Espoo Blues
HV71 Jönköping
Kärpät Oulu
Linköpings HC
Metallurg Magnitogorsk
HC MOUNTFIELD Ceske Budejovice
Salavat Yulayev Ufa
SC Bern
HC Slavia Prague
HC Slovan Bratislava
ZSC Lions Zurich
Magnitogorsk Arena (Magnitogorsk), 7700 spectators
Metallurg Magnitogorsk 2-2 (0-2, 0-0, 2-0) ZSC Lions Zurich
Wed, 28. January 2009, 19:30 CET
Diners Club Arena (Rapperswil-Jona)
ZSC Lions Zurich 5-0 (1-0, 1-0, 3-0) Metallurg Magnitogorsk
The Champions Hockey League is a new ice hockey league slated to launch for the 2008-09 season, which will also be the 100th anniversary of the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF), which will run the league. It will include the best teams in European ice hockey. The financial reward for progressing to the CHL Group Stage will be a portion of the 16.9 million Swiss francs that will be distributed evenly between the teams with a 1,000,000 Swiss franc bonus going to the winner, the largest monetary reward ever given in any European ice hockey competition. The Champions Hockey League will replace the IIHF European Champions Cup, the current competition for Europe's top ice hockey teams. The IIHF European Champions Cup's highest trophy, the Silver Stone Trophy, will also most likely be the top trophy for the CHL.
The CHL is also broadcast regularly in some extra-European markets.
Universal Sports (part of the NBC Universal group) is the league's broadcaster in the United States, while The Score holds Canadian rights.
The Champions Hockey League is a new ice hockey league slated to launch for the 2008-09 season, which will also be the 100th anniversary of the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF), which will run the league. It will include the best teams in European ice hockey. The financial reward for progressing to the CHL Group Stage will be a portion of the 16.9 million Swiss francs that will be distributed evenly between the teams with a 1,000,000 Swiss franc bonus going to the winner, the largest monetary reward ever given in any European ice hockey competition. The Champions Hockey League will replace the IIHF European Champions Cup, the current competition for Europe's top ice hockey teams. The IIHF European Champions Cup's highest trophy, the Silver Stone Trophy, will also most likely be the top trophy for the CHL.
The CHL is also broadcast regularly in some extra-European markets.
Universal Sports (part of the NBC Universal group) is the league's broadcaster in the United States, while The Score holds Canadian rights.
 Russia |
Kontinental Hockey League | Two teams guaranteed in the 2008-2009 CHL |
 Finland |
SM-liiga | |
 Czech Republic |
Czech Extraliga | |
 Sweden |
Elitserien | |
 Slovakia |
Slovak Extraliga | One team guaranteed in the 2008-2009 CHL + one possible qualifier |
 Switzerland |
National League A | |
 Germany |
Deutsche Eishockey-Liga | |
 Belarus |
Belarusian Hockey League | Teams from these leagues for Qualification Round 1 for 2009-2010 |
 Latvia |
Latvian Hockey League | |
 Denmark |
Oddset Ligaen | |
 Austria |
Austrian Hockey League | |
 Kazakhstan |
Kazakhstan Championship | |
 Norway |
GET-ligaen | |
 France |
Ligue Magnus | |
 Slovenia |
Slovenian Hockey League | |
 Italy |
Serie A | |
 Hungary |
OB I bajnoks�g | |
 Poland |
Polska Liga Hokejowa | |
 Netherlands |
Eredivisie | |
 Ukraine |
Ukrainian Supreme League | |
 Great Britain |
Elite Ice Hockey League | |
 Romania |
Liga Nationala de hochei |