Tatra Cup

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 Starý 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 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 next season, at which mostly the Czech and Slovak teams take part.

Tatra Cup winners

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 international Czechoslovakia HC Tatry
1936/1937 national Czechoslovakia HC Tatry
1937/1938 national Czechoslovakia HC Tatry
1938/1939 international Czechoslovakia HC Tatry
1939/1940 national Czechoslovakia HC Tatry
1940/1941 international Czechoslovakia ŠK Slávia Prešov
1941/1942 national Czechoslovakia HC Tatry
1942/1943 national Czechoslovakia HC Tatry
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

Performances

By club (international tournaments)

Club Won Years won
Slovakia HC Košice 9 1978, 1979, 1982, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1992, 1993, 2008
Czech Republic HC Vítkovice 5 1968/1969, 2002, 2006, 2007, 2009
Slovakia HK Poprad 5 1995, 2000, 2001, 2005, 2014
Slovakia Slovak National Team 4 1969/1970, 1994, 1999, 2004
Slovakia HC Slovan Bratislava 4 1974, 1990, 1997, 1998
Czech Republic HC Sparta Praha 3 1958/1959, 1959/1960, 1980
Czech Republic Czechoslovak National Team 3 1976, 1977, 1991
Czech Republic HC Slavia Praha 2 1929/1930, 1933/1934
Czech Republic LTC Praha 2 1930/1931, 1931/1932
Slovakia HC Tatry 2 1935/1936, 1938/1939
Slovakia HC 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 2012
Finland Lahti Pelicans 1 2016

By club (national tournaments)

Club Won Years won
Slovakia HC Tatry 7 1934/1935, 1936/1937, 1937/1938, 1939/1940, 1941/1942, 1942/1943, 1946/1947
Czech Republic SK Prostějov 2 1945/46, 1951/1952
Slovakia Skiklub Bratislava 1 1932/1933
Slovakia HK Nitra 1 1933/1934
Czech Republic LTC Praha 1 1949/1950
Czech Republic HC Sparta Praha 1 1950/1951
Slovakia HC Slovan Bratislava 1 1975
Slovakia HK Poprad 1 2012

By nation (international tourmanets)

Nation Winners
 Slovakia 23
 Czech Republic 16
 Austria 3
 Latvia 1
 Ukraine 1
 Russia 1
 Germany 1
 Finland 1
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