The Continental Cup 2003–04 was the seventh edition of the

IIHF Continental Cup The Continental Cup is a second-level ice hockey tournament for European clubs (behind Champions Hockey League), begun in 1997 after the discontinuing of the European Cup. It was intended for teams from countries without representatives in the ...

. The season started on September 26, 2003, and finished on January 11, 2004. The tournament was won by

HC Slovan Bratislava Hockey Club Slovan Bratislava () is a professional ice hockey club based in Bratislava, Slovakia. In 2012, it left the Tipsport Liga (hockey), Slovak Extraliga and joined the international Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). In 2019, it returned to ...

, who beat

HK Gomel HK Gomel () is an ice hockey team in Gomel in Belarus Belarus, officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Russia to the east and northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and L ...

in the final.

Preliminary round

Group A

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Group A standings

Group B

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)

Group B standings

Group C

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Group C standings

Group D

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Group D standings

Group E

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Group E standings

First Group Stage

Group F

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Group F standings *

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was disqualified

Group G

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Group G standings

Group H

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Group H standings

Group I

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Group I standings

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Second Group Stage

Group J

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Group J standings

Group K

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Group K standings

HC Lugano Hockey Club Lugano, often abbreviated to HC Lugano or HCL, is a professional ice hockey club based in Lugano, Switzerland. The team competes in the National League (NL) and has won seven Swiss championships. History The founding of HC Lugano took ...

Severstal Cherepovets Hockey Club Severstal is a professional ice hockey club based in Cherepovets, Russia. It is a member of the Tarasov Division in the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). History Founded in 1956, the club was originally known as Stroitel (Builder) Cher ...

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Third Stage

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Group M

Group M standings

Group N

Group N standings

Final stage

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Fifth place match

Third place match

Final

References

Continental Cup 2004
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