CC Team Presentations Men´s Grp B — 26.09.2014
Finnish champion Happee Jyväskylä, Czech champion SC Vitkovice and the second team from the organisers, GC Zurich, will play in the Men´s Group B.
The Champions Cup 2014 is played in Saalsporthalle, Zurich, Switzerland, October 1st - 5th.
The Champions Cup is the championship tournament for the European Top Club teams. The tournament will be played with 12 teams, 6 men´s teams and 6 women´s teams.
| Happee Jyväskylä: Happee will bring the ”Moose Theater” to Switzerland. They will show beautiful goals, amazing saves and true fighting spirit. A young team and they play like it; fearless and always aiming to score. It will be their first time on the CC stage and the aim is to win.
Players to watch:
Jami Manninen: A pure sniper. Can score from anywhere with an accurate shot. Seems to always be in the right place. In 2013-2014 he scored 43 goals in 26 games.
Peter Kotilainen: Probably the fastest man on the field. Can go around the defender right-left and straight through. Shoots whenever he sees a glimpse of the net.
Otto Tikka: The man with the hardest shot. Goalies have tried to catch it but it usually flies past them 200 km/h. If you block it, it will leave a mark.
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#87 J. Manninen
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#61 P. Kotilainen
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#26 O. Tikka
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| GC Zurich: GC Unihockey is two times winner of the Swiss Cup.The CC 2014 is GC´s first appearance in the Cup. They play at home and want to go as far as possible in this tournament.
Players to watch:
Kim Nilsson: The Swedish national team start and WFC 2012 MVP will start a new phase in his career with the top Swiss team. This amazing talent has the capacity to find the goal.
Nico Scalvinoni: Swiss national team player who has been one of the top scorers in the Swiss Leagues.
Christoph Meier: He has also gained international experience with the Swiss national team. Has played in two Men´s U19 WFCs and in the Adult Euro Floorball Tours.
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#70 K. Nilsson
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#91 N. Scalvinoni
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# 25 C. Meier
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| SC Vitkovice: One of the best teams in Czech Republic for a long time. Despite the fact that they are the very young team, they have played in the League finals for several years. The Champions Cup is a reward for last season. Attractive, offensive game and to be on the same level as the world elite is the aim.
Players to watch:
Lukáš Souček: Upcoming goalie superstar in Czech Republic. Tall, fast, psychical. Has great throws and is motivated to win big games.
Marek Matějčík: Born to score, fast, unpredictable moves, determined.
Lukáš Veltšmíd: Ready to play in all positions, great vision combined with great shooting abilities. He dares to do tricky things.
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#29 L. Soucek
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#68 M. Matějčík
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#64 L. Veltšmíd
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Champions Cup Playing System
The Champions Cup is the championship tournament for the European Top 4 ranked Club teams. The tournament is played with six teams for both men and women (12 teams in total). The lower ranked European Club teams play in the EuroFloorball Cup (EFC).
The winner of the Champions Cup receives 10000 CHF of price money and the runner-up receives 5000 CHF price money. Also the reigning EuroFloorball Champion receives EFC of 5000 CHF, if participating in the CC.
The ranking of a group is decided by each team playing each other once within the group, where 3 points are awarded for a win during ordinary game time, 2 points are awarded for a win in a Penaltyshoot-out (performed according to the game rules for penalty shots after extra time), if the game ended in a draw after ordinary time and one 1 point for a loss after a Penalty shot out and 0 points for a loss.
The ranking within a group shall be decided in the following order:
a) The total number of points.
b) If two or more teams have the same number of points the internal matches of the teams concerned, the internal goal difference if necessary included, shall be decisive.
c) If the internal matches according to b) are not decisive, most scored goals internally shall be decisive.
d) If the ranking can not be decided by the internal matches the total goal difference of the teams concerned shall be decisive.
e) If the total goal difference is not decisive most scored goals of the teams concerned shall be decisive.
f) If most scored goals is not decisive a drawing of lot with the teams concerned shall settle the ranking,
unless the ranking concerns only the two teams playing a last round match deciding about promotion or relegation when extra time and, if needed, penalty shots shall decide the ranking. The results of all matches versus a team which has missed a match or matches, and lost these By walk over 5-0, shall not have an affect on the final ranking between teams having ended up in the same amount of points unless the team having missed the match or matches is itself involved.
Continued play after the group matches shall be as follows:
Semi-final 1 Winner of group A – 2nd of group B
Semi-final 2 Winner of group B – 2nd of group A
Final Winner of Semi-final 1/2 – Winner of Semi-final 1/2
A drawing of lots shall decide which team shall be the home team of the final.
The above matches shall, when ending in a draw, be decided according to the IFF Rules of the Game concerning extra-time and, if necessary, penalty shots
More in the Champions Cup competition regulations & www.floorballchampionscup.eu
