2023–24 Champions Hockey League

The participating teams were seeded into Pots A to D according to their achievements in their national leagues and their respective league’s standing in the CHL league ranking. The reigning CHL champions Tappara were the top seeded team and therefore given a place in pot A. The top pot also contained the reigning champions of four of the top five founding leagues according to the league rankings (Sweden, Switzerland, Germany and ICE Hockey League), as well as 2022–23 Liiga regular season runners-up.[7]

Teams were allocated their opponents based on a pattern in connection to the positions in the regular season grid. They played the teams on the left-hand side at home and the ones on the right-hand side away excluding teams from the same row. Teams from the last column played teams from the first column away, and teams from the first column played teams from the last column at home.

A1	Tappara	A2	Red Bull München	A3	Växjö Lakers	A4	Ilves	A5	Red Bull Salzburg	A6	Genève-Servette HC
B1	Lukko	B2	EHC Biel-Bienne	B3	Oceláři Třinec	B4	ERC Ingolstadt	B5	HC Bolzano	B6	Skellefteå AIK
C1	HC Innsbruck	C2	SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers	C3	Färjestad BK	C4	Pelicans	C5	Dynamo Pardubice	C6	Adler Mannheim
D1	HC Košice	D2	Aalborg Pirates	D3	Vítkovice Ridera	D4	Stavanger Oilers	D5	Dragons de Rouen	D6	Belfast Giants

Teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win in regulation time, 2 points for a win in overtime, 1 point for a loss in overtime, 0 points for a loss in regulation time). If two or more teams are tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria will be applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (see 8.4.4. Tie breaking formula group stage standings):[8]

1. Greater number of wins in regulation time (3 point wins);
2. Greater number of wins in total (regulation time wins + overtime and shootout wins);
3. Better goal difference;
4. More goals scored;
5. More away goals scored;
6. The higher position in the CHL Draw pot allocation.

In the playoffs, pairings will be formed based on the positions of the teams in the regular season as follows: the team finished 1st in the regular season will face the team finished 16th, the team finished 2nd will face the team finished 15th, and so on. There will be no play-off draw or any reseedings for the quarter-finals and semi-finals. In each round except the final, the teams play two games and the aggregate score decides which team advances. The first leg is hosted by the team with the lower seed with the second leg being played on the home ice of the other team. If aggregate score is tied, a sudden death overtime follows. If the overtime is scoreless, the team who wins the shoot out competition advances.

The final will be played on the home ice of the team with the higher seed.

The first legs will be played on 14 and 15 November with return legs played on 21 and 22 November 2023.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers	A	Adler Mannheim	14 Nov	21 Nov
ERC Ingolstadt	B	Växjö Lakers	14 Nov	21 Nov
HC Innsbruck	C	Lukko	14 Nov	22 Nov
EHC Biel-Bienne	D	Färjestad BK	14 Nov	21 Nov
Oceláři Třinec	E	Skellefteå AIK	14 Nov	21 Nov
Ilves	F	Dynamo Pardubice	15 Nov	21 Nov
Red Bull München	G	Genève-Servette HC	15 Nov	22 Nov
Pelicans	H	Vítkovice Ridera	14 Nov	21 Nov

First legs will be played on 5 and 6 December with return legs played on 12 December 2023.

First legs will be played on 9 and 10 January with return legs played on 16 and 17 January 2024.

The following players are leading the league in points.[9]

Player	Team	GP	G	A	PTS	PIM	+/–	GWG	PPG	SHG	SOG	S%
Libor Hudáček	Oceláři Třinec	6	4	6	10	0	0	0	1	0	18	22.22%
Jonathon Blum	Red Bull München	5	1	8	9	0	+7	0	0	0	7	14.29%
Dominik Lakatoš	Vítkovice Ridera	6	4	5	9	4	0	2	2	0	24	16.67%
Dylan Mclaughlin	Växjö Lakers	5	3	5	8	2	0	2	1	0	7	42.86%
Šimon Stránský	Ilves	5	1	7	8	2	+4	1	0	0	4	25.00%
Corey Mackin	HC Innsbruck	6	5	3	8	2	+2	2	1	0	12	41.67%
Braeden Shaw	HC Innsbruck	6	4	4	8	4	+4	1	2	0	22	18.18%
Nicholas Halloran	Tappara	6	4	4	8	2	–1	0	3	0	16	25.00%
Carter Camper	Tappara	6	3	5	8	0	-3	0	2	0	19	15.79%
Tanner Richard	Genève-Servette HC	6	0	8	8	0	+7	0	0	0	14	0.00%

The following goaltenders are leading the league in save percentage, provided that they have played at least 40% of their team's minutes.[10]

Player	Team	GP	W	L	SV	GA	SV%	GAA	SO	MIN
Matěj Machovský	Vítkovice Ridera	3	2	1	94	3	96.91%	1.09	1	165
Felix Brückmann	Adler Mannheim	3	3	0	71	3	95.95%	1.00	1	180
Daniel Lebedeff	Lukko	4	4	0	102	6	94.44%	1.50	0	240
Tyler Beskorowany	Belfast Giants	6	3	3	160	12	93.02%	2.01	2	358
Carl Lindbom	Färjestad BK	3	3	0	65	5	92.86%	1.67	0	180