Besides the title holders Genève-Servette HC, 18 teams from the six founding leagues, as well as the national champions from Denmark, France, Norway, Poland and the United Kingdom.
The reigning CHL champions Genève-Servette HC were the top seeded team and therefore given a place in pot A.
[7] Genève-Servette HC Skellefteå AIK ZSC Lions Eisbären Berlin Tappara Oceláři Třinec Red Bull Salzburg Färjestad BK HC Fribourg-Gottéron Fischtown Pinguins Ilves Dynamo Pardubice
If two or more teams were tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria was applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (see 8.4.4.
The final will be played on the home ice of the team with the higher accumulative ranking across the entire campaign, including play-off games.
[9] The following goaltenders lead the league in save percentage, provided that they have played at least 40% of their team's minutes.