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Champions Hockey League playoff draw

Friday 10.10.2014, 12:00 • MTV studios, Helsinki, Finland • Champions Hockey League draw
     
    12.24
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    12.23
    Teams from the pot B will start the games from home and the teams from pot A at away. (12:23:24)
     
    12.22
    Nobember 4. is the first game day.
     
    12.20
    So the draw is ready.
     
    12.19
    Last pair will be HIFK from Finland and Fribourg-Gotteron from Switzerland.
     
    12.19
    Salzburg and Luleå is the next pair.
     
    12.18
    Frölunda and Tappara will face up.
     
    12.17
    Fifth pair will be match-up of two Finnish teams. Lukko against TPS.
     
    12.17
    Next pair will be Vienna Capitals from Austria against Kärpät from Finland.
     
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    Third pair will be Linköping and Sparta Prague.
     
    12.15
    Next pair is Geneve Servette and SaiPa.
     
    12.15
    Skellefteå plays against JYP, from Finland.
     
    12.14
    First club is Skellefteå.
     
    12.13
    Next one on the stage is Szymon Szemberg.
     
    12.12
    Peltonen tells that he is still involved with hockey. He is currently working in HIFK as Director of junior coaching.
     
    12.10
    Ternboms assistant on the draw will be Ville Peltonen, one of the Finnish hockey icons.
     
    12.09
    Chairman of the CHL, Andreas Ternbom, coming to stage.
     
    12.06
    Baumann wishes for even matches with maybe some overtime games.
     
    12.02
    Baumann says that the quality of games has been pleasing.
     
    12.01
    CEO of CHL Martin Baumann is on the stage,
     
    12.01
    There are 16 teams left and the draw will begin soon.
     
    11.59
    Everything is set to go.
     
    According to outline the CHL has laid out, the Draw will proceed accordingly:

    1. There will be a Draw board with two columns, A and B (one for each pot) and eight rows, one for each 1/8 final match-up.

    2. Teams will be drawn, starting with one from Pot A and then one from Pot B, alternating back and forth until all 16 teams have been drawn.

    3. Each team drawn will be placed in their appropriate column on the Draw board, starting at the top row and moving down. The only exception to this is a team cannot be in the same row as a team from their group. In case of a conflict, the second team drawn into this row will be moved down to the next free place in the column.

    4. At the end of the Draw, the match-ups for the 1/8 finals will be set (the teams paired beside each other in the rows) and the bracket for the entire playoffs will be established. (Winners of rows 1&2, 3&4, 5&6, 7&8 will match up in the quarter-finals, and the process will repeat for the semi-finals and final).
     
    Welcome, the draw will take place at 13:00 local time (12:00 Central European Time). The draw starts at the MTV Studios in Helsinki, Finland.
     
    Pot A (the eight best group winners): Frölunda Gothenburg (SWE), Red Bull Salzburg (AUT), Lukko Rauma (FIN), Skellefteå AIK (SWE), Vienna Capitals (AUT), Linköping HC (SWE), Fribourg-Gottéron (SUI), SaiPa Lappeenranta (FIN).

    Pot B (the three remaining group winners and the five best second-place teams): Kärpät Oulu (FIN), Sparta Prague (CZE), Tappara Tampere (FIN), Luleå Hockey (SWE), Genève-Servette (SUI), IFK Helsinki (FIN), JYP Jyväskylä (FIN), TPS Turku (FIN).

    Teams which played in the same groups during the group stage cannot be drawn against each other in the 1/8 finals. Teams from the same country can be drawn against each other.
     
    Playoff dates:
    1/8 Finals: 4 and 11 November
    Quarter-Finals: 2 and 9 December
    Semi-Finals: 13 and 20 January
    Final: 3 February
     
    Welcome. The Draw starts at 13:00 EET, 12:00 CET.
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