2022–23 Champions Hockey League
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Dates | August 2022 – February 2023 |
Teams | 32 |
← 2021–22 → |
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]
- CHL champions
- National league champions (play-off winners)
- Regular season winners
- Regular season runners-up
- Regular season third-placed team
- Regular season fourth-placed team
- 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 |
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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 |
Notes[]
References[]
- ^ "Qualification criteria updated for 2019/20". championshockeyleague.com. 19 September 2018. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
- ^ "Adjustments to the league ranking". www.championshockeyleague.com. 12 January 2022. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
- Champions Hockey League