IIHF European Cup 1976
The Hockey European Cup in the 1975/76 season was the eleventh edition of the competition of the same name by the International Ice Hockey Federation IIHF. The competition began in November 1975; the final was played in December 1977. A total of 16 teams took part. The CSKA Moscow won after a year's break for the seventh time total for the title.
Mode and participants
The country masters of the 1974 /75 European members of the IIHF were qualified for the competition. The competition was held in the knockout system in return game. The CSKA Moscow and TJ Sokol Kladno were there set for the semifinals.
- Italy SG Cortina d'Ampezzo
- Netherlands Tilburg Trappers
- Federal Republic of Germany Düsseldorf EC
- France SHC Saint Gervais
- SC Bern Switzerland
- Norway IF Frisk Asker
- Ferencvaros Budapest Hungary 1957
- CSKA Sofia Bulgaria 1971
- Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia HK Olimpija Ljubljana
- Germany Democratic Republic in 1949 SG Dynamo White Water
- Tappara Tampere Finland ( set for the 2nd round )
- Sweden Brynäs IF Gavle ( set for the 2nd round )
- Czechoslovakia TJ Sokol Kladno ( set for the semi-finals )
- Soviet Union in 1955 CSKA Moscow ( set for the semi-finals )
Tournament
First round
2nd round
Round 3
A walk-through for the third round were Czechoslovakia TJ Sokol Kladno and the Soviet Union in 1955 CSKA Moscow.
Semifinal
Final
Best scorer of the competition was Rolf Biela of the SG Dynamo White Water, who scored seven goals.
Winning team
Defenders: Sergei Babinow, Vyacheslav Fetisov, Alexander Gusev, Vladimir Lutschenko, Alexei Woltschenkow, Gennady Tsygankov
Attacker: Boris Alexandrov, Vyacheslav Anissin, Helmut Balderis, Valery Kharlamov, Sergey Kapustin, Alexander Lobanov, Boris Mikhailov, Vladimir Petrov, Vladimir Wikulow, Alexander Woltschkow
Coaching staff: Viktor Tikhonov, Yuri Moiseyev, Viktor Kuskin