As a follow-up to my posting about all the money that can be had at Football's UEFA Champions League, I thought it would be interesting to compare the juggernaut against Hockey's own Champions League, which was played out it's inaugural season for the 2008-2009 campaign. The Swiss league team of ZSC Lions Zurich ended up defeating the Russian Kontinental Hockey League's Metallurg Magnitogorsk in the final.
Here's a bit of a background on the nature of the tourney:
"The Champions Hockey League is planned over 60 games and five stages with 30 teams from 24 nations. However, the inaugural season 2008-2009 will be played with 12 teams and without the full qualification programme, yet.
The 12-team Champions Hockey League group stage will feature the national champions (playoff winners) from the Czech Republic, Finland, Germany, Russia, Slovakia, Sweden and Switzerland. Additionally, the Czech Republic, Finland, Russia and Sweden will be represented by a second team - the winner of the regular season (or the second of the regular season, if the regular season winner is also playoff winner)."
The prize money for the Champions Hockey League breakdown as follows:
- 300,000 Euro per team (appearance fee)
- 50,000 Euro for each win in the group stage
- 200,000 Euro for semi-final appearance
- 1,000,000 Euro to the CHL winner
- 500,000 Euro for the other finalist
- 300,000 Euro to each participating league
- 100,000 Euro to each participating national association
- 100,000 Euro in the qualifying round (50,000 Euro each for the 2nd- and 3rd-placed team)
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