| Tourney Name: | IIHF Continental Cup |
| Year: | 2020–2021 |
| Size: | 150 px |
| Num Teams: | 20 |
| Type: | other |
| Prevseason: | 2019–20 |
| Nextseason: | 2021–22 |
The 2020–21 Continental Cup would have been the 24th edition of the IIHF Continental Cup, Europe's second-tier ice hockey club competition organised by International Ice Hockey Federation. The season was scheduled to begin on 16 October 2020 and the final tournament was scheduled to be played from 8 to 10 January 2021.[1]
The IIHF Council cancelled the tournament during the video conference meeting on August 24, 2020 due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.[2]
Due to the delayed start of the hockey season in many countries due to the COVID-19 pandemic the tournament was about to have different format, consisting of the qualifying round, group stage and final round. In the qualifying round, 8 qualified teams are divided into two groups. The top two teams of each group advance to the group stage. In the group stage, 16 qualified teams and 4 teams that proceeded from the qualifying round are divided into four groups. The winners of each group advance to the final round.
| Team | Qualification | |
|---|---|---|
| Enter in the group stage | ||
 Shakhtyor Soligorsk | 2019–20 Belarusian Extraleague regular season third place | |
| Frederikshavn White Hawks | 2019–20 Danish Cup winners | |
 Gothiques d'Amiens | 2019–20 Coupe de France winners | |
 Sheffield Steelers | 2019–20 EIHL season second place | |
 Yertis Pavlodar (withdrew from the competition, was replaced by Altai Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk[3]) | 2019–20 Kazakhstan Hockey Championship regular season runners-up | |
 Unia Oświęcim | 2019–20 Polska Hokej Liga regular season runners-up | |
 Ferencvárosi TC (withdrew from the competition[4]) | 2019–20 OB I bajnokság champions | |
 Asiago Hockey | 2019–20 IHL - Elite champions | |
| Olimp/Venta | 2019–20 Latvian Hockey Higher League champions | |
| Csíkszereda | 2019–20 Romanian Hockey League champions | |
| Olimpija | 2019–20 Slovenian Ice Hockey League champions | |
| Kremenchuk | 2019–20 Ukrainian Hockey League champions | |
| Enter in the qualifying round | ||
 Kaunas Hockey | 2019–20 Lithuania Hockey League regular season winners (abandoned) | |
| FC Barcelona | 2019–20 Liga Nacional de Hockey Hielo regular season winners | |
 Skautafélag Akureyrar | 2019–20 Icelandic Hockey League champions | |
 HC Bat Yam | 2019–20 Israeli Hockey League champions | |
| Crvena Zvezda | 2019–20 Serbian Hockey League champions | |
| KHL Mladost | 2019–20 Croatian Ice Hockey League champions | |
 Buz Beykoz SK | 2019–20 Turkish Ice Hockey Super League champions | |
| Irbis-Skate Sofia | 2019–20 Bulgarian Hockey League champions | |
The Group A tournament was scheduled to be played in Akureyri, Iceland, from 16 to 18 October 2020.
The Group A tournament was scheduled to be played in Sofia, Bulgaria, from 16 to 18 October 2020.
The Group C tournament was scheduled to be played in Amiens, France, from 13 to 15 November 2020.
The Group D tournament was scheduled to be played in Asiago, Italy, from 13 to 15 November 2020.
The Group E tournament was scheduled to be played in Ljubljana, Slovenia, from 13 to 15 November 2020.
The Group F tournament was scheduled to be played in Frederikshavn, Denmark, from 13 to 15 November 2020.
Continental Cup final tournament was scheduled to be played from 8 to 10 January 2021.