Tatra Cup

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The Tatra Cup (Slovak: Tatranský pohár) is an annual ice hockey tournament held in Poprad, Slovakia. It is the second oldest European club tournament, after the Spengler Cup.

The first installment took place in 1929 in Novy Smokovec. Between the years 1932 and 1935 there were two different tournaments held, a national one and international one. There were only two tournaments held from 1952 to 1968 because of the organizational problems, both of them won by Sparta Praha Sokolovo. 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.

After a new hockey stadium was build 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 next season, at which mostly the Czech and Slovak teams take part.

Tatra Cup winners

Season/Year Type Winner
1929/1930 international Flag of Czechoslovakia Slavia Praha
1930/1931 international Flag of Czechoslovakia LTC Praha
1931/1932 international Flag of Czechoslovakia LTC Praha
1932/1933 international Flag of Czechoslovakia SK Prostějov
1932/1933 national Flag of Czechoslovakia Skiklub Bratislava
1933/1934 international Flag of Czechoslovakia Slavia Praha
1933/1934 national Flag of Czechoslovakia AC Nitra
1934/1935 international Flag of Austria EKE Wien
1934/1935 national Flag of Czechoslovakia ŠK Vysoké Tatry
1935/1936 international Flag of Czechoslovakia HC Tatry
1936/1937 national Flag of Czechoslovakia HC Tatry
1937/1938 national Flag of Czechoslovakia HC Tatry
1938/1939 national Flag of Czechoslovakia HC Tatry
1939/1940 national Flag of Czechoslovakia not played
1940/1941 international Flag of Czechoslovakia ŠK Slávia Prešov
1941/1942 national Flag of Czechoslovakia HC Tatry
1942/1943 national Flag of Czechoslovakia HC Tatry1
1945/1946 national Flag of Czechoslovakia SK Prostějov
1946/1947 national Flag of Czechoslovakia HC Tatry
1949/1950 national Flag of Czechoslovakia LTC Praha
1950/1951 national Flag of Czechoslovakia Sparta Praha Sokolovo
1951/1952 national Flag of Czechoslovakia SK Prostějov
1957/1958 national Flag of Czechoslovakia Sparta Praha Sokolovo
1958/1959 international Flag of Czechoslovakia Sparta Praha Sokolovo
1968/1969 international Flag of Czechoslovakia VŽKG Ostrava
1969/1970 international Flag of Slovakia Slovak National Team
1974 international Flag of Czechoslovakia Slovan CHZJD Bratislava
1975 international Flag of Czechoslovakia Slovan CHZJD Bratislava
1976 international Flag of Czechoslovakia Czechoslovak National Team
1977 international Flag of Czechoslovakia Czechoslovak National Team
1978 international Flag of Czechoslovakia VSŽ Košice
1979 international Flag of Czechoslovakia VSŽ Košice
1980 international Flag of Czechoslovakia Sparta Praha
1981 international Flag of Czechoslovakia Slezan STS Opava
1982 international Flag of Czechoslovakia VSŽ Košice
1983 international Flag of Soviet Union Dinamo Riga
1984 international Flag of Czechoslovakia Tesla Pardubice
1985 international Flag of Czechoslovakia HC Dukla Trenčín
1986 international Flag of Czechoslovakia VSŽ Košice
1987 international Flag of Czechoslovakia VSŽ Košice
1988 international Flag of Czechoslovakia VSŽ Košice
1989 international Flag of Soviet Union HK Sokol Kiev
1990 international Flag of Czechoslovakia ŠK Slovan Bratislava
1991 international Flag of Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia U-20
1992 international Flag of Czechoslovakia HC Košice
1993 international Flag of Slovakia HC Košice
1994 international Flag of Slovakia Slovakia U-20
1995 international Flag of Slovakia HC ŠKP PS Poprad
1996 international Flag of Slovakia HC Dukla Trenčín
1997 international Flag of Slovakia HC Slovan Bratislava
1998 international Flag of Slovakia HC Slovan Bratislava
1999 international Flag of Slovakia Slovak Olympic Team
2000 international Flag of Slovakia HC ŠKP Poprad
2001 international Flag of Slovakia HC ŠKP Poprad
2002 international Flag of the Czech Republic HC Vítkovice
2003 international Flag of Russia HC Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk
2004 international Flag of Slovakia Slovakia U-23
2005 international Flag of Slovakia HK Tatravagónka ŠKP Poprad
2006 international Flag of the Czech Republic HC Vítkovice
2007 international Flag of the Czech Republic HC Vítkovice
2008 international Flag of Slovakia HC Košice
2009 international Flag of the Czech Republic HC Vítkovice Steel
2010 international Flag of the Czech Republic HC Oceláři Třinec
2011 international Flag of Germany Kölner Haie
2012 national Flag of Slovakia HK Poprad
2013 international Flag of Austria Graz 99ers
2014 international Flag of Slovakia HK Poprad
2015 international Flag of Austria Graz 99ers
2016 international Flag of Finland Lahti Pelicans
2017 international Flag of Slovakia HC Košice
2018 international Flag of Slovakia HK Poprad
2019 international Flag of Hungary DVTK Jegesmedvék
2020 national Flag of Slovakia HK Poprad
2021 international Flag of Italy HC Pustertal
2022 international Flag of Slovakia HC '05 Banská Bystrica
2023 international Flag of Slovakia HK Poprad

1. HC Tatry is sometimes documented as having won the 1943 Tatra Cup, although there are no contemporary references of a tournament having been played that year.

Performances

By club (international tournaments)

Club Won Years won
Flag of Slovakia HC Košice 10 1978, 1979, 1982, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1992, 1993, 2008, 2017
Flag of Slovakia HK Poprad 7 1995, 2000, 2001, 2005, 2014, 2018, 2023
Flag of the Czech Republic HC Vítkovice 5 1968/1969, 2002, 2006, 2007, 2009
Flag of Slovakia Slovak National Team 4 1969/1970, 1994, 1999, 2004
Flag of Slovakia HC Slovan Bratislava 4 1974, 1990, 1997, 1998
Flag of the Czech Republic HC Sparta Praha 4 1935/1936, 1958/1959, 1959/1960, 1980
Flag of Czechoslovakia Czechoslovak National Team 3 1976, 1977, 1991
Flag of the Czech Republic HC Slavia Praha 2 1929/1930, 1933/1934
Flag of Czechoslovakia LTC Praha 2 1930/1931, 1931/1932
Flag of Slovakia HK Dukla Trenčín 2 1985, 1996
Flag of Austria Graz 99ers 2 2013, 2015
Flag of the Czech Republic SK Prostějov 1 1932/1933
Flag of Austria EKE Wien 1 1934/1935
Flag of Czechoslovakia ŠK Slávia Prešov 1 1940/1941
Flag of the Czech Republic Slezan STS Opava 1 1981
Flag of Soviet Union Dinamo Riga 1 1983
Flag of the Czech Republic Tesla Pardubice 1 1984
Flag of Soviet Union HC Sokol Kiev 1 1989
Flag of Russia HC Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk 1 2003
Flag of the Czech Republic HC Oceláři Třinec 1 2010
Flag of Germany Kölner Haie 1 2011
Flag of Finland Lahti Pelicans 1 2016
Flag of Hungary DVTK Jegesmedvék 1 2019
Flag of Italy HC Pustertal 1 2021
Flag of Slovakia HC '05 Banská Bystrica 1 2022

By club (national tournaments)

Club Won Years won
Flag of Czechoslovakia HC Tatry 5 1936/1937, 1937/1938, 1938/1939, 1941/1942, 1946/1947
Flag of the Czech Republic SK Prostějov 2 1945/46, 1951/1952
Flag of Slovakia HK Poprad 2 2012, 2020
Flag of Czechoslovakia Skiklub Bratislava 1 1932/1933
Flag of Czechoslovakia AC Nitra 1 1933/1934
Flag of Czechoslovakia ŠK Vysoké Tatry 1 1934/1935
Flag of Czechoslovakia LTC Praha 1 1949/1950
Flag of the Czech Republic HC Sparta Praha 1 1950/1951
Flag of Czechoslovakia Slovan CHZJD Bratislava 1 1975

By country (international tournaments)

Nation Winners
 Czechoslovakia 27
 Slovakia 18
 Czech Republic 5
 Austria 3
 Soviet Union 2
 Russia 1
 Germany 1
 Finland 1
 Hungary 1
 Italy 1

External links


Tatra Cup seasons
1929–30 - 1930–31 - 1931–32 - 1932–33 - 1933–34 - 1934–35 - 1935–36 - 1936–37 - 1937–38 - 1938–39 - 1939–40 - 1940–41 - 1941–42 - 1942–43 - 1945–46 - 1946–47 - 1949–50 - 1950–51 - 1951–52 - 1957–58 - 1958–59 - 1968–69 - 1969–70 - 1974 - 1975 - 1976 - 1977 - 1978 - 1979 - 1980 - 1981 - 1982 - 1983 - 1984 - 1985 - 1986 - 1987 - 1988 - 1989 - 1990 - 1991 - 1992 - 1993 - 1994 - 1995 - 1996 - 1997 - 1998 - 1999 - 2000 - 2001 - 2002 - 2003 - 2004 - 2005 - 2006 - 2007 - 2008 - 2009 - 2010 - 2011 - 2012 - 2013 - 2014 - 2015 - 2016 - 2017 - 2018 - 2019 - 2020 - 2021 - 2022 - 2023