Then it begins:

1 September

Format:

125 matches will be played in the eight groups between September and February.

The top two teams in each group advance to the playoffs (round of 16 first).

With the exception of the final, all games in the playoffs are played in a two-game series, home and away.

Swedish teams:

Luleå

Ferry town

Rögle

Frölunda

Skellefteå

All groups:

Group A:

Luleå

, Jukurit, Sparta Prague, Aalborg

Group B:

Zug, Wolfsburg, TPS Turku, Ljubljana

Group C:

Tappara, Munich, Rapperswil, Bratislava

Group D:

Rögle

, Zurich, Fehérvár, Katowice

Group E:

Salzburg, Friborg, Ilves, Stavanger

Group F:

Ferry town

, Villach, Straubing, Cracovia

Group G:

Berlin, Mountfield,

, Grenoble

Group H:

Trinec,

, Davos, Belfast

This is how it went last season:

Rögle took home the CHL after a 2-1 victory in the final against Finnish Tappara.

It was Rögle's first major championship title as an association and enters this year's tournament as reigning champions.

This is how SVT broadcasts from CHL in September:

1 September:

SVT Play, 19.00-21.30: Frölunda-Mountfield

SVT1/SVT2/Play, 17.30-20.00: Skellefteå-Davos

SVT Play, 20.30-23.00: Färjestad-Villach

September 3:

SVT Play, 17.55-20.30: Fehérvár-Rögle

September 4:

SVT Play, 15.00-17.30: Skellefteå-Trinec

SVT2/SVT1/Play, 15.00-17.30: Färjestad-Straubing

September 8:

SVT2/Play, 18.00-20.30: Rögle-Fehérvár

September 9th:

SVT1/SVT2/Play, 16.55-19.30: Trinec-Skellefteå

SVT Play, 19.00-21.30: Luleå-Jukurit

September 10:

SVT1/Play, 14.30-17.00: Rögle-Katowice

11 September:

SVT2/Play, 14.30-17.00: Straubing-Färjestad

SVT Play, 18.30-21.00: Luleå-Sparta Prague

* The guide is updated with more matches.

CLIP: Here Rögle's players get to lift the CHL trophy (March 1)

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Here, Rögle's players can lift the CHL trophy