Tampere Cup

Tampere Cup is an annual ice hockey tournament held in Tampere, Finland. It is hosted by two local teams, Tappara and Ilves.

The Espoo Blues and Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod compete at the 2007 Tampere Cup.

The most successful team is one of the hosts, Tappara with four titles. Metallurg Magnitogorsk has won the tournament three times and Djurgården, Dynamo Moscow, Espoo Blues and HIFK two times each.

The tournament was not played from 2009 to 2014, but it returned in 2015. The modern editions have featured four teams per year, all Finnish. Teams play semifinal matches on Friday and the winners play for the championship on Saturday while the losers play for the bronze medals. Earlier editions had more teams most of which were foreign.

Winners
YearChampionRunner-upThird place
1989Sokil KyivTapparaIlves Tampere
1990Djurgårdens IFLuleå HFKrylya Sovetov Moscow
1991HC Dynamo MoscowUnited States men's national ice hockey teamCanada men's national ice hockey team
1992HC Dynamo MoscowLuleå HFFrölunda HC
1993United States men's national ice hockey teamLuleå HFIlves Tampere
1994HIFK HelsinkiTapparaFrölunda HC
1995Luleå HFUnited States men's national ice hockey teamHC CSKA Moscow
1996TapparaKölner HaiePetra Vsetín
1997TPS TurkuKölner HaieTappara
1998HV71HC DavosJokerit
1999TapparaIlves TampereHIFK Helsinki
2000Djurgårdens IFHC KošiceEHC Kloten
2001BluesHC KošiceTappara
2002Neftekhimik NizhnekamskTapparaHV71
2003Kärpät OuluIlves TampereHV71
2004LionsKärpät OuluLinköpings HC
2005Metallurg MagnitogorskBluesLions
2006Metallurg MagnitogorskTapparaBrynäs
2007BluesMetallurg MagnitogorskTappara
2008Metallurg MagnitogorskIlves TampereBlues
2009-14 No tournament held
2015HIFK HelsinkiIlves TampereTappara
2016TapparaTPS TurkuIlves Tampere
2017TapparaHIFK HelsinkiIlves Tampere
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