Union Cup

## Overview

The Union Cup is the most prestigious cup competition in the ILIH. Despite it's prestige, it's one of the younger competitions, only having been founded in Season 4. It uses a seeding bracket based on Division 1 and 2 league performances of its members.

## Format

The Union Cup uses a seeded bracket system with its 16 qualified teams. Once seeds are decided through qualification stages and league performance, 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

The Qualification stages are played as 1 game knockout fixtures similar to a 16 team tournament bracket. The best seeded of the not automatically qualified teams hosts the worst seeded, 2nd hosts the 2nd worst and so on, until there are only 4 teams left in the tournament. These 4, ordered by preexisting seed, are seeds 11-14. 15 and 16 were the teams who lost to those 4 with the best goal differential. Ties in GD are decided by preexisting seed.

* All Division 2 sides are in the Qualification Playoffs.

The losers of the Round of 16 are all qualified as the top 8 seeds for The Vase Round of 16.

## Season 6

*NHL 17*

 **-- ZNOJMO ASC CHAMPIONS --**

Final:

**Znojmo 7-3 West**

Semi Finals:

**Znojmo 2-0 Hershey**

**East 0-2 West**

Quarter Finals:

**Znojmo 2-1 Madison**

**East 2-0 North Bay**

**West 2-0 Moncton**

**Hershey 2-1 Swift Current**

Round of 16:

**Znojmo 2-0 Dynasty**

**East 2-0 Val d'Or**

**West 2-0 Mora**

**Swift Current 2-1 Industrial**

**Hershey 2-0 Kloten**

**Kelowna 1-2 Moncton**

**Rostock 1-2 North Bay**

**Madison 2-0 La Chaux de Fonds**

***MVP - Milan Akerlund***

**Winner's Lineup**

G. Maatta - (A)M. Akerlund - L. Kukkonen

C. Axelsson - P. Korpan

T. Janicki - (A)O. Danielsson - J. Fical

D. Leonov - J. Weinhandl

(C)M. Albrecht - L. Sykora - C. Langbroek

V. Nodl - H. Vikingstad

J. Ko - K. Pavletic - D. Simion

L. Nouza - L. Charpenon

## Season 5

*NHL 17*

 **-- RAPPERSWIL EAST CHAMPIONS --**

Final:

**Znojmo 1-3 East**

Semi Finals:

**Znojmo 2-0 Kelowna**

Eas**t 2-0 North Bay**

Quarter Finals:

**Znojmo 2-0 Rostock**

**West 1-2 North Bay**

**East 2-0 La Chaux de Fonds**

**Kelowna 2-1 Swift Current**

Round of 16:

**Znojmo 2-0 Dynasty**

**West 2-0 Olomouc**

**East 2-0 Borussia**

**Kelowna 2-0 Mora**

**Swift Current 2-0 Lubbock**

**La Chaux de Fonds 2-1 Hershey**

**Madison 0-2 North Bay**

**Rostock 2-0 Moncton**

***MVP - Stuart Novak***

**Winner's Lineup**

(C)K. Dopita - (A)N. Dupont - H. Robinson

A. Lehtera - (A)S. Novak

R. Holmberg - T. Hulse - B. Lalande

C. Bentley - K. Sislo

B. Bates - Y. Sislo - B. Sislo

J. Glebov - E. Glebov

K. Fritsche - P. Hlinka - L. Fazzini

H. Zednik - D. Brimanis

## Season 4

*NHL 14*

 **-- RAPPERSWIL WEST CHAMPIONS --**

Final:

**West 4-1 Swift Current**

Semi Finals:

**Znojmo 1-2 Swift Current**

**West 2-1 East**

Quarter Finals:

**Znojmo 2-0 Madison**

**Swift Current 2-1 Rostock**

**West 2-1 La Chaux de Fonds**

**East 2-0 Kelowna**

**Winner's Lineup**

(A)J. Doherty - (A)R. Svedberg - R. Sykora

T. Zherdev - (C)B. Lazarev

J. Brylin - P. Latta - L. O'Byrne

M. Mogilny - W. McCauley

K. Loughlin - T. Smits - S. Roy

A. Tenkrat - J. Desharnais

V. Laitinen - T. Petruzalek - K. Norman

T. Kelly - L. Keller