Rungsted kvalificerede sig med mesterskabet i fredags til den kommende sæsons Champions Hockey League. En stor udfordring for Rungsted – både sportsligt og organisatorisk.
31 klubber har foreløbig kvalificeret sig og venter på vinderen af den finske Liiga-finale. Det ene hold, Kärpät Oulu – der traditionelt satser hårdt på CHL – er allerede kvalificeret til Europa, mens det andet finalehold, HPK fra Hämmenlinna, kommer ud i Europa, hvis klubben vinder finaleserien.
Hvis Kärpät vinder, bliver det TPS Turku, der skal spille med i CHL.
Lodtrækningen finder sted 22. maj i forbindelse med VM i Slovakiet, og Rungsted vil med 99 procents sikkerhed blive seedet i det nederste af fire lag.
Her er de foreløbigt kvalificerede 31 mandskaber via CHL:
Austria (3 places)
- Graz 99ers (Regular Season Winners)
- Vienna Capitals (Pick Round Winners)
- KAC Klagenfurt (Playoff Finalists)
Belarus (1 place)
- Yunost Minsk (National Champions)
Czech Republic (4 places)
- Bílí Tygři Liberec (Regular Season Winners)
- Oceláři Třinec (Regular Season Runners-Up)
- HC Pilsen (Regular Season Third-Placed)
- Mountfield HK (Regular Season Fourth-Placed)
Denmark (1 place)
- Rungsted Seier Capital (National Champions)
Finland (4 places)
- Kärpät Oulu (Regular Season Winners)
- Tappara Tampere (Regular Season Runners-Up)
- Lahti Pelicans (Regular Season Third-Placed)
- tbc
France (1 place)
- Grenoble (National Champions)
Germany (3 places)
- Adler Mannheim (Regular Season Winners)
- Red Bull Munich (Regular Season Runners-Up)
- Augsburger Panther (Regular Season Third-Placed)
Great Britain (1 place)
- Cardiff Devils (Regular Season Runners-Up)
Norway (1 place)
- Frisk Asker (National Champions)
Poland (1 place)
- GKS Tychy (National Champions)
Slovakia (1 place)
- HC05 Banská Bystrica (National Champions)
Sweden (5 places)
- Frölunda Indians (CHL Champions)
- Färjestad Karlstad (Regular Season Winners)
- Luleå Hockey (Regular Season Runners-Up)
- Djurgården Stockholm (Regular Season Fourth-Placed)
- Skellefteå AIK (Regular Season Fifth-Placed)
Switzerland (5 places)
- SC Bern (Regular Season Winners)
- EV Zug (Regular Season Runners-Up)
- Lausanne HC (Regular Season Third-Placed)
- EHC Biel-Bienne (Regular Season Fourth-Placed)
- HC Ambrì-Piotta (Regular Season Fifth-Placed)
Continental Cup (1 place)