1	3

				EV Zug (OT)	2	2	4
Red Bull München	1	1	2

EV Zug	5	5	10
								EV Zug	0	2	2

								Tappara	2	3	5
Red Bull Salzburg	3	1	4

Rögle BK	1	5	6
				Rögle BK	3	1	4

				Tappara	2	5	7
HC Davos	0	2	2

Tappara	1	2	3
												Tappara	3

												Luleå HF	2
Jukurit (OT)	1	2	3

HC Fribourg-Gottéron	1	1	2
				Jukurit	1	1	2

				Luleå HF	5	3	8
Grizzlys Wolfsburg	2	1	3

Luleå HF	3	2	5
								Luleå HF (SO)	2	4	6

								Frölunda HC	2	3	5
Skellefteå AIK	5	4	9

ZSC Lions	4	1	5
				Skellefteå AIK	1	2	3

				Frölunda HC (SO)	0	4	4
Frölunda HC	4	3	7

Straubing Tigers	0	2	2

Round of 16

The draw for the entire playoff was held on 13 October 2022 in Zürich.^[13]^[18] The first legs were played on 15 and 16 November with return legs played on 22 and 23 November 2022.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Färjestad BK	6–7 (OT)	Mountfield HK	4–3	2–4
Red Bull München	2–10	EV Zug	1–5	1–5
Red Bull Salzburg	4–6	Rögle BK	3–1	1–5
HC Davos	2–3	Tappara	0–1	2–2
Jukurit	3–2 (OT)	HC Fribourg-Gottéron	1–1	2–1
Grizzlys Wolfsburg	3–5	Luleå HF	2–3	1–2
Skellefteå AIK	9–5^[A]	ZSC Lions	5–4	4–1
Frölunda HC	7–2	Straubing Tigers	4–0	3–2

^

Order of legs reversed after original draw.

Quarter-finals

First legs were played on 6 and 7 December with return legs played on 13 December 2022.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Mountfield HK	3–4 (OT)	EV Zug	2–2	1–2
Rögle BK	4–7	Tappara	3–2	1–5
Luleå HF	8–2	Jukurit	5–1	3–1
Skellefteå AIK	3–4 (SO)	Frölunda HC	1–0	2–4

First Leg

6 December 2022
11:05

Rögle BK

3–2

Catena Arena, Ängelholm
Attendance: 3,268

Game reference

6 December 2022
12:05

5–1

Jukurit

Coop Norrbotten Arena
Attendance: 1,404

Game reference

6 December 2022
12:05

Skellefteå AIK

1–0
( 1-0, 0-0,0-0)

Skellefteå Kraft Arena, Skellefteå
Attendance: 2,108

Game reference

Linus Söderström

Goalies

Lars Johansson

Linesmen:
Tobias Nordlander
Emil Yletyinen

17:21 Wingerli

1-0

4 min

Penalties

6 min

42

Shots

39

7 December 2022
10:30

Mountfield HK

2–2
(1-0, 0-0, 2-1)

ČPP Arena
Attendance: 3,012

Game reference

Second Leg

13 December 2022
10:35

5–1

Rögle BK

Nokia Arena, Tampere
Attendance: 4,584

Game reference

Tappara won 7–4 on Aggregate.

13 December 2022
11:05

Jukurit

1–3

Ikioma Arena, Mikkeli
Attendance: 1,223

Game reference

Luleå won 8–2 on Aggregate.

13 December 2022
12:05

4–2 (SO)

Skellefteå AIK

Frölundaborg, Frölunda
Attendance: 2,953

Game reference

Frölunda HC won 4–3 on shootouts in Aggregate.

13 December 2022
12:45

2–1 (OT)

Mountfield HK

Bossard Arena, Zug
Attendance: 3,953

EV Zug won 4–3 in Overtime on Aggregate.

Semi-finals

First legs were played on 10 January with return legs played on 17 January 2023.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Tappara	5–2	EV Zug	2–0	3–2
Frölunda HC	5–6 (SO)	Luleå HF	2–2	3–4

First Leg

10 January 2023
10:30

2–0

Nokia Arena, Tampere
Attendance: 5,516

Game reference

10 January 2023
11:05

2–2

Frölundaborg,Frölunda
Attendance: 4,162

Game reference

Second Leg

17 January 2023

4–3 (SO)

Coop Norrbotten Arena, Luleå
Attendance: 4,045

Game reference

17 January 2023
13:15

2–3

Bossard Arena, Zug
Attendance: 5,531

Game reference

Final

18 February 2023
16:20 (UTC+1)