2011 European Trophy

The 2011 European Trophy was the second European Trophy, a European ice hockey tournament held annually. It was also the sixth tournament since its predecessor, the Nordic Trophy, was launched in 2006. The regulation round began on 11 August 2011 and ended on 6 September 2011. The playoffs, which took place in Austria, were played between 16–18 December 2011 in the Eisarena Salzburg in Salzburg, and the Albert Schultz Eishalle in Vienna, at the same time as the 2011 Channel One Cup. The playoff hosts, Red Bull Salzburg, won the playoffs and captured their first championship title in the European Trophy tournament, having lost in the quarterfinals last year.
A significant difference in this year's tournament was that the number of participating teams was increased from 18 to 24. To compensate this, the teams were divided into four divisions this year, instead of just two in the previous year's tournament. Another difference was that the playoffs, known as the Red Bulls Salute, were not played at the same time as the regulation round—the regulation round was played between August–September 2011, while the playoffs were played in December, three months later. Further, the junior edition was disbanded prior to this year's tournament.
== Tournament format ==
The 24 teams in the tournament were, based on geographical location, divided into four divisions: the West Division, the North Division, the South Division, and the East Division. Each division consisted of 6 teams who played a round-robin in their division, and another three games against teams from the other three divisions (see the Division vs. Division games section), giving a total of 8 games per team. The top two teams of each division qualified for the playoffs, but as Red Bull Salzburg qualified for the playoffs as hosts (i.e. failed to reach one of the top two spots of the East Division), they replaced the worst second ranked team out of all four divisions, which was Eisbären Berlin.
Had at least two teams in the same division ended up tied in points, the following tie-breaker format was used:
#Best goal difference
#Most goals scored in total
#Results in games against the tied teams
#Drawing of lots
As Red Bull Salzburg, who were automatically qualified for the playoffs, failed to reach one of the top two spots of the East Division, the same tie-breaker format was used to determine which second ranked team they would replace, which was Eisbären Berlin.
== Participating clubs ==
Division	Team 	City 	Home arena 	Capacity	Joined NT/ET
North 	Djurgårdens IF 	Stockholm 	Hovet 	8,094 	2006
North 	HIFK 	Helsinki 	Helsinki Ice Hall 	8,200 	2006
North 	Jokerit 	Helsinki 	Hartwall Areena 	13,349 	2008
North 	Sparta Praha 	Prague 	Tesla Arena 	16,995 	2010
North 	Slavia Praha 	Prague 	O2 Arena 	18,000 	2011
North 	Luleå HF 	Luleå 	Coop Norrbotten Arena 	6,200 	2011
South 	Linköpings HC 	Linköping 	Cloetta Center 	8,500 	2006
South 	HV71 	Jönköping 	Kinnarps Arena 	7,038 	2008
South 	Adler Mannheim 	Mannheim 	SAP Arena 	10,600 	2010
South 	Bílí Tygři Liberec 	Liberec 	Tipsport Arena 	7,500 	2011
South 	ČSOB Pojišťovna Pardubice 	Pardubice 	ČEZ Aréna 	10,194 	2011
South 	Kometa Brno 	Brno 	Hala Rondo 	7,200 	2011
East 	Oulun Kärpät 	Oulu 	Oulun Energia Areena 	6,614 	2006
East 	KalPa 	Kuopio 	Kuopion Jäähalli 	5,225 	2011
East 	Mountfield České Budějovice	České Budějovice	Budvar Arena 	6,421 	2011
East 	Plzeň 1929 	Plzeň 	ČEZ Aréna 	8,420 	2011
East 	Slovan Bratislava 	Bratislava 	Slovnaft Arena 	10,000 	2011
East 	Vienna Capitals 	Vienna 	Albert Schultz Eishalle	4,500 	2011
West 	Färjestad BK 	Karlstad 	Löfbergs Lila Arena 	8,647 	2006
West 	Frölunda Indians 	Gothenburg 	Scandinavium 	12,044 	2006
West 	TPS 	Turku 	HK Arena 	11,820 	2006
West 	Tappara 	Tampere 	Hakametsä Areena 	7,800 	2006
West 	Eisbären Berlin 	Berlin 	O2 World 	14,200 	2010
West 	Red Bull Salzburg 	Salzburg 	Eisarena Salzburg 	3,200 	2010
== Regulation round ==
    	Team is qualified for the playoffs
    	Team is eliminated from the tournament
=== West Division ===
Team 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Frölunda Indians 	8	5	1	1	1	32	19	+13	18
Eisbären Berlin 	8	4	0	1	3	18	26	–8 	13
Red Bull Salzburg	8	4	0	0	4	27	25	+2 	12
TPS 	8	2	2	1	3	19	20	–1 	11
Färjestads BK 	8	2	1	2	3	15	22	–7 	10
Tappara 	8	1	0	2	5	21	28	–7 	5
=== North Division ===
Team 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Jokerit 	8	6	0	0	2	29	18	+11	18
Luleå HF 	8	4	1	0	3	23	21	+2 	14
Djurgårdens IF	8	4	0	1	3	25	20	+5 	13
HIFK 	8	3	2	0	3	24	19	+5 	13
Sparta Praha 	8	3	0	1	4	20	23	–3 	10
Slavia Praha 	8	2	0	1	5	18	29	–11	7
=== South Division ===
Team 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Pojišťovna Pardubice	8	4	1	1	2	23	21	+2	15
Linköpings HC 	8	3	1	2	2	19	18	+1	13
Adler Mannheim 	8	4	0	0	4	22	24	–2	12
HV71 	8	3	0	1	4	15	21	–6	10
Bílí Tygři Liberec 	8	1	2	0	5	16	19	–3	7
Kometa Brno 	8	1	1	0	6	20	27	–7	5
=== East Division ===
Team 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Plzeň 1929 	8	5	2	1	0	30	16	+14	20
České Budějovice 	8	5	2	1	0	26	15	+11	20
Slovan Bratislava	8	3	2	0	3	25	20	+5 	13
Oulun Kärpät 	8	1	2	3	2	21	23	–2 	10
KalPa 	8	2	0	3	3	19	21	–2 	9
Vienna Capitals 	8	1	2	0	5	18	30	–12	7
=== Division vs. Division games ===
==== West Division vs. North Division ====
==== West Division vs. South Division ====
==== West Division vs. East Division ====
==== North Division vs. South Division ====
==== North Division vs. East Division ====
==== South Division vs. East Division ====
== Playoffs ==
The playoffs are played as the Red Bulls Salute and take place in Salzburg and Vienna between 16–18 December 2011. The teams that lose the quarterfinals play in the classification games. The classification games decide which teams play in the respective games for 7th place and 5th place.
=== Quarterfinals ===
=== Classification games ===
=== Semifinals ===
=== 7th place game ===
=== 5th place game ===
=== Bronze medal game ===
=== Gold medal game ===
== Ranking and statistics ==
=== Final standings ===
The final standings of the tournament:
align=center	Red Bull Salzburg
align=center	Jokerit
align=center	Luleå HF
4 	Linköpings HC
5 	Pojišťovna Pardubice
6 	Plzeň 1929
7 	Frölunda HC
8 	České Budějovice
== References ==
== External links ==
*2011 European Trophy schedule
*Playoff schedule at Red Bulls Salute's website
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