IIHF European Champions Cup

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The IIHF European Champions Cup (ECC) was an annual event organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF), which took place during a long weekend in early January. The winner was considered the official club champion of Europe by the IIHF. The Champions Cup was first played in 2005, as a replacement for the defunct European Cup (1965–1997), and the suspended European Hockey League (1996–2000).^[1] In the 2008–09 season, the ECC was replaced by the Champions Hockey League, which was the new official European club championship event.^[1] The new tournament was cancelled after only one season. However, another tournament with the same name was introduced in 2014.