IIHF Continental Cup 2021

The 2020–21 Continental Cup would have been the 24th edition of the IIHF Continental Cup, Europe's second-tier ice hockey club competition organised by International Ice Hockey Federation. The season was scheduled to begin on 16 October 2020 and the final tournament was scheduled to be played from 8 to 10 January 2021.
The IIHF Council cancelled the tournament during the video conference meeting on August 24, 2020 due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
==Format==
Due to the delayed start of the hockey season in many countries due to the COVID-19 pandemic the tournament was about to have different format, consisting of the qualifying round, group stage and final round. In the qualifying round, 8 qualified teams are divided into two groups. The top two teams of each group advance to the group stage. In the group stage, 16 qualified teams and 4 teams that proceeded from the qualifying round are divided into four groups. The winners of each group advance to the final round.
==Qualified teams==
Team 	Qualification
Enter in the group stage 	Enter in the group stage
Shakhtyor Soligorsk 	2019–20 Belarusian Extraleague regular season third place
Frederikshavn White Hawks 	2019–20 Danish Cup winners
Gothiques d'Amiens 	2019–20 Coupe de France winners
Sheffield Steelers 	2019–20 EIHL season second place
Yertis Pavlodar (withdrew from the competition, was replaced by Altai Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk)	2019–20 Kazakhstan Hockey Championship regular season runners-up
Unia Oświęcim 	2019–20 Polska Hokej Liga regular season runners-up
Ferencvárosi TC (withdrew from the competition) 	2019–20 OB I bajnokság champions
Asiago Hockey 	2019–20 IHL - Elite champions
Olimp/Venta 	2019–20 Latvian Hockey Higher League champions
Csíkszereda 	2019–20 Romanian Hockey League champions
Olimpija 	2019–20 Slovenian Ice Hockey League champions
Kremenchuk 	2019–20 Ukrainian Hockey League champions
Enter in the qualifying round 	Enter in the qualifying round
Kaunas Hockey 	2019–20 Lithuania Hockey League regular season winners (abandoned)
FC Barcelona 	2019–20 Liga Nacional de Hockey Hielo regular season winners
Skautafélag Akureyrar 	2019–20 Icelandic Hockey League champions
HC Bat Yam 	2019–20 Israeli Hockey League champions
Crvena Zvezda 	2019–20 Serbian Hockey League champions
KHL Mladost 	2019–20 Croatian Ice Hockey League champions
Buz Beykoz SK 	2019–20 Turkish Ice Hockey Super League champions
Irbis-Skate Sofia 	2019–20 Bulgarian Hockey League champions
==Qualifying round==
===Group A===
The Group A tournament was scheduled to be played in Akureyri, Iceland, from 16 to 18 October 2020.
* Kaunas Hockey
* FC Barcelona
* Skautafelag Akureyrar
* HC Bat Yam
===Group B===
The Group B tournament was scheduled to be played in Sofia, Bulgaria, from 16 to 18 October 2020.
* Crvena Zvezda
* KHL Mladost
* Buz Beykoz SK
* Irbis-Skate Sofia
==Group stage==
===Group C===
The Group C tournament was scheduled to be played in Amiens, France, from 13 to 15 November 2020.
* Yertis Pavlodar
* Gothiques d'Amiens
* Ferencvarosi TC
*Group B 2nd place
===Group D===
The Group D tournament was scheduled to be played in Asiago, Italy, from 13 to 15 November 2020.
* Sheffield Steelers
* Asiago Hockey
* Kremenchuk
*Group A 2nd place
===Group E===
The Group E tournament was scheduled to be played in Ljubljana, Slovenia, from 13 to 15 November 2020.
* Shakhytor Soligorsk
* Olimp/Venta
* Olimpija
*Group B 1st place
===Group F===
The Group F tournament was scheduled to be played in Frederikshavn, Denmark, from 13 to 15 November 2020.
* Unia Oswiecim
* Frederikshavn White Hawks
* Csikszereda
*Group A 1st place
==Final round==
Continental Cup final tournament was scheduled to be played from 8 to 10 January 2021.
==See also==
* 2020–21 Champions Hockey League
==References==
Category:IIHF Continental Cup
Category:2021 in ice hockey