2022–23 Champions Hockey League

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The 2022–23 Champions Hockey League will be the eighth season of the Champions Hockey League, a European ice hockey tournament. The tournament is competed by 32 teams, with qualification being on sporting merits only. The six founding leagues will be represented by between three and five teams (based on a four-year league ranking), while seven "challenge leagues" will be to be represented by one team each.

Team allocation[]

A total of 32 teams from different European first-tier leagues will participate in the 2022–23 Champions Hockey League. Besides the Continental Cup champions, 24 teams from the six founding leagues, as well as the national champions from Norway, Denmark, France, Ukraine, Great Britain, Poland and Slovakia can qualify. The qualification for these places is set out in the rules as follows:^[1]

1. CHL champions
2. National league champions (play-off winners)
3. Regular season winners
4. Regular season runners-up
5. Regular season third-placed team
6. Regular season fourth-placed team
7. Regular season fifth-placed team

On 12 January 2022 it was decided that the 2021–22 season would not be accounted for in the league ranking and the status at the end of the 2019–20 season was taken into consideration to allocate places for the season.^[2]

Teams[]

Team	City/Area	League	Qualification	Participation	Previous Best
Rögle BK	Ängelholm	Swedish Hockey League	2022 CHL winners	2nd	Champion
TBD	TBD	Swedish Hockey League	Play-off champion	TBA	TBA
Luleå HF	Luleå	Swedish Hockey League	Regular season runners-up	5th	Champion
Skellefteå AIK	Skellefteå	Swedish Hockey League	Regular season third	7th	Semi-finals
Frölunda HC	Gothenburg	Swedish Hockey League	Regular season fourth	8th	Champion
TBD	TBD	National League	Play-off champion	TBA	TBA
EV Zug	Zug	National League	Regular season winners	8th	Quarter-finals
HC Fribourg-Gottéron	Fribourg	National League	Regular season runners-up	4th	Semi-finals
ZSC Lions	Zürich	National League	Regular season third	7th	Quarter-finals
SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers	Rapperswil	National League	Regular season fourth	1st	First appearance
TBD	TBD	Deutsche Eishockey Liga	Play-off champion	TBA	TBA
Eisbären Berlin	Berlin	Deutsche Eishockey Liga	Regular season winners or runners-up	6th	Round of 16
TBD	TBD	Deutsche Eishockey Liga	Regular season winners or runners-up or third	TBA	TBA
TBD	TBD	Deutsche Eishockey Liga	Regular season runners-up or third	TBA	TBA
TBD	TBD	Liiga	Play-off champion	TBA	TBA
Tappara	Tampere	Liiga	Regular season winners	8th	Final
Jukurit	Mikkeli	Liiga	Regular season runners-up	1st	First appearance
Ilves	Tampere	Liiga	Regular season third	1st	First appearance
TBD	TBD	Czech Extraliga	Play-off champion	TBA	TBA
Mountfield HK	Hradec Králové	Czech Extraliga	Regular season winners	4th	Final
Oceláři Třinec	Třinec	Czech Extraliga	Regular season runners-up	7th	Semi-finals
TBD	TBD	ICE Hockey League	Play-off champion	TBA	TBA
Red Bull Salzburg	Salzburg	ICE Hockey League	Regular season winners	7th	Semi-finals
Villach SV	Villach	ICE Hockey League	Regular season runners-up	2nd	Group stage
TBD	TBD	Elite Ice Hockey League	Regular season champion	TBA	TBA
TBD	TBD	Ligue Magnus	Play-off champion	TBA	TBA
TBD	TBD	Tipos extraliga	Play-off champion	TBA	TBA
TBD	TBD	Fjordkraftligaen	Play-off champion	TBA	TBA
TBD	TBD	Polska Hokej Liga	Play-off champion	TBA	TBA
TBD	TBD	Metal Ligaen	Play-off champion	TBA	TBA
TBD	TBD	Ukrainian Hockey League	Play-off champion	TBA	TBA
KS Cracovia	Kraków	Polska Hokej Liga	Continental Cup winner	3rd	Group stage

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