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Tatra Cup

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Tatra Cup
SportIce Hockey
Founded1929
First season1929
No. of teams6 (group stage)
CountriesSlovakia (usually HK Poprad), Czech Republic, various other European countries
Venue(s)Poprad Ice Stadium (Poprad, Slovakia)
Most recent
champion(s)
Slovakia HC Košice
Most titlesSlovakia HK Poprad (14 titles)
QualificationInvitation only
Official websitehkpoprad.sk/tatransky-pohar

The Tatra Cup (Slovak: Tatranský pohár) 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.[1]

Tatra Cup winners

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Season/Year Type Winner
1929/1930 international Czechoslovakia Slavia Praha
1930/1931 international Czechoslovakia LTC Praha
1931/1932 international Czechoslovakia LTC Praha
1932/1933 international Czechoslovakia SK Prostějov
1932/1933 national Czechoslovakia Skiklub Bratislava
1933/1934 international Czechoslovakia Slavia Praha
1933/1934 national Czechoslovakia AC Nitra
1934/1935 international Austria EKE Wien
1934/1935 national Czechoslovakia ŠK Vysoké Tatry
1935/1936 national Unfinished due to adverse weather conditions and ineligible ice
1935/1936 international Czechoslovakia AC Sparta Praha
1936/1937 national Czechoslovakia HC Tatry
1937/1938 national Czechoslovakia HC Tatry
1938/1939 national Czechoslovakia HC Tatry
1940/1941 international Czechoslovakia ŠK Slávia Prešov
1941/1942 national Czechoslovakia HC Tatry
1942/1943 Tournament not held[2]
1945/1946 national Czechoslovakia SK Prostějov
1946/1947 national Czechoslovakia HC Tatry
1949/1950 national Czechoslovakia LTC Praha
1950/1951 national Czechoslovakia Sparta Praha Sokolovo
1951/1952 national Czechoslovakia SK Prostějov
1958/1959 international Czechoslovakia Sparta Praha Sokolovo
1959/1960 international Czechoslovakia Sparta Praha Sokolovo
1968/1969 international Czechoslovakia VŽKG Ostrava
1969/1970 international Slovakia Slovak National Team
1974 international Czechoslovakia Slovan CHZJD Bratislava
1975 national Czechoslovakia Slovan CHZJD Bratislava
1976 international Czechoslovakia Czechoslovak National Team
1977 international Czechoslovakia Czechoslovak National Team
1978 international Czechoslovakia VSŽ Košice
1979 international Czechoslovakia VSŽ Košice
1980 international Czechoslovakia Sparta Praha
1981 international Czechoslovakia Slezan STS Opava
1982 international Czechoslovakia VSŽ Košice
1983 international Soviet Union Dinamo Riga
1984 international Czechoslovakia Tesla Pardubice
1985 international Czechoslovakia HC Dukla Trenčín
1986 international Czechoslovakia VSŽ Košice
1987 international Czechoslovakia VSŽ Košice
1988 international Czechoslovakia VSŽ Košice
1989 international Soviet Union HK Sokol Kiev
1990 international Czechoslovakia ŠK Slovan Bratislava
1991 international Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia U-20
1992 international Czechoslovakia HC Košice
1993 international Slovakia HC Košice
1994 international Slovakia Slovakia U-20
1995 international Slovakia HC ŠKP PS Poprad
1996 international Slovakia HC Dukla Trenčín
1997 international Slovakia HC Slovan Bratislava
1998 international Slovakia HC Slovan Bratislava
1999 international Slovakia Slovak Olympic Team
2000 international Slovakia HC ŠKP Poprad
2001 international Slovakia HC ŠKP Poprad
2002 international Czech Republic HC Vítkovice
2003 international Russia HC Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk
2004 international Slovakia Slovakia U-23
2005 international Slovakia HK Tatravagónka ŠKP Poprad
2006 international Czech Republic HC Vítkovice
2007 international Czech Republic HC Vítkovice
2008 international Slovakia HC Košice
2009 international Czech Republic HC Vítkovice Steel
2010 international Czech Republic HC Oceláři Třinec
2011 international Germany Kölner Haie
2012 national Slovakia HK Poprad
2013 international Austria Graz 99ers
2014 international Slovakia HK Poprad
2015 international Austria Graz 99ers
2016 international Finland Lahti Pelicans
2017 international Slovakia HC Košice
2018 international Slovakia HK Poprad
2019 international Hungary DVTK Jegesmedvék
2020 national Slovakia HK Poprad
2021 international Italy HC Pustertal
2022 international Slovakia HC '05 Banská Bystrica
2023 international Slovakia HK Poprad
2024 national Slovakia HC Košice

Performances

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By club (international tournaments)

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

By club (national tournaments)

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Club Won Years won
Slovakia HC Tatry 5 1936/1937, 1937/1938, 1938/1939, 1941/1942, 1946/1947
Czech Republic SK Prostějov 2 1945/46, 1951/1952
Slovakia HK Poprad 2 2012, 2020
Slovakia Skiklub Bratislava 1 1932/1933
Slovakia AC Nitra 1 1933/1934
Slovakia ŠK Vysoké Tatry 1 1934/1935
Czechoslovakia LTC Praha 1 1949/1950
Czech Republic HC Sparta Praha 1 1950/1951
Slovakia Slovan CHZJD Bratislava 1 1975
Slovakia HC Košice 1 2024

By country (international tournaments)

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Nation Winners
 Czechoslovakia 27
 Slovakia 17
 Czech Republic 5
 Austria 3
 Soviet Union 2
 Russia 1
 Germany 1
 Finland 1
 Hungary 1
 Italy 1

References

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