context: The Continental Hockey League (KHL) is an open international hockey league uniting clubs from Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, China, Latvia, Slovakia, Finland, which annually fight for the league’s main trophy - the Gagarin Cup. The KHL was formed in 2008 and originally united 24 teams. Since the 2018/19 season, 25 teams from 23 cities and seven countries have been playing in the league. Initially, it was planned to increase the league to 32 hockey clubs, but now the KHL leadership, on the contrary, is reducing the number of teams.
question: In what year was the Continental Hockey League founded?
answers.text: 2008