The Vase

== Overview ==
The Vase is the second most prestigious cup competition in the ILIH. It's among the younger competitions, only being played since Season 4. It uses a seeding bracket based on Division 1 and 2 league performances and the Union Cup round of 16.
== Format ==
The Vase uses a seeded bracket system with its 16 qualified teams. Once all teams are decided through the Quarter Finals of the Union Cup, teams are seeded ordering them by their Union Cup seeds, for those whom it pertains to. The rest are seeded by league performance. The top 8 seeded teams of the 10 that didn't qualify for the Union Cup are seeds 9-16. The tournament starts with best 2 of 3, first round match-ups between 1st-16th, 2nd-15th, 3rd-14th, etc. The higher seed hosts the 1st and 3rd game, if needed. The final is one game. The tournament bracket is drawn, from the first round, to ensure a 1st-2nd match-up isn't possible until the final.
== Qualification ==
6 of the losers of the Union Cup round of 16 are picked at random through a lottery to fill seeds 5-10. The remaining two teams will play a single qualification game against a randomly drawn opponent from a lottery. This lottery also includes the 10 teams that didn't qualify for the Union Cup. The host of each game is randomly chosen as well. The winners of these playoffs, ordered now by their most recent league finishes fill out seeds 11-16. The losers of the Union Cup quarter finals are ordered by their Union Cup seeds and are seeds 1-4 of The Vase.
Qualification before Season VII
The losers of the Union Cup round of 16 are seeds 1-8, ordered using their Union Cup seeds. Seeds 9-16 are the 8 best league performers of the 10 left that didn't qualify for the Union Cup. Unlike the Union Cup, there isn't necessarily a league position teams can strive to finish in in order to ensure qualification.
== Prize Money ==
Win Round of 16: $1,000,000
Win Quarter Final: $2,000,000
Win Semi Final: $4,000,000
Win Final: $8,000,000
== Season 6 ==
NHL 17
 -- VAL D'OR CHAMPIONS --
Final:
Kelowna 1-3 Val d'Or
Semi Final:
Kelowna 2-0 Glendale
Val d'Or 2-1 Glens Falls
Quarter Final:
Kelowna 2-0 Dynasty
Granby 0-2 Glendale
Rostock 0-2 Val d'Or
La Chaux de Fonds 1-2 Glens Falls
Round of 16:
Kelowna 2-0 Lubbock
Dynasty 2-0 Olomouc
Industrial 0-2 Glendale
Kloten 0-2 Granby
Rostock 2-0 Vaasa
Val d'Or 2-0 Richmond Hill
Mora 1-2 Glens Falls
La Chaux de Fonds 2-0 District 5
*
Goals 	Assists 	Points 	+/- 	SV%
6 - S. Gailis 	7 - M. Ustorf 	9 - M. Ustorf 	11 - D. Quintina 	93.7 - L. Caron
6 - N. Rask 	6 - J. Chan Seok	8 - S. Davies 	9 - M. Sauve 	92.8 - J. Bolton
4 - J. Lincoln 	6 - L. Marinelli	8 - J. Lincoln 	9 - M. Surovy 	92.4 - D. Arkhipienka
4 - K. Best 	6 - M. Lindqvist	7 - R. Fernandez	8 - J. Pierro-Zabotel	91.3 - S. Numminen
4 - S. Davies 	6 - K. Fitzroy 	7 - N. Rask 	7 - V. Kopecky 	90.9 - F. Ryan
4 - R. Fernandez	 	7 - S. Cibak 	7 - J. Lincoln 	
4 - S. Cibak 	 	7 - M. Surovy 	 	
 	 	7 - S. Gailis 	 	
 	 	7 - L. Marinelli	 	
 	 	7 - J. Walton 	 	
 	 	7 - J. Chan Seok	 	
Winner's Lineup
J. Chan Seok - R. Caron - (C)J. Walton
(A)P. Eller - F. Madsen
A. Bortnak - T. Kolosov - (A)M. Mathieu
J. Pierro-Zabotel - D. Quintina
P. Filatov - N. Rask - M. Martensson
O. Tarkir - L. Skroder
S. Sutter - B. Cherry - S. Cibak
L. Caron - M. Markov
== Season 5 ==
NHL 17
 -- MONCTON CHAMPIONS --
Final:
Val d'Or 1-6 Moncton
Semi Final:
Val d'Or 2-0 District 5
Moncton 2-1 Granby
Quarter Final:
Madison 1-2 Val d'Or
District 5 2-1 Glens Falls
Moncton 2-1 Olomouc
Hershey 1-2 Granby
Round of 16:
Madison 2-0 Richmond Hill
Dynasty 1-2 Val d'Or
Lubbock 1-2 Glens Falls
Mora 0-2 District 5
Moncton 2-0 Oakville
Olomouc 2-0 Kloten
Hershey 2-1 Industrial
Glendale 0-2 Granby
*
Goals 	Assists 	Points 	+/- 	SV%
6 - G. Jekyll 	7 - M. Bebko 	9 - E. Colbert 	11 - P. Janus 	93.8 - R. Patera
5 - E. Colbert 	6 - O. Bowale 	9 - P. Janus 	10 - E. Colbert 	91.9 - L. Gregoric
5 - S. Ilyenko 	6 - S. Lagerstrom	9 - M. Bebko 	10 - M. Bebko 	91.4 - J. Baumgartner
5 - C. Salei 	6 - P. Janus 	9 - I. Bobrovsky	9 - E. Sivan 	90.9 - A. Federov
5 - I. Bobrovsky	6 - E. Sivan 	8 - E. Sivan 	8 - P. Filatov 	90.8 - R. Ewans
 	6 - R. Setzinger 	8 - R. Caron 	8 - J. Appel 	
 	 	8 - G. Jekyll 	8 - L. Marinelli	
Winner's Lineup
E. Colbert - (A)P. Janus - E. Sivan
(C)L. Graps - (A)S. Forster
H. Van Quinten - M. Viitanen - G. Michael
E. Cingel - M. Bebko
S. Lagerstrom - P. Bobyk - M. Merzlinkins
J. Appel - M. Hanzal
J. Jojo - M. Nordgren - D. Dmitra
R. Patera - K. Jakobsen
== Season 4 ==
NHL 14
 -- NORTH BAY CHAMPIONS --
Final:
North Bay 2-1 Hershey
Quarter Final:
North Bay 2-0 Kloten
Hershey 2-0 Moncton
* Kloten beat Val d'Or in a qualification match
Goals 	Assists 	Points 	+/- 	SV%
4 - T. Weiss 	5 - G. Mogilny 	7 - G. Mogilny 	5 - G. Mogilny	96.23 - B. Koho
3 - B. Jokela 	3 - A. Dvorak 	5 - T. Weiss 	5 - T. Weiss 	94.48 - T. Benin
3 - J. Wirtanen	3 - J. Kubincak 	4 - B. Jokela 	5 - S. Baier 	93.90 - G. Bruess
3 - M. Kuchler 	3 - M. Kaijomaa 	4 - M. Kuchler 	4 - P. Rozitis	91.94 - R. Patera
2 - G. Mogilny 	3 - B. Lindstrom	3 - M. Kaijomaa 	4 - M. Cane 	91.30 - M. Vokoun
 	 	3 - J. Kubincak 	4 - R. Kuhl 	
 	 	3 - P. Rozitis 	 	
 	 	3 - A. Dvorak 	 	
 	 	3 - J. Wirtanen 	 	
 	 	3 - B. Lindstrom	 	
Winner's Lineup
H. Ehrhardt - D. Reiss - (A)J. Kolesnik
P. Rozitis - (C)M. Kaijomaa
J. Wirtanen - T. Weiss - (A)J. Kubincak
R. Kuhl - R. Didiomete
M. Kuchler - S. Lofberg - M. Cane
L. Hassinen - R. Zubrus
M. Bernier - K. Hood - N. Pettersen
B. Koho - G. Bruess