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{{Infobox international hockey competition
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 | year = 2008
 | other_titles = 
 | image = 
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 | country = Russia
 | dates = January 10 - January 13
 | num_teams = 6
 | venues = 1
 | cities = 1
 | type = other
 | winners = {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Metallurg Magnitogorsk]]
 | count = 1
 | second = {{flagicon|CZE}} [[HC Sparta Prague]]
 | games = 7
 | goals = 36
 | attendance = 25580
 | scoring_leader = {{flagicon|CZE}} [[Tomáš Netík]] (7 points)
 | mvp = {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Vitali Atyushov]]
}}
The '''2008 IIHF European Champions Cup''' was the fourth and the last edition of [[IIHF European Champions Cup]]. It was held in [[Saint Petersburg]] at the [[Ice Palace (arena)|Ice Palace]] arena, from January 10 to January 13. The champions of 2007 of the six strongest hockey nations of [[Europe]] participate: [[Metallurg Magnitogorsk]] (RUS), [[Modo Hockey]] (SWE), [[HC Slovan Bratislava]] (SVK), [[Kärpät]] (FIN), [[HC Sparta Prague]] (CZE), [[HC Davos]] (SUI).

Metallurg won its first European Champions Cup, and third European club championship following [[European Hockey League]] titles in 1999 and 2000.

==Group A==
*[[Ivan Hlinka]] Division

===Standings===
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|team1=HSP|name_HSP={{flagicon|CZE}} [[HC Sparta Praha|HC Sparta Prague]]
|team2=KÄR|name_KÄR={{flagicon|FIN}} [[Kärpät]]
|team3=HCD|name_HCD={{flagicon|SUI}} [[HC Davos]]
|win_HSP=2|OTwin_HSP=0|OTloss_HSP=0|loss_HSP=0|gf_HSP=11|ga_HSP=7
|win_KÄR=1|OTwin_KÄR=0|OTloss_KÄR=0|loss_KÄR=1|gf_KÄR=9|ga_KÄR=6
|win_HCD=0|OTwin_HCD=0|OTloss_HCD=0|loss_HCD=2|gf_HCD=5|ga_HCD=12

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===Results===
All times local ([[Central European Time|CET]]/UTC +1)

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|date = January 10, 2008
|time = 15:00
|team1 = [[Kärpät]] {{flagicon|FIN}}
|score = 3 – 5
|periods = ( 0 - 2 ,  1 - 2 ,  2 - 1 )
|team2 = {{flagicon|CZE}} '''[[HC Sparta Praha|HC Sparta Prague]]'''
|goals1 = [[Janne Pesonen]] 30:03 (PP)<br>[[Michal Broš]] 42:34 (EQ)<br>[[Michal Broš]] 59:29 (EQ)
|goals2 =  04:10 (PP) [[Petr Ton]]<br>17:58 (PP) [[Tibor Melichárek]]<br>24:50 (EQ) [[Jakub Langhammer]]<br>32:26 (PP) [[Tomáš Netík]]<br>50:25 (PP) [[Petr Ton]]
|stadium = [[Ice Palace (arena)|Ice Palace]]
|attendance = 2,100
|referee = Alexander Poliakov (RUS)
|referee2 = Marcus Vinnerborg (SWE)
|summary = http://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/160/IHM160A01_74_4_0.pdf
}}

{{Ice hockey box
|bg = #ffffff
|date = January 11, 2008
|time = 15:00
|team1 = '''[[HC Sparta Praha|HC Sparta Prague]]''' {{flagicon|CZE}}
|score = 6 – 4
|periods = ( 1 - 2 ,  3 - 1 ,  2 - 1 )
|team2 = {{flagicon|SUI}} [[HC Davos]]
|goals1 =  [[Tomáš Netík]] 06:31 (PP) <br>[[Martin Štrba (ice hockey)|Martin Štrba]] 29:00 (PP)<br>[[Jiří Vykoukal]] 30:31 (EQ)<br>[[Tomáš Netík]] 34:56 (EQ)<br>[[Tomáš Netík]] 40:53 (EQ)<br>[[Tibor Melichárek]] 59:36 (EN)
|goals2 = 00:41 (EQ) [[Mike Maneluk]]<br>13:17 (PP) [[Josef Marha]]<br>38:20 (EQ) [[Dino Wieser]]<br>52:32 (EQ) [[Sven Helfenstein]]
|stadium = [[Ice Palace (arena)|Ice Palace]]
|attendance = 1,326
|referee = Peter Orszag (SVK)
|referee2 = Alexander Poliakov (RUS)
|summary = http://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/160/IHM160A03_74_4_0.pdf
}}

{{Ice hockey box
|bg = #eeeeee
|date = January 12, 2008
|time = 15:00
|team1 = [[HC Davos]] {{flagicon|SUI}}
|score = 1 – 6
|periods = ( 0 - 1 ,  1 - 3 ,  0 - 2 )
|team2 = {{flagicon|FIN}} '''[[Kärpät]]'''
|goals1 = [[Alexandre Daigle]] 33:07
|goals2 = 06:30 (EQ) [[Teemu Normio]]<br>23:24 (PS) [[Janne Pesonen]]<br>28:54 (EQ) [[Janne Pesonen]]<br>37:48 (EQ) [[Antti Aarnio]]<br>44:41 (EQ) [[Tommi Paakkolanvaara]]<br>58:15 (EQ) [[Jan Novák (ice hockey)|Jan Novák]]
|stadium = [[Ice Palace (arena)|Ice Palace]]
|attendance = 2,330
|referee = Peter Orszag (SVK)
|referee2 = Marcus Vinnerborg (SWE)
|summary = http://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/160/IHM160A05_74_3_0.pdf
}}

==Group B==
* [[Alexander Ragulin]] Division

===Standings===
{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WL OT
|res_col_header=Q

|team1=MMA|name_MMA={{flagicon|RUS}} [[Metallurg Magnitogorsk]]
|team2=HSB|name_HSB={{flagicon|SVK}} [[HC Slovan Bratislava]]
|team3=MHO|name_MHO={{flagicon|SWE}} [[Modo Hockey]]
|win_MMA=1|OTwin_MMA=1|OTloss_MMA=0|loss_MMA=0|gf_MMA=5|ga_MMA=1
|win_HSB=1|OTwin_HSB=0|OTloss_HSB=1|loss_HSB=0|gf_HSB=5|ga_HSB=3
|win_MHO=0|OTwin_MHO=0|OTloss_MHO=0|loss_MHO=2|gf_MHO=1|ga_MHO=7

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===Results===
All times local ([[Central European Time|CET]]/UTC +1)

{{Ice hockey box
|bg = #eeeeee
|date = January 10, 2008
|time = 18:30
|team1 = '''[[Metallurg Magnitogorsk]]''' {{flagicon|RUS}}
|score = 3 – 0
|periods = ( 2 - 0 ,  1 - 0 ,  0 - 0 )
|team2 = {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Modo Hockey]]
|goals1 = [[Igor Mirnov]] 08:51 (EQ)<br>[[Nikolai Kulemin]] 16:49 (EQ)<br>[[Jaroslav Kudrna]] 38:00 (EQ)
|goals2 = 
|stadium = [[Ice Palace (arena)|Ice Palace]]
|attendance = 4,910
|referee = Rick Looker (USA)
|referee2 = Brent Reiber (SUI)
|summary = http://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/160/IHM160B02_74_2_0.pdf
}}

{{Ice hockey box
|bg = #ffffff
|date = January 11, 2008
|time = 18:30
|team1 = [[Modo Hockey]] {{flagicon|SWE}}
|score =  1 – 4
|periods = ( 1 - 0 ,  0 - 3 ,  0 - 1 )
|team2 = {{flagicon|SVK}} '''[[HC Slovan Bratislava]]'''
|goals1 = [[Magnus Wernblom]] 10:53 (PP)
|goals2 =  22:14 (EQ) [[Dušan Devečka]]<br> 22:46 (EQ) [[Martin Hujsa]]<br> 24:01 (EQ) [[Michal Hreus]]<br> 51:07 (EQ) [[Michal Sersen]]
|stadium = [[Ice Palace (arena)|Ice Palace]]
|attendance = 2,541
|referee = Rick Looker (USA)
|referee2 = Milan Minář (CZE)
|summary = http://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/160/IHM160B04_74_3_0.pdf
}}

{{Ice hockey box
|bg = #eeeeee
|date = January 12, 2008
|time = 18:30
|team1 = [[HC Slovan Bratislava]] {{flagicon|SVK}}
|score =  1 – 2 ([[Penalty shootout|GWS]])
|periods = ( 1 - 0 ,  0 - 0 ,  0 - 1 , <br> 0 - 0 ,  0 - 1 )
|team2 = {{flagicon|RUS}} '''[[Metallurg Magnitogorsk]]'''
|goals1 = [[Marek Uram]] 17:24 (EQ)
|goals2 = 48:51 (PP) [[Igor Korolev]] <br> 65:00 (GW) [[Alexei Kaigorodov]]
|stadium = [[Ice Palace (arena)|Ice Palace]]
|attendance = 6,481
|referee = Milan Minář (CZE)
|referee2 = Brent Reiber (SUI)
|summary = http://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/160/IHM160B06_74_4_0.pdf
}}

==Gold medal game==
Metallurg Magnitogorsk qualified for the final of the [[UEFA Champions League|European Champions Cup]] thanks to a shootout win against [[HC Slovan Bratislava|Slovan Bratislava]]. The Slovaks were close to a surprise but the Russians could overcome the hard-working opponent at the end of the game. [[Metallurg Magnitogorsk|Metallurg]] played [[HC Sparta Prague]] in Sunday’s gold medal game.

{{Ice hockey box
|date = January 13, 2008
|time = 18:30
|team1 = [[HC Sparta Praha|HC Sparta Prague]] {{flagicon|CZE}}
|score = 2 – 5
|periods = ( 1 - 1 ,  1 - 2 ,  0 - 2 )
|team2 = {{flagicon|RUS}} '''[[Metallurg Magnitogorsk]]'''
|goals1 = [[Martin Podlešák]] 19:21 (EQ)<br> [[Jiří Vykoukal]] 30:02 (PP)
|goals2 = 02:58 (PP) [[Jan Marek (ice hockey b. 1979)|Jan Marek]]<br> 26:19 (PP) [[Jan Marek (ice hockey b. 1979)|Jan Marek]]<br>38:36 (EQ) [[Igor Mironov]]<br>58:34 (EQ) [[Igor Mironov]]<br>59:03 (EQ) [[Alexei Kaigorodov]]
|stadium = [[Ice Palace (arena)|Ice Palace]]
|attendance = 9,732
|referee = Brent Reiber (SUI)
|referee2 = Marcus Vinnerborg (SWE)
|summary = http://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/160/IHM160107_74_5_0.pdf
}}

{{winners-other|2008 IIHF European Champions Cup Winners|RUS|[[Metallurg Magnitogorsk]]|First}}

==External links==
* [http://www.iihf.com/channels-club-events/iihf-club-ecc/home.html Official site]

{{European Club Ice Hockey Tournaments}}

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