The 16 teams remaining in the 2014-15 Champions Hockey League have been paired off and they will play on 4 and 11 November to determine which eight teams advance to the quarter-finals.

Press Release

Last Tuesday and Wednesday we found out which 16 teams would continue on in the fight for Europe's club hockey championship. Then at Friday's draw we learned the match-ups for the first playoff round and the bracket for the whole knock-out stage. Now we know the schedule for the eighth-final round. Each pair of teams will play two games, one in each city.

Click here for the schedule.

The first games will all be played on Tuesday, 4 November with the second games exactly one week later on 11 November. In most cases, the first game is played in the city of the lower-ranked team and the second at the home of the higher-ranked team. However, there is one exception to this: Fribourg-Gotteron will play the first game of its series at home against IFK Helsinki and then play the second game away, this despite being the higher-ranked team. This is because IFK's home ice was unavailable on 4 November.

For a description on how the winners of these two-game series are determined, read below:

• The aggregate score after two games determines the winner (Total goals).


• This consequently means that there can be no overtime or penalty shootout (Game Winnings Shots) after the first game, even if that game ends in a tie. This of course also means that, if there is a win for either team in the first game, there will be no overtime or penalty shootout after the second game if it ends in a tie.


• Overtime and possibly penalty shots can only occur after the second game if the score is tied after 60 minutes of regulation in the second game. FOR CLARITY: Football’s “away-goal-rule” does not apply here.


• Overtime periods in the eighth-finals, quarter-finals and semi-finals are 10 minutes, sudden-death. In the one-game final it is a 20-minute sudden-death period.


• Ranking (home-ice advantage in the second game of the quarter-finals, semi-finals and final) is determined by the clubs’ records in the Group Stage plus the record in the completed playoff stage. Therefore, home-ice advantage in the quarter-finals is determined by the clubs’ record in the Group Stage plus the two games in the eigth-final. Home-ice advantage in the semi-finals is determined the by the clubs’ records in the Group Stage plus the two games in the eighth-finals, plus in the two games in the quarter-finals. Home-ice advantage in the final is determined the by the clubs’ records in the Group Stage plus the two games in the eighth-finals, the two games in the quarter-finals, and the two games in the semi-finals.


• As in all penalty shootouts so far in the CHL, we will continue using five shooters.