Champions Hockey League

The 2014–15 season was played between August 2014 and February 2015. 44 clubs from 12 European countries participated in the season, divided into 11 groups of four teams each. Each team played a double round-robin in their group, for a total of 6 games per team. The 11 group winners as well as the top five group runners-up qualified for the playoffs. The playoffs were as a single-elimination tournament, with all rounds leading to the final played in two-game, home-and-away, total-goal series. The final was a single game. In total, 161 games were played, including the group and playoff stages.[5][6] The season was won by Luleå HF which defeated Frölunda HC in the final.

For the 2015–16 season, the tournament was expanded to 48 teams, divided into 16 groups with three teams in each group. The two first teams in each group advanced to the playoff round of 32.[7] The 48 teams consisted of the 26 founding A-licence clubs, 12 B-licensed clubs from the founding leagues, and 10 C-licensed "Wild card" teams from other leagues. In total, 157 games were played. Frölunda HC won their first Champions League title by beating Oulun Kärpät in the final.

The 2016–17 season was once more played with 48 teams, using the same format as in the previous season. The season started on 16 August 2016 and ended with the final game on 7 February 2017 with Frölunda defeating Sparta Prague, 4–3 in overtime.[8]

Starting with the fourth CHL season, the championship was reduced to 32 teams, and qualification was on sporting merits only. The six founding leagues were represented by between three and five teams (based on a three-year league ranking), while eight teams from the "challenge leagues" were represented by one team each. No founding team was qualified automatically.[9]

Finnish side JYP Jyväskylä won the title defeating Swedish team Växjö Lakers 2–0.

The fifth CHL season was competed by 32 teams, and qualification was 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 represented by one team each. One place was awarded to the Continental Cup champion. Unlike in the first three editions, founding teams did not automatically qualify. The group stages began on 30 August 2018, and ended on 17 October 2018. The season had an average attendance of 3,401 per game, one percent increase from the previous season.

Swedish team Frölunda HC won their third Champions Hockey League title, defeating Red Bull München, the first German team to reach the final, 3–1 at the Scandinavium in Gothenburg.

The sixth CHL season had 32 teams competing, and qualification was again on sporting merits only. The six founding leagues were represented by between three and five teams (based on a three-year league ranking), while seven "challenge leagues" were represented by one team each. One place was awarded to the champion of the 2018–19 Champions Hockey League as well as a wild card spot selected by the board.

Swedish team Frölunda HC successfully defended their Champions Hockey League title, defeating Czech team Mountfield HK 3–1 in the final to win the European Trophy for a fourth time. For the first time in the history of the league, the final was held in the Czech Republic as Mountfield HK earned the right to host the game at ČPP Arena.

Rank	League	Points 2014–15 (25%)	Points 2015–16 (50%)	Points 2016–17 (75%)	Points 2017–18 (100%)	Total points	Berths for 2018–19
1	SHLF	100 (25)	100 (50)	95 (71)	100	246	5
2	LiigaF	95 (24)	95 (48)	90 (68)	85	225	5TH
3	ELHF	80 (20)	85 (43)	85 (64)	95	222	4
4	NLAF	85 (21)	80 (40)	100 (75)	80	216	4
5	DELF	65 (16)	75 (38)	75 (56)	90	200	3
6	EBELF	90 (23)	65 (43)	65 (49)	75	180	3
7	Tipsport Liga	75(19)	70 (35)	70 (53)	60	167	1
8	BXL	—	65 (33)	80 (60)	70	163	2CC
9	GET-ligaen	70 (18)	90 (45)	50 (38)	55	156	1
10	EIHL	55 (14)	45 (23)	60 (45)	65	147	1
11	Metal Ligaen	60 (15)	65 (33)	60 (45)	50	143	1
12	Ligue Magnus	50 (13)	65 (33)	45 (34)	50	130	1
13	Polska Hokej Liga	—	—	40 (30)	50	80	1

^F founding leagues
^TH as JYP Jyväskylä qualified as titleholder, four best teams from Liiga, beside JYP Jyväskylä, will qualify as maximum number of teams from one league is five
^CC Yunost Minsk of BXL qualified as 2017–18 IIHF Continental Cup champion so BXL will have two berths (other being the regular season champion)

Each match is counted for league ranking points. Points collected by all teams from a specific league are summed up and then divided by number of teams from that league. The final result represents the league's coefficient for that year. Coefficients are then sorted from highest to lowest: the best league gets 100 points with each following getting five points less than previous one (95, 90, 85...).

Points are awarded as follows:

• win in regulation time – 3 points (group stage, playoffs)
• win in overtime – 2 points (group stage only; no overtime in playoffs)
• tie in regulation time – 1 point (playoffs only)
• loss in overtime – 1 point (group stage only)
• loss in regulation time – 0 points (group stage, playoffs)

Additionally, each team is awarded 1 point for reaching each of next rounds.

The last four seasons are taken into account for berth allocation for the 2018–19 season. League points are made of 25% of points won in first season, 50% of points won in second season, 75% of points won in third season and 100% of points won in last, fourth season.

For the 2018–19 season, each of the four previous seasons was taken into account and starting with 2019–20 season each will be based on points from last five seasons.