We had a record number of entries for this year's AA Tournament for the 16th Santa Claus Cup. 30 teams from 7 countries will compete in 6 groups over the weekend of 9-10 December.
Thanks to a good schedule, Groups A-B-C will play their group games on Saturday from 8:30am to 2pm, while Groups D-F-E will take to the ice from 2pm to 8pm.
Each team will play 9 matches over the two days, and the rules are available on the website.

The groups are:

A group
1.Lvi Most (CZE)
2.Ajka Óriások (HUN)
3.Buz Korsanlan Istanbul Red (TUR)
4.HC Lamač (SVK)
5.Szigeti Bikák (HUN)

B group
1.HK Ružinov 99 Bratislava (SVK)
2.ETO Györ (HUN)
3.Berani Zlin (CZE)
4.HC Topolcany White (SVK)
5.Vasas Budapest (HUN)

C group
1.HC Topolcany Black (SVK)
2.Okanagana St.Pölten (AUT)
3.Piráti Chomutov (CZE)
4.Barani Banská Bystrica (SVK)
5. Kárpáti Farkasok (HUN)

D group
1.HK Lokomotíva N.Zámky (SVK)
2.Wolves Brassó (ROU)
3.HC Lvi Breclav (CZE)
4.HK Sršne Kosice (SVK)
5.DAB Dunaujváros (HUN)

E group
1. DVTK Miskolc (HUN)
2.HC Topolcany White (SVK)
3.Partizan Beograd (SRB)
4.Hoba Bratislava (SVK)
5.UTE Budapest (HUN)

F group
1.HK Havrani Piešťany (SVK)
2.Király Pingvinek (ROU)
3.Szekszardi Jégmadar (HUN)
4.HC Slovan Bratislava (SVK)
5.HC Košice (SVK)

We are very happy that we will have new participants with the Király Pingvinek and Okanagana St.Pölten teams, so that even more kids can experience the special atmosphere of the Santa Claus Cup.

The draw can be found here: