IIHF European Cup

The IIHF European Cup, also known as the Europa Cup, was a European ice hockey club competition for champions of national leagues which was contested between 1965 and 1997, governed by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF).
==History==
The competition was originated by Günther Sabetzki,Ice Hockey and Olympism page 187 based on the European Cup of association football (now UEFA Champions League).
The tournament encountered problems. Countries had different levels of development in ice hockey, so some teams were weaker than others, resulting in a number of uncompetitive, one-sided games. Organisational difficulties were also posed by the refusal of some Soviet Union teams to play away games in certain places. This resulted in no final being held some years, and more than one final being held in others. The competition was discontinued after 1997. In its place, the European Hockey League and the Continental Cup, and later the IIHF European Champions Cup, were started.
==Format==
Teams were seeded and drawn into groups of four teams, with the winners of each group progressing to the next round, where they were drawn into groups again. Each round was played over a long weekend (Friday to Sunday) in a single venue, until one final group was left, the winner of which would be considered the champion. After the European Cup was discontinued, the Continental Cup would adopt this format.
==Winners==
;Knockout, 1965/66–1977/78
Season 	Winner 	Score 	Runner-up
1965–66	ZKL Brno 	6–4, 7–5, 6–2, 6–1	EV Füssen
1966–67	ZKL Brno 	3–2, 5–4 	Ilves
1967–68	ZKL Brno 	3–0, 3–3 	Dukla Jihlava
1968–69	CSKA Moscow 	9–1, 14–3 	EC KAC
1969–70	CSKA Moscow 	2–3, 8–5 	Spartak Moscow
1970–71	CSKA Moscow 	7–0, 3–3 	Dukla Jihlava
1971–72	CSKA Moscow 	8–2, 8–3 	Brynäs
1972–73	CSKA Moscow 	6–2, 12–2 	Brynäs
1973–74	CSKA Moscow 	2–3, 6–1 	Tesla Pardubice
1974–75	Krylya Sovetov Moscow	2–3, 7–0 	Dukla Jihlava
1975–76	CSKA Moscow 	6–0, 4–2 	Poldi Kladno
1976–77	Poldi Kladno 	4–4, 4–4 (2-1 SO) 	Spartak Moscow
1977–78	CSKA Moscow 	3–1 	Poldi Kladno
;Group, 1978/79–1989/90
Season 	Winner 	Runner-up 	Third 	Venue
1978–79	CSKA Moscow	Poldi Kladno 	Ässät 	Innsbruck, Austria
1979–80	CSKA Moscow	Tappara 	Slovan Bratislava	Innsbruck, Austria
1980–81	CSKA Moscow	HIFK 	Poldi Kladno 	Urtijëi, Italy
1981–82	CSKA Moscow	TJ Vítkovice 	SC Riessersee 	Düsseldorf, West Germany
1982–83	CSKA Moscow	Dukla Jihlava 	Tappara 	Tampere, Finland
1983–84	CSKA Moscow	Dukla Jihlava 	Dynamo Berlin 	Urtijëi, Italy
1984–85	CSKA Moscow	Kölner EC 	Dukla Jihlava 	Megève, France
1985–86	CSKA Moscow	Södertälje SK 	SB Rosenheim 	Rosenheim, West Germany
1986–87	CSKA Moscow	TJ VSŽ Košice 	Färjestad BK 	Lugano, Switzerland
1987–88	CSKA Moscow	Tesla Pardubice	Tappara 	Davos, Switzerland
1988–89	CSKA Moscow	TJ VSŽ Košice 	Kölner EC 	Cologne, West Germany
1989–90	CSKA Moscow	TPS 	Djurgårdens IF 	Berlin, West Germany
;Knockout, 1990/91–1996/97
Season	Winner 	Score 	Runner-up 	Venue
1990 	Djurgårdens IF	3–2 	Dynamo Moscow 	Düsseldorf, Germany
1991 	Djurgårdens IF	7–2 	Düsseldorfer EG	Düsseldorf, Germany
1992 	Malmö IF 	3–3 (1-0 SO)	Dynamo Moscow 	Düsseldorf, Germany
1993 	TPS 	4–3 	Dynamo Moscow 	Düsseldorf, Germany
1994 	Jokerit 	4–2 	Lada Togliatti 	Helsinki, Turku, Finland
1995 	Jokerit 	3–3 (3-2 SO)	Kölner Haie 	Cologne, Germany
1996 	Lada Togliatti	4–3 (OT) 	Modo 	Düsseldorf, Germany
Source: 
===By nation===
Performance by nation
Nation 	Winners	Runners-up	third
 	22 	6 	0
 	4 	13 	2
 	3 	4 	3
 	3 	4 	2
West Germany	0 	4 	4
 	0 	0 	1
==See also==
*European Hockey League
*IIHF Continental Cup
*IIHF European Champions Cup
*Spengler Cup
== References ==
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==External links==
*IIHF Club Competition History on IIHF.com
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