Cardiff Devils will have home advantage as they bid to win the Continental Cup trophy in January.
It will be the second year in a row that Cardiff’s Vindico Arena has played host to the International Ice Hockey Federation’s (IIHF) second-tier European competition.
The trophy will be decided by a round-robin format, with HC Arlan (Kazakhstan), GSK Katowice (Poland) and Bruleurs de Loups (France) joining Devils from January 16-19.
Cardiff are playing in the competition for the third successive year and reached the final group after finishing second behind HC Arlan in November’s third-round group.
They were beaten 6-3 in their final game by the Kazakhstan side who are the top-ranked team among the four in this year’s final. Devils are the lowest ranked side.
Cardiff won one of their three games in last season’s final group, a 3-2 victory over Katowice who return to the Welsh capital in 2025.
However, Devils finished third for a second successive season after losing to Denmark’s Herning Blue Fox and Kazakhstan’s Nomad Astana.
In a change to the format in January, matches will be played on Thursday, Saturday and Sunday.
