The Vase

Overview
The Vase is the second most prestigious cup competition in the ILIH. It's among the younger competitions, only being played since Season 4. It uses a seeding bracket based on Division 1 and 2 league performances and the Union Cup round of 16.

Format
The Vase uses a seeded bracket system with its 16 qualified teams. Once all teams are decided through the round of 16 of the Union Cup, teams are seeded ordering them by their Union Cup seeds, for those whom it pertains to. The rest are seeded by league performance. The top 8 seeded teams of the 10 that didn't qualify for the Union Cup are seeds 9-16. The tournament starts with best 2 of 3, first round match-ups between 1st-16th, 2nd-15th, 3rd-14th, etc. The higher seed hosts the 1st and 3rd game, if needed. The final is one game. The tournament bracket is drawn, from the first round, to ensure a 1st-2nd match-up isn't possible until the final.

Qualification
The losers of the Union Cup round of 16 are seeds 1-8, ordered using their Union Cup seeds. Seeds 9-16 are the 8 best league performers of the 10 left that didn't qualify for the Union Cup. Unlike the Union Cup, there isn't necessarily a league position teams can strive to finish in in order to ensure qualification.

Season 6
NHL 17

 -- VAL D'OR CHAMPIONS --

Final:

Kelowna 1-3 Val d'Or

Semi Final:

Kelowna 2-0 Glendale

Val d'Or 2-1 Glens Falls

Quarter Final:

Kelowna 2-0 Dynasty

Granby 0-2 Glendale

Rostock 0-2 Val d'Or

La Chaux de Fonds 1-2 Glens Falls

Round of 16:

Kelowna 2-0 Lubbock

Dynasty 2-0 Olomouc

Industrial 0-2 Glendale

Kloten 0-2 Granby

Rostock 2-0 Vaasa

Val d'Or 2-0 Richmond Hill

Mora 1-2 Glens Falls

La Chaux de Fonds 2-0 District 5

* Winner's Lineup

J. Chan Seok - R. Caron - (C)J. Walton

(A)P. Eller - F. Madsen

A. Bortnak - T. Kolosov - (A)M. Mathieu

J. Pierro-Zabotel - D. Quintina

P. Filatov - N. Rask - M. Martensson

O. Tarkir - L. Skroder

S. Sutter - B. Cherry - S. Cibak

L. Caron - M. Markov

Season 5
NHL 17

 -- MONCTON CHAMPIONS --

Final:

Val d'Or 1-6 Moncton

Semi Final:

Val d'Or 2-0 District 5

Moncton 2-1 Granby

Quarter Final:

Madison 1-2 Val d'Or

District 5 2-1 Glens Falls

Moncton 2-1 Olomouc

Hershey 1-2 Granby

Round of 16:

Madison 2-0 Richmond Hill

Dynasty 1-2 Val d'Or

Lubbock 1-2 Glens Falls

Mora 0-2 District 5

Moncton 2-0 Oakville

Olomouc 2-0 Kloten

Hershey 2-1 Industrial

Glendale 0-2 Granby

* Winner's Lineup

E. Colbert - (A)P. Janus - E. Sivan

(C)L. Graps - (A)S. Forster

H. Van Quinten - M. Viitanen - G. Michael

E. Cingel - M. Bebko

S. Lagerstrom - P. Bobyk - M. Merzlinkins

J. Appel - M. Hanzal

J. Jojo - M. Nordgren - D. Dmitra

R. Patera - K. Jakobsen

Season 4
NHL 14

 -- NORTH BAY CHAMPIONS --

Final:

North Bay 2-1 Hershey

Quarter Final:

North Bay 2-0 Kloten

Hershey 2-0 Moncton

* Kloten beat Val d'Or in a qualification match Winner's Lineup

H. Ehrhardt - D. Reiss - (A)J. Kolesnik

P. Rozitis - (C)M. Kaijomaa

J. Wirtanen - T. Weiss - (A)J. Kubincak

R. Kuhl - R. Didiomete

M. Kuchler - S. Lofberg - M. Cane

L. Hassinen - R. Zubrus

M. Bernier - K. Hood - N. Pettersen

B. Koho - G. Bruess