Tatra Cup


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FieldValue
titleTatra Cup
logoTatra Cup logo.png
sportIce Hockey
founded1929
inaugural1929
teams6 (group stage)
countriesSlovakia (usually HK Poprad), Czech Republic, various other European countries
venuePoprad Ice Stadium (Poprad, Slovakia)
championSVK HK Poprad
most_champsSVK HK Poprad (15 titles)
qualificationInvitation only
websitehkpoprad.sk/tatransky-pohar
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The Tatra Cup () is an annual ice hockey tournament held in Poprad, Slovakia. It is the second oldest club tournament in Europe, after the Spengler Cup.

The first installment of the Tatra Cup took place in 1929 in Starý Smokovec. Between the years 1932 and 1935 there were two different tournaments held, a national one and an international one. There were only two installments held from 1952 to 1968 because of problems with organization of the tournament. In later years international teams started to participate as well, e.g. Kölner EC in 1969. One year later for the first time a Swedish team played at the Tatra Cup – Surahammars IF, together with German SC Riessersee.

When a new ice hockey stadium was built in Poprad in 1973, conditions for the organization of the tournament improved considerably. In the anniversary year of the tournament 1979 a hockey club from East Germany Dynamo Weißwasser was invited.

Nowadays, the Tatra Cup is taking place every year in late August as a preparatory tournament for the upcoming season, at which mostly Czech and Slovak teams take part.

Tatra Cup winners

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Season/YearTypeWinner
1929/1930international
1930/1931international
1931/1932international
1932/1933international
1932/1933national
1933/1934international
1933/1934national
1934/1935international
1934/1935national
1935/1936national
1935/1936international
1936/1937national
1937/1938national
1938/1939national
1940/1941international
1941/1942national
1942/1943Tournament not held
1945/1946national
1946/1947national
1949/1950national
1950/1951national
1951/1952national
1958/1959international
1959/1960international
1968/1969international
1969/1970international
1974international
1975national
1976international
1977international
1978international
1979international
1980international
1981international
1982international
1983international
1984international
1985international
1986international
1987international
1988international
1989international
1990international
1991international
1992international
1993international
1994international
1995international
1996international
1997international
1998international
1999international
2000international
2001international
2002international
2003international
2004international
2005international
2006international
2007international
2008international
2009international
2010international
2011international
2012national
2013international
2014international
2015international
2016international
2017international
2018international
2019international
2020national
2021international
2022international
2023international
2024national
2025national
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Performances

By club (international tournaments)

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ClubWonYears wonSVK HC KošiceSVK HK PopradCZE HC VítkoviceSVK Slovak National TeamSVK HC Slovan BratislavaCZE HC Sparta PrahaTCH Czechoslovak National TeamCZE HC Slavia PrahaTCH LTC PrahaSVK HK Dukla TrenčínAUT Graz 99ersCZE SK ProstějovAUT EKE WienSVK ŠK Slávia PrešovCZE Slezan STS OpavaLAT Dinamo RigaCZE Tesla PardubiceUKR HC Sokol KievRUS HC Neftekhimik NizhnekamskCZE HC Oceláři TřinecGER Kölner HaieFIN Lahti PelicansHUN DVTK JegesmedvékITA HC PustertalSVK HC '05 Banská Bystrica
101978, 1979, 1982, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1992, 1993, 2008, 2017
71995, 2000, 2001, 2005, 2014, 2018, 2023
51968/1969, 2002, 2006, 2007, 2009
41969/1970, 1994, 1999, 2004
41974, 1990, 1997, 1998
41935/1936, 1958/1959, 1959/1960, 1980
31976, 1977, 1991
21929/1930, 1933/1934
21930/1931, 1931/1932
21985, 1996
22013, 2015
11932/1933
11934/1935
11940/1941
11981
11983
11984
11989
12003
12010
12011
12016
12019
12021
12022
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By club (national tournaments)

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ClubWonYears wonSVK HC TatryCZE SK ProstějovSVK HK PopradSVK Skiklub BratislavaSVK AC NitraSVK ŠK Vysoké TatryTCH LTC PrahaCZE HC Sparta PrahaSVK Slovan CHZJD BratislavaSVK HC Košice
51936/1937, 1937/1938, 1938/1939, 1941/1942, 1946/1947
21945/46, 1951/1952
32012, 2020, 2025
11932/1933
11933/1934
11934/1935
11949/1950
11950/1951
11975
12024
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By country (international tournaments)

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NationWinners
27
17
5
3
2
1
1
1
1
1
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References

References

  1. "History of Tatra Cup". tatranskypohar.estranky.sk.
  2. "Tatra cup in 1942/1943". www.tatranskypohar.estranky.sk.

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