The 2020–21 Continental Cup would have been the 24th edition of the IIHF Continental Cup, Europe's second-tier ice hockey club competition organised by International Ice Hockey Federation. The season was scheduled to begin on 16 October 2020 and the final tournament was scheduled to be played from 8 to 10 January 2021.
The IIHF Council cancelled the tournament during the video conference meeting on August 24, 2020 due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
Format Due to the delayed start of the hockey season in many countries due to the COVID-19 pandemic the tournament was about to have different format, consisting of the qualifying round, group stage and final round. In the qualifying round, 8 qualified teams are divided into two groups. The top two teams of each group advance to the group stage. In the group stage, 16 qualified teams and 4 teams that proceeded from the qualifying round are divided into four groups. The winners of each group advance to the final round.
Qualified teams TeamQualificationEnter in the group stage Shakhtyor Soligorsk2019–20 Belarusian Extraleague regular season third place Frederikshavn White Hawks2019–20 Danish Cup winners Gothiques d'Amiens2019–20 Coupe de France winners Sheffield Steelers2019–20 EIHL season second place Yertis Pavlodar (withdrew from the competition, was replaced by Altai Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk)2019–20 Kazakhstan Hockey Championship regular season runners-up Unia Oświęcim2019–20 Polska Hokej Liga regular season runners-up Ferencvárosi TC (withdrew from the competition)2019–20 OB I bajnokság champions Asiago Hockey2019–20 IHL - Elite champions Olimp/Venta2019–20 Latvian Hockey Higher League champions Csíkszereda2019–20 Romanian Hockey League champions Olimpija2019–20 Slovenian Ice Hockey League champions Kremenchuk2019–20 Ukrainian Hockey League championsEnter in the qualifying round Kaunas Hockey2019–20 Lithuania Hockey League regular season winners (abandoned) FC Barcelona2019–20 Liga Nacional de Hockey Hielo regular season winners Skautafélag Akureyrar2019–20 Icelandic Hockey League champions HC Bat Yam2019–20 Israeli Hockey League champions Crvena Zvezda2019–20 Serbian Hockey League champions KHL Mladost2019–20 Croatian Ice Hockey League champions Buz Beykoz SK2019–20 Turkish Ice Hockey Super League champions Irbis-Skate Sofia2019–20 Bulgarian Hockey League champions
Qualifying round Group A The Group A tournament was scheduled to be played in Akureyri, Iceland, from 16 to 18 October 2020.
Group B The Group A tournament was scheduled to be played in Sofia, Bulgaria, from 16 to 18 October 2020.
Group stage Group C The Group C tournament was scheduled to be played in Amiens, France, from 13 to 15 November 2020.
Group D The Group D tournament was scheduled to be played in Asiago, Italy, from 13 to 15 November 2020.
Group E The Group E tournament was scheduled to be played in Ljubljana, Slovenia, from 13 to 15 November 2020.
Group F The Group F tournament was scheduled to be played in Frederikshavn, Denmark, from 13 to 15 November 2020.
Final round Continental Cup final tournament was scheduled to be played from 8 to 10 January 2021.
See also 2020–21 Champions Hockey League
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