KHL playoffs start schedule. Continental Hockey League. From the rules of the game of hockey - playoff games

The playoffs of the 2017-2018 season have begun in the KHL.

The 2017-2018 KHL season will be an anniversary season. For the tenth time the teams will compete for the main prize - the Gagarin Cup.

Recall that 16 best teams from Russia, Europe and China participate in the playoffs (or elimination competition). They are chosen among the winners of the games in the "Western" and "Eastern" conferences. 8 out of each top clubs advance to the playoffs of the tournament. Among each of the conferences, a quarter, semi and finalists are selected. For the Gagarin Cup, one best team from the "East" and "West" are fighting.

Participants of the KHL championship season 2017-2018

V qualifying tournaments 27 teams played. The foreign representatives of the league were hockey clubs Belarus, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Finland, Slovakia and China.

KHL playoff schedule 2017-2018 season

The first matches of the 2017-2018 playoffs will be held on the third of March.

Who is SKA's opponent in the KHL playoffs 2017-2018

This year the St. Petersburg club SKA will play four matches with Severstal from Cherepovets. Battles on ice will take place on March 4, 5, 7 and 8 in " ice palace". Based on the results, additional days may be assigned.

Continental hockey league- an international league created for the development of hockey in Russia and other countries of Europe and Asia. The decision to create the League was made in February 2008.

After negotiations and preparatory work, on March 27, 2008, the Russian Ice Hockey Federation (FHR) officially transferred the rights to host the national championship to the KHL for three years. There is currently a 4-year agreement between the FHR and the KHL (dated April 29, 2017).

Based on the results of the regular KHL Championship, the winner of the Viktor Tikhonov Continental Cup is determined. According to the results of the playoffs, the champion of Russia is determined, who becomes the best Russian club, and the champion of the KHL - the owner of the Gagarin Cup.

The league is divided into two conferences - West and East - and into four divisions named after famous coaches and players: Vsevolod Bobrov, Anatoly Tarasov, Valery Kharlamov and Arkady Chernyshev.

24 clubs from Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, China, Latvia and Finland will take part in the 12th KHL Championship (2019/2020). The tournament will begin on September 1, 2019 and end no later than April 30, 2020 with the final playoff series, which will determine all the winners of the championship.

The KHL championship is divided into two stages: the regular season and the playoffs.

First round of the championship

Structure of the First Stage of the Championship

At the First Stage, each team plays two matches with each opponent (46 in total) and 16 additional games. Thus, in total, at the first stage, the teams will conduct 62 match, defining:

• winner of the Regular Championship of the Continental Hockey League - the owner of the Continental Cup. V.V. Tikhonov;
• division winners;
• the order of places occupied by the clubs in the Conferences to determine the pairs of teams participating in the play-off series matches at the Second Stage of the Championship.

Determining the results and places of teams at the First Stage of the Championship

• 1.

  Places of teams in Divisions, Conferences and General table The Championships are determined by the sum of points scored in all matches of the First Stage of the Championship.

• 2.

  To determine the current and final distribution of places between teams in Divisions, Conferences and the General Championship table, in the event of a tie in points between two or more teams, the advantage is given to the team:

  • having more wins in regular time in all matches of the First stage;
  • with the most overtime wins in all Stage One matches;
  • having the most wins in the series of shots that determine the winner of the match, in all matches of the First stage;
  • having the best difference between goals scored and goals conceded in all matches of the First Stage;
  • having the highest number of goals scored in all matches of the First Stage.

  The above criteria are applied sequentially.

  In case of equality of all indicators, the distribution of places between teams is determined by lot.

• 3.

  In the official tables of the Conferences, the teams that occupy the first places in the Divisions are ranked first and second, depending on the number of points scored in all matches of the First Stage of the Championship, in descending order of sports results.

Results of the First Stage of the Championship

• 1.

  Based on the results of the First Stage, 16 (sixteen) teams are determined to take part in the Second Stage of the Championship.

• 2.

  In the General Table of the First Stage, all teams are ranked from 1st to 24th place, depending on the number of points scored in all matches of the First Stage of the Championship, in descending order of sports results.

The second stage of the championship (playoffs)

The procedure for determining teams for participation in the playoffs

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  Based on the results of the First Stage, 8 (eight) teams from each Conference receive the right to participate in the Second Stage of the Championship (series of playoff games).

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  In each Conference, the first two "seeding" numbers are given to the teams that take first places in their Divisions in descending order of sports results.

• 3.

  In each Conference, seed numbers from 3rd to 8th are given to teams according to sports results at the end of the First Stage of the Championship, regardless of the Division in which they played.

The structure of the play-off matches of the Second Stage of the Championship

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  In each Conference, the pairings for each stage of the playoffs are formed according to the principle: the highest seeded plays with the lowest seeded, the second in a row plays with the penultimate seed, and so on.

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  Teams with a higher seeding number get the advantage of their site at all stages of the draw.

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  In the event that in the final there are teams that have the same number of "seeding" in their Conferences, the team that takes a higher place in the General Table of the Championship according to the results of the First Stage receives the advantage of its site.

Playoff order

• 1.

  The matches of the Second Stage of the Championship (play-offs) are held in the following way: a) 1/4 finals (4 series), 1/2 finals (2 series) and finals (1 series) matches are held in each Conference. Two teams take part in one series of matches;

  • in each Conference of the series of matches of 1/4 finals, 1/2 finals and finals, up to four victories are held, the maximum number of matches is seven. The winner of the series is the team that wins four matches in the series. A team that loses four matches in a series terminates its participation in the Championship;
  • the winners of the Conference finals meet in the Championship final. A series of matches of the Championship final is held up to four victories, the maximum number of matches is seven. The winner is the team that wins in four matches of the series.

Distribution of places based on the results of the Second Stage of the Championship

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  Based on the results of two stages, the following are determined: the winning team of the Championship, as well as the places of the teams in the final table of the Championship from 2nd to 16th inclusive.

• 2.

  The team that wins the Championship final becomes the Champion of the Kontinental Hockey League and the owner of the Gagarin Cup.

• 3.

  The team that lost in the series of final matches takes the second place in the final standings of the Championship.

• 4.

  The third place in the Championship is occupied by one of the two teams that lost in the Conference Finals, which took a higher place in the General Table according to the results of the First Stage of the Championship.
  

• 5.

  Fourth place in the Championship is occupied by one of the two teams that lost in the Conference Finals, which took a lower place in the General Standings according to the results of the First Stage of the Championship.

• 6.

  The distribution of places from 5th to 8th in the Championship is carried out among the teams that lost in the series of 1/2 finals of the Conference, taking into account the places occupied by these teams at the end of the First Stage of the Championship. At the same time, a higher place is given to a team that has taken a higher place in the General Table according to the results of the First Stage of the Championship.

• 7.

  The distribution of places from 9th to 16th in the Championship is carried out among the teams that lost in the series of 1/4 finals of the Conferences, taking into account the places occupied by these teams at the end of the First Stage of the Championship. At the same time, a higher place is given to a team that has taken a higher place in the General Table according to the results of the First Stage of the Championship.

• 8.

  The distribution of places from 17th to 24th in the final standings of the Championship among teams not participating in the Second Stage is carried out in accordance with the position of these teams in the General Table following the results of the First Stage of the Championship.

• 9.

  Champion of Russia, silver and bronze medalists of the Russian Ice Hockey Championship are Russian teams ranked the most high places following the results of the Second Stage of the Championship.

The 2018 KHL Final is the climactic round of the 2017-2018 Kontinental Hockey League playoffs. best teams Western and Eastern Conference. The winner of the confrontation will receive the Gagarin Cup and a solid cash prize. Who will write their name in golden letters in the history of the league?! The title will go to one of the supergrands of the West, or will the East say a weighty word? We are gaining patience. The fate of the trophy will be determined in April!

Where and when will the KHL final 2017-2018 be held

The final series will take place in the second half of April 2017. No one will say the exact date of the culminating matches. It all depends on the duration of the 2017/18 KHL playoff rounds leading up to the final. The first stage of the playoffs - the quarterfinals - will begin on March 3, 2018.

The fights will take place on hockey rinks clubs-participants according to the system 2 - 2 - 1 - 1 - 1. The team with the higher seeding will play the first two games at home. If the series drags on to seven games, he will be eligible to play the 5th and 7th meetings at home. The winner will be declared the team that will be able to excel 4 times.

Participants of the final series of the KHL 2017-2018

The finalists will be determined only in April. The future participants of the main round of KNL have yet to go through fire, water and copper pipes of the playoffs.

8 teams from each conference will participate in the elimination games, but only one of them will be honored to play in the final series. If you focus on the current standings, you can make a list of potential finalists.

West:

• CSKA;
• "Jokerite";
• "Locomotive";
• "Torpedo";
• "HC Sochi";
• "Dynamo (Moscow)";
• "Spartacus".

Cherepovets "Severstal" and Minsk "Dynamo" are also close to the cherished eight.

East:

• "AK Bars";
• "Vanguard";
• "Neftekhimik";
• "Motorist";
• "Metallurgist";
• "Tractor";
• "Salavat Yulaev";
• "Barys".

Khabarovsk "Amur" and Novosibirsk "Siberia" closely adjoin the TOP-8.

Winner of the KHL final 2017-2018

The current victor of the hockey championship is St. Petersburg SKA. The team of Ilya Kovalchuk in the final series confidently undressed Metallurg Magnitogorsk with a score of 4:1. But all this is history. Let's try to figure out who can really try on the hockey crown KHL season 2017/18.

West

In the western part of the KHL, two "army" monsters make the weather - SKA and CSKA. Petrograders have more preferable chances. SKA takes first place in standings regular season. St. Petersburg "soldiers" are more sophisticated in the final battles. The team plays pragmatic hockey. It is not always interesting to watch the games of the St. Petersburg team, but Oleg Znarka's team gets their points regularly.

Also, experts highly appreciate the chances of the Finnish Jokerit, showing extraordinary agility in the regular season, and the Yaroslavl Lokomotiv.

East

As cutesy girls on VKontakte like to say, “everything is complicated.” The once formidable Metallurg is no longer a cake. But no one is in a hurry to take the vacant position of the leader of the KHL Eastern Conference. There is a tough nut to crack Avangard, Salavat Yulaev, who survived their best days, and the ambitious Ak Bars. So far, Ak Bars has the most real chances to play in the final. Kazan aspires to once again become the No. 1 hockey club in Russia. So far, they are the first in the standings of the East. But history remembers many examples when the leader of the regular championship failed in the playoffs ...

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Forecasts and bets on the KHL

Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) - the most popular hockey tournament in Russia and neighboring countries. Along with the great popularity of the KHL, the demand for predictions for this tournament is also growing. We have assembled a team of professionals who make predictions for the KHL every day and, absolutely, for all matches of the regular season and playoffs.

KHL regular season predictions

"Regular" KHL starts in August and ends in February. The accuracy of forecasts is increasing every week. If at the beginning of the season we only rely on the pre-season matches of the teams, then in a few weeks you can see their form. Our KHL experts are divided into two groups. Each group is responsible for its own conference: West (Bobrov division and Tarasov division) and East (Kharlamov division and Chernyshev division). This allows you to predict the results of matches with maximum accuracy.

Despite the large number of games, we predict all matches with great accuracy.

Predictions for the KHL playoffs

The KHL playoffs start in February, and already in April we know the name of the new champion. Experts lead teams from their conferences to the very finals.

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Teams in the KHL

In the debut season of 2008/2009, 24 clubs took part in the Continental Hockey League. Gradually, every year the number of participating teams increased, and at the moment 29 clubs from eight European countries (Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, China, Finland, Croatia, Slovakia, Latvia) play in the KHL. In the future, it is planned to expand the number of participants to 32 teams.

The structure of the season in the KHL

All teams in the Kontinental Hockey League are geographically divided into the Eastern Conference and the Western Conference. Each conference, in turn, is divided into two divisions: in the east - the Bobrov Division and the Tarasov Division, in the west - the Kharlamov Division and the Chernyshev Division.

The first phase of the KHL is a regular season, in which each team plays 4 matches with opponents from its own division, 2 matches with teams from another division of its conference, as well as one meeting with clubs from another conference. Also, each team holds four more meetings with rivals from its division, and the matches are compiled in order to maximize the intrigue in the championship. In total, during the Regular Season, the teams play 60 matches each, determining the winners of divisions and conferences, as well as forming pairs for the next stage of the season - the playoffs.

KHL playoffs

The top 8 teams from each conference continue to compete for the Gagarin Cup, playing knockout series up to four wins. Each conference determines the best team by fights according to the playoff system (1/4 finals, 1/2 finals and finals), after which the two best teams in the league play the final series also up to four victories, in which the Gagarin Cup is played.

KHL winners

For eight seasons in the Continental Hockey League, 5 teams became the owners of the Gagarin Cup. Two victories each have: Ak Bars (2009, 2010) Dynamo Moscow (2012, 2013), Metallurg Magnitogorsk (2014, 2016), and won once more: Salavat Yulaev (2011) and SKA ( 2015).