Release from 13.10.2020

2020/21 CHL season cancelled

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This year´s season of the Champions Hockey League had to be cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic. This was announced by the CHL tuesday evening. For the bet-at-home ICE Hockey League the HCB Südtirol Alperia, the EC Red Bull Salzburg and the spusu Vienna Capitals would have participated.

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“All things considered, the CHL Board had to come to the very difficult conclusion that playing a 2020/21 season is not manageable for the Champions Hockey League or the participating clubs from both an operational and economic perspective”, CHL President Peter Zahner said after an extraordinary video conference on Tuesday.

Zahner added that: “The health and safety of all participating teams is of the highest priority, and with the current development of the epidemiological situation we unfortunately would not be able to guarantee that everyone always returns home in good health and without needing to undergo quarantine restrictions, no matter how sophisticated our protection concepts are.”

In total 32 teams from twelve nations would have participated in this year's CHL season. For the bet-at-home ICE Hockey League the HCB Südtirol Alperia, the EC Red Bull Salzburg and the spusu Vienna Capitals would have participated.



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