IIHF European Cup 1995
The Hockey European Cup in the 1994 season was the 30th edition of the competition of the same name by the International Ice Hockey Federation IIHF. The competition began in October 1994; the final was played in December 1994. A total of 29 teams took part. Jokerit Helsinki won the title.
- 4.1 Group A
- 4.2 Group B
- 4.3 Group C
- 4.4 Group D
- 5.1 Group A
- 5.2 Group B
- 5.3 3rd place match
- 5.4 final
- 5.5 Best Scorer
- 5.6 All- Star team
Mode and participants
The country masters of the Year 1993/94 of the European members of the IIHF were qualified for the competition. The competition was played with a preliminary round in groups in simple mode. Then played from the group winners and runners- places.
Already qualified for the semifinals were:
Already qualified for the finals were:
Qualification
The qualification round took place from 16 to 18 September 1994 in Zagreb Croatia.
Quarterfinals
The preliminary round of the European Cup was played in five groups from 7 to 9 October 1994.
Group A
The matches of Group A were held in Tilburg in the Netherlands.
Group B
The matches of Group B were held in Budapest in Hungary.
Group C
The Group C matches were held in Riga in Latvia.
Group D
The Group D games were held in Nowy Targ in Poland.
Group E
The games in Group E were held in Feldkirch in Austria.
Semifinal
The semi-final was held from 11 to 13 November 1994.
Group A
The matches of Group A were held in Olomouc in the Czech Republic.
Group B
The matches of Group B were held in Munich. The group winners Hedos Munich had taken the effort to victory in the German Championship in 1994 financially and withdrew from the European Cup. After rejections from other clubs Riga took the place of Munich in the finals.
Group C
The Group C matches were held in Minsk in Belarus.
Group D
The Group D games were played in Kristianstad in Sweden. Initially, they should be held in Malmö Isstadion, but were postponed due to a rock concert in the much smaller Kristian Stader ice rink.
Final tournament
The final tournament was held in Turku and Helsinki, Finland from 26th to 30th December 1994.
Group A
Group B
3rd Place Match
Final
Best Scorer
All- Star team
Winning team
Goalkeeper Marko Rantanen, Ari Sulander
Defender: Erik Hämälainen, Santeri Immonen, Waltteri Immonen, Kari Martikainen, Niskanen Mika, Ari Salo, Mika Strömberg
Attacker: Otakar Janecký, Juha Jokiharju, Rami Koivisto, Mikko Konttila, Jari Kurri, Juha Lind, Timo Norppa, Timo Saarikoski, Teemu Selanne, Antti Törmänen, Petri Varis, Sami Wahlsten, Juha Ylönen
Head Coach: Hannu Aravirta