2021–22 Champions Hockey League

Tournament details
Dates	26 August 2021 – 1 March 2022
Teams	32
Final positions
Champions	Rögle BK (1st title)
Runner-up	Tappara
Tournament statistics
Games played	123
Goals scored	679 (5.52 per game)
Attendance	244,498 (1,988 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Ryan Lasch[1] (18 points)
MVP	Frederik Tiffels[2]
← 2020–21 (cancelled) 2022–23 →

The 2021–22 Champions Hockey League was the seventh season of the Champions Hockey League, a European ice hockey tournament. The tournament was competed by 32 teams, with qualification being on sporting merits only. The six founding leagues were represented by between three and five teams (based on a four-year league ranking), while seven "challenge leagues" were to be represented by one team each.

Swedish team Rögle BK won their first Champions Hockey League title, defeating Finnish team Tappara 2–1 in the final. This made Rögle BK the sixth Swedish side to win the European Trophy and the first team in the history of the tournament to win the title in its first season.^[3] The title holders Frölunda HC were defeated by Rögle BK in the semi-finals with the total score 4–8.^[4]

American right winger Ryan Lasch from Swedish team Frölunda HC became the top scorer for the fourth time, scoring 18 points.^[1]

Team allocation

A total of 32 teams from different European first-tier leagues participated in the 2021–22 Champions Hockey League. Besides the Continental Cup champions, 24 teams from the six founding leagues, as well as the national champions from Norway, Denmark, France, Belarus, the United Kingdom, Poland and Ukraine could qualify. The qualification for these places was set out in the rules as follows:^[5]

1. CHL champions
2. National league champions (play-off winners)
3. Regular season winners
4. Regular season runners-up
5. Regular season third-placed team
6. Regular season fourth-placed team
7. Regular season fifth-placed team

For the ICE Hockey League teams were picked in this order:^[5]

1. League champions
2. Regular season winners
3. Pick Round winners
4. Pick Round runners-up
5. Losing playoff finalists

For the Deutsche Eishockey Liga teams were picked in this order:^[6]

1. League champions
2. North / South group winners with higher PPG
3. North / South group winners with lower PPG
4. North / South group runners-up with higher PPG
5. North / South group runners-up with lower PPG

Teams

Team	City/Area	League	Qualification	Participation	Previous best
Frölunda HC	Gothenburg	Swedish Hockey League	2020 CHL winners	7th	Champion
Växjö Lakers	Växjö	Swedish Hockey League	Play-off champion	6th	Final
Rögle BK	Ängelholm	Swedish Hockey League	Regular season runners-up	1st	First appearance
Leksands IF	Leksand	Swedish Hockey League	Regular season third	1st	First appearance
Skellefteå AIK	Skellefteå	Swedish Hockey League	Regular season fourth	6th	Semi-finals
EV Zug	Zug	National League	Play-off champion	7th	Quarter-finals
HC Lugano	Lugano	National League	Regular season runners-up	3rd	Round of 16
HC Fribourg-Gottéron	Fribourg	National League	Regular season third	4rd	Semi-finals
Lausanne HC	Lausanne	National League	Regular season fourth	2nd	Quarter-finals
ZSC Lions	Zürich	National League	Regular season fifth	6th	Quarter-finals
Eisbären Berlin	Berlin	Deutsche Eishockey Liga	Play-off champion	5th	Round of 16
Adler Mannheim	Mannheim	Deutsche Eishockey Liga	South group winners	6th	Round of 16
EHC Red Bull München	Munich	Deutsche Eishockey Liga	South group runners-up	6th	Final
Fischtown Pinguins	Bremerhaven	Deutsche Eishockey Liga	North group runners-up	1st	First appearance
Lukko	Rauma	Liiga	Play-off champion	4th	Semi-finals
HIFK	Helsinki	Liiga	Regular season runners-up	6th	Quarter-finals
TPS	Turku	Liiga	Regular season third	6th	Quarter-finals
Tappara	Tampere	Liiga	Regular season fourth	7th	Round of 16
Oceláři Třinec	Třinec	Czech Extraliga	Play-off champion	6th	Semi-finals
HC Sparta Praha	Prague	Czech Extraliga	Regular season winners	4th	Final
BK Mladá Boleslav	Mladá Boleslav	Czech Extraliga	Regular season third	2nd	Group stage
EC KAC	Klagenfurt	ICE Hockey League	Play-off champion	4th	Group stage
HC Bolzano	Bolzano	ICE Hockey League	Regular season winners	3rd	Round of 16
Red Bull Salzburg	Salzburg	ICE Hockey League	Higher ranked semi-finalists	6th	Semi-finals
Cardiff Devils	Cardiff	Elite Ice Hockey League	2019–20 regular season winners	4th	Group stage
Dragons de Rouen	Rouen	Ligue Magnus	Regular season winners	3rd	Round of 16
Frisk Asker Ishockey	Asker	Eliteserien	Regular season winners	2nd	Group stage
JKH GKS Jastrzębie	Jastrzębie-Zdrój	Polska Hokej Liga	Play-off champion	1st	First appearance
Rungsted Ishockey	Rungsted	Metal Ligaen	Play-off champion	2nd	Group stage
SønderjyskE Ishockey	Vojens	Metal Ligaen	2019–20 Continental Cup winner	3rd	Group stage
HC Donbass	Donetsk[note 1]	Ukrainian Hockey League	Wild card[8]	1st	First appearance
Slovan Bratislava[note 2]	Bratislava	Tipos extraliga	Wild card[10]	1st	First appearance

Round and draw dates

The schedule of the competition is as follows.^[11]