Release from 29.02.2024

2024 quarter-final match-ups confirmed

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Immediately after the last quarter-final ticket was played between HC Pustertal and HK SZ Olimpija, the quarter-final pick was carried out live on Puls24.at and JOYN Sport. The three teams with voting rights announced their picks on air.

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EC-KAC (1) - BEMER Pioneers Vorarlberg (10)

  • The KAC won the Regular Season for the first time in 13 years.
  • The KAC finished the Regular Season with the highest goal difference per game ever recorded by a team in this stage.
  • The Pioneers qualified for the quarter-finals for the first time in the club's young history.
  • The Pioneers were the first Vorarlberg team to survive a playoff series since the league was founded.
  • Direct duels: 3:1 for KAC.


Hydro Fehérvár AV19 (2) - HC Pustertal (8)

  • AVS played the Regular Season in the club's history.
  • AVS qualified for the Champions Hockey League for the second time in the club's history.
  • PUS only qualified for the quarter-finals in the "do-or-die" game of the pre-playoffs.
  • Direct duels: 4:0 for AV19.

EC Red Bull Salzburg (3) - Steinbach Black Wings Linz (5)

  • RBS replaced the spusu Vienna Capitals as the team with the most consecutive playoff qualifications: For the 19th time in a row, RBS qualified for the postseason.
  • RBS has been crowned champion in the past two seasons. Never before has a team won three championship titles in a row.
  • BWL finished the Regular Season among the top 6 teams for the first time since the 2017/18 season.
  • Last season, BWL lost to HCB in the seventh game of the quarterfinals.
  • Direct duels: 3:1 for RBS.


HCB Südtirol Alperia (4) - EC iDM Wärmepumpen VSV (6)

  • HCB had the worst start to the season since entering the league. However, they qualified for the quarter-finals after a change of coach.
  • HC Bolzano is in the postseason for the eleventh time in a row (the second-highest of all playoff qualifiers this season).
  • EC iDM Wärmepumpen VSV only qualified for the quarter-finals in the penultimate round of the Regular Season.
  • Direct duels: 2:2

The game rhythm was generally set to H-A-H-A-H-A-H. For fixtures with very long distances between the two venues, there is the theoretical possibility of switching to the H-H-A-A-A-H-A-H game mode. The confirmed match dates will be announced by the win2day ICE Hockey League on Friday.

League host broadcaster PULS24 will show one game on each playoff matchday. It starts on Sunday with EC Red Bull Salzburg vs. Steinbach Black Wings Linz. The other games will be offered as PPV streams on www.live.ice.hockey.