CHL draw results
Today at 12.00 CET was the draw for the 2015-16 Champions Hockey League season in Prague, Czech Republic. See in which of the 16 groups the 48 teams will play.
The exact schedule for the new CHL season will be made public around 25 May 2015. The group stage is to be played between 20 August and 6 September 2015.
The playoffs start 22 September 2015. The Final is played in a single game on 9 Februar
2016.
The two best teams of each of the 16 groups will advance to the round of the last 32 at which point the competition is played in a knock out system with first and second leg. Each team will play twice at home and twice on the road against every group rival during group stage.
Group 1: SC Bern (SUI), Linkoping HC (SWE), IFK Helsinki (FIN)
Group 2: Tappara Tampere (FIN), EV Zug (SUI), Djurgarden Stockholm (SWE)
Group 3: Red Bull Salzburg (AUT), HV71 Jonkoping (SWE), SonderjyskE Vojens (DEN)
Group 4: Skelleftea AIK (SWE), Bili Tygri Liberec (CZE), HK Nitra (SVK)
Group 5: HC Davos (SUI), HC Pardubice (CZE), Farjestad Karlstad (SWE)
Group 6: HC Litvinov (CZE), Espoo Blues (FIN), Grenoble (FRA)
Group 7: Black Wings Linz (AUT), Dusseldorf (GER), TPS Turku (FIN)
Group 8: Red Bull Munich (GER), KAC Klagenfurt (AUT), HC Kosice (SVK)
Group 9: Adler Mannheim (GER), Vitkovice Ostrava (CZE), Neman Grodno (BLR)
Group 10: Karpat Oulu (FIN), Vienna Capitals (AUT), Krefeld Pinguine (GER)
Group 11: Lukko Rauma (FIN), Lulea Hockey (SWE), Fribourg-Gotteron (SUI)
Group 12: Ocelari Trinec (CZE), KalPa Kuopio (FIN), Stavanger Oilers (NOR)
Group 13: Sparta Prague (CZE), Geneve-Servette (SUI), Storhamar Hamar (NOR)
Group 14: Frolunda Gothenburg (SWE), JYP Jyvaskyla (FIN), Sheffield Steelers (GBR)
Group 15: Vaxjo Lakers (SWE), Ingolstadt (GER), Braehead Glasgow (GBR)
Group 16: ZSC Lions Zurich (SUI), Eisbaren Berlin (GER), Gap Rapaces (FRA)