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
1990Djurgårdens IFLuleå HFKrylya Sovetov Moscow
1991HC Dynamo MoscowUnited States national teamCanada national team
1992HC Dynamo MoscowLuleå HFFrölunda HC
1993United States national teamLuleå HFIlves
1994HIFKTapparaFrölunda HC
1995Luleå HFUnited States national teamHC CSKA Moscow
1996TapparaKölner HaieHC Petra Vsetín
1997HC TPSKölner HaieTappara
1998HV71HC DavosJokerit
1999TapparaIlvesHIFK
2000Djurgårdens IFHC KošiceEHC Kloten
2001Espoo BluesHC KošiceTappara
2002Neftekhimik NizhnekamskTapparaHV71
2003Oulun KärpätIlvesHV71
2004ZSC LionsOulun KärpätLinköpings HC
2005Metallurg MagnitogorskEspoo BluesZSC Lions
2006Metallurg MagnitogorskTapparaBrynäs
2007Espoo BluesMetallurg MagnitogorskTappara
2008Metallurg MagnitogorskIlvesEspoo Blues
Tournament not held from 2009 to 2014
2015HIFKIlvesTappara
2016TapparaHC TPSIlves
2017TapparaHIFKIlves
2018TapparaHIFKIlves
2019IlvesHIFKTappara
2020LukkoTapparaIlves
2021KooKooTapparaHPK
2022TapparaHPKIlves
2023Timrå IKIlvesTappara
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