Champions Hockey League playoff draw (end)
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Champions Hockey League playoff draw

Tuesday 08.09.2015, 12:00 • Champions Hockey League draw
     
    And there we have it! All of the 16 pairs have been drawn! See you September 22, 2015! (12:26:37)
     
    Last years winner Luleå will also face their fellow swede, Färjestad BK!
     
    Växjo will face their fellow swedes Djurgården!
     
    Next pair, Tappara Tampere and Vitkovice Ostrava!
     
    Red Bull Munich is going to face Lukko Rauma!
     
    Czech team HC Litvinov are going to Vienna to face The Capitals!
     
    TPS Turku will face JYP from Jyväskylä! The first national pair of the playoffs!
     
    Frölunda vs. ERC Ingolstadt is the 10th pair!
     
    First timer Storhamar will face up against the only Austrians left in the league, Salzburg Red Bull!
     
    Skellefteå vs. HC Košice is the 8th pair drawn!
     
    Kärpät Oulu is going to get Düsseldorfer EG from Germany!
     
    Norwegian Stavanger Oilers are going to meet up against Eisbären Berlin from Germany!
     
    5th pair is ZSC Lions and Sparta Prague!
     
    Samu Haber wishing some good luck to his boys from Helsinki!
     
    Fourth pair this year will be HC Davos vs. IFK Helsinki!
     
    Adler Mannheim will face up against Blues Espoo from Finland!
     
    Second pair is Linköping and Bílí Tygři Liberec!
     
    and their opponent is Oceláři Třinec!
     
    First team is HV71 Jönköping.
     
    Finally! Let's do this! So Exciting!
     
    Mr. Baumann going through the rules of the draw.
     
    The host welcomes Samu Haber on stage. Samu opens up about being a huge hockey fan and especially about his favorite team, IFK Helsinki.

    I think we have found the right person to conduct this years playoff draw!
     
    CEO of CHL Martin Baumann has taken the stage. He seems to be very happy on where the league has been going.
     
    And we are ready!
     
    Finnish rock star Samu Haber is going to conduct the draw today. 5 minutes to go!
     
    Juha Junno from Kärpät Oulu just told to the press that he would prefer to face an international team in the playoffs, but from a financial point of view JYP Jyväskylä would be the team he wants to face.

    We'll see what happens in just a moment!
     
    20 minutes to go. Martin Baumann welcoming everybody to the draw!
     
    The 2015–16 Champions Hockey League Playoff Draw will take place Tuesday, 8 September in Helsinki, Finland 12:00 CET (13:00 local time).

    In the draw for the Round of 32, the 16 group stage winners will be drawn against the 16 runner-ups of the group stage. Teams from the same group cannot be drawn against each other.

    The winners from the group stage will be in POT 1. And the teams are:

    Linköping HC, Tappara Tampere, HV71 Jönköping, Skellefteå AIK, HC Davos, HC Litvinov, TPS Turku, Red Bull Munich, Adler Mannheim, Kärpät Oulu, Luleå Hockey, Stavanger Oilers, Storhamar Hamar, Frölunda HC, Växjo Lakers and Zurich Lions.

    The runner-ups from the group stage will be in POT 2. And the teams are:

    IFK Helsinki, Djurgården Stockholm, Red Bull Salzburg, Bílí Tygři Liberec, Färjestad Karlstad, Blues Espoo, Düsseldorfer EG, HC Košice, Vitkovice Ostrava, Vienna Capitals, Lukko Rauma, Oceláři Třinec, Sparta Prague, JYP Jyväskylä, ERC Ingolstadt and Eisbären Berlin.

    The teams from pot 2 will host the first leg of the playoffs. The playoffs will begin Tuesday, 22 September 2015.
     
    Welcome. Event starts at 12:00.
    Commentary by

    Luke Fisher

    CZ@eurovision_luke

    Niko Korkiakoski

    CZ@NikoKorkiakoski