Continental Cup (KHL) explained

Continental Cup
Sport:Ice hockey
Givenfor:Team finished 1st in the KHL standings after the regular season
First:2009–10 KHL season
Firstwinner:Salavat Yulaev Ufa
Mostwins:CSKA Moscow (6)
Mostrecent:Dynamo Moscow (2023–24)

The Continental Cup[1] [2] (Russian: Кубок Континента, Kubok Kontinenta), also known as the Kontinental Cup,[3] is the trophy presented to the winner of the regular season of the Kontinental Hockey League, i.e. the team with the most points at the end of the regular season.

The name and trophy were introduced during the second season of the competition. In the first season it was simply named the regular season winner.[4] During the history of KHL, the winner of Continental Cup had never won Gagarin Cup in the same season before 2018–19, when CSKA Moscow became the first team to win both trophies.

Cup winners

Key to colors
WWestern Conference member
EEastern Conference member

Bold Team with the most points ever accumulated in a season during the trophy's existence.

SeasonTeamGamesPointsPlayoff result
2009–10E Salavat Yulaev Ufa56129Lost in Conference Finals (AKB)
2010–11E Avangard Omsk54118Lost in Conference Semi-Finals (MMG)
2011–12E Traktor Chelyabinsk54114Lost in Conference Finals (AVG)
2012–13W SKA Saint Petersburg52115Lost in Conference Finals (DYN)
2013–14W Dynamo Moscow54115Lost in Conference Quarter-Finals (LOK)
2014–15W CSKA Moscow60139Lost in Conference Finals (SKA)
2015–16W CSKA Moscow60127Lost in Gagarin Cup Finals (MMG)
2016–17W CSKA Moscow60137Lost in Conference Semi-Finals (LOK)
2017–18W SKA Saint Petersburg56138Lost in Conference Finals (CSK)
2018–19W CSKA Moscow62106Won Gagarin Cup (AVG)
2019–20W CSKA Moscow6294playoffs not completed
2020–21W CSKA Moscow6091Lost in Gagarin Cup Finals (AVG)
2021–22-Not awarded45–50--
2022–23W SKA Saint Petersburg68105Lost in Conference Finals (CSK)
2023–24W Dynamo Moscow6898Lost in Quarter Finals (TRK)

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ufa's first trophy . khl.ru . 5 March 2010 . 11 March 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100311180104/http://en.khl.ru/news/2010/3/5/23808.html . dead .
  2. Web site: Новые трофеи Лиги . khl.ru . 5 March 2010.
  3. Web site: Kontinental champion! . 26 February 2012 . Kontinental Hockey League . 1 March 2012 . 14 July 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140714230219/http://en.khl.ru/news/2012/2/26/24488.html . dead .
  4. Web site: "Кубок Континента" – награда победителю регулярного чемпионата . khl.ru . 5 March 2010.