IIHF European Cup 1966
The Hockey European Cup in the 1965/66 season was the first start of the competition of the same name by the International Ice Hockey Federation IIHF. The competition was held from October 23 1965 to 18 March 1966. A total of 14 teams from 14 nations took part. The first European Cup winner was the Czechoslovak team of TJ ZKL Brno, which prevailed in the final against the German representatives EV Füssen.
Mode and participants
The country masters of the Year 1964/65 of the European members of the IIHF were qualified for the competition. The tournament was played in knockout system with four games per round. In each case, two games were played at a club, after two games at the opponent. The one team that won more games, advanced to the next round. The EV Füssen and the TJ ZKL Brno received a bye for the first round.
- Italy SG Cortina d'Ampezzo
- France Chamonix Hockey Club
- Hungary 1957 Budapest Újpesti Dózsa
- CSKA Sofia Bulgaria 1946
- SC Bern Switzerland
- GKS Katowice Poland
- Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia HK Jesenice
- Norway Vålerenga IF Oslo
- Pori Finland Karhut
- Sweden Västra Frölunda IF
- Czechoslovakia TJ ZKL Brno ( set for the quarterfinals )
- Federal Republic of Germany EV Füssen ( set for the quarterfinals )
Tournament
First round
Schedules were the 23 and 29 October and the 1st and 7th November 1965.
( 1) on November 2, 1965 in Zurich
Quarterfinals
It was played on the 7th, 8th, 18th and 19th of November.
Semifinal
The games were held on 11, 12, 20 and 21 January 1966.
Final
Winning team
Defender: Břetislavova Kocourek, Frantisek Maslan, Jaromír Meixner, Ladislav Olejník, Rudolf Potsch
Attacker: Josef Barta, Vlastimil Bubník, Josef Černý, Bronislav Danda, Richard Farda, Jaroslav Jiřík, Zdenék Kepák, Rudolf Scheuer, František Ševčík, Karel Skopal, František Vanek, Ivo Winkler
Head Coach: Vladimír Bouzek