Euro Hockey Tour

The Euro Hockey Tour is the name of a combination of four major European ice hockey tournaments in which the national teams of Finland , Sweden , Russia and the Czech Republic take part. The tour consists of the Czech Hockey Games in the Czech Republic , the Karjala Cup in Finland , the Channel One Cup in the Russian capital Moscow and the Sweden Hockey Games in Sweden Stockholm . The tour has existed since the 1996/97 season and, in addition to the Euro Hockey Challenge, is an unofficial European ice hockey championship , as the four national teams involved are considered to be the best in Europe.

The tournaments at a glance

season	winner	2nd place	3rd place	4th Place
1996/97	Finland	Sweden	Russia	Czech Republic
1997/98	Czech Republic	Sweden	Finland	Russia
1998/99	Sweden	Finland	Czech Republic	Russia
1999/00	Finland	Czech Republic	Russia	Sweden
2000/01	Finland	Russia	Sweden	Czech Republic
2001/02	Finland	Russia	Sweden	Czech Republic
2002/03	Finland	Russia	Czech Republic	Sweden
2003/04	Finland	Sweden	Russia	Czech Republic
2004/05	Russia	Sweden	Finland	Czech Republic
2005/06	Russia	Sweden	Finland	Czech Republic
2006/07	Sweden	Russia	Czech Republic	Finland
2007/08	Russia	Finland	Czech Republic	Sweden
2008/09	Russia	Finland	Sweden	Czech Republic
2009/10	Finland	Russia	Czech Republic	Sweden
2010/11	Russia	Sweden	Finland	Czech Republic
2011/12	Czech Republic	Finland	Russia	Sweden
2012/13	Russia	Czech Republic	Finland	Sweden
2013/14	Finland	Russia	Czech Republic	Sweden
2014/15	Sweden	Finland	Czech Republic	Russia
2015/16	Sweden	Finland	Czech Republic	Russia
2016/17	Russia	Czech Republic	Finland	Sweden
2017/18	Finland	Czech Republic	Russia	Sweden

Medal table

after 20 tournaments

rank	country				total
1	Finland	9	6th	6th	21st
2	Russia	7th	6th	5	18th
3	Sweden	4th	6th	3	13
4th	Czech Republic	2	4th	8th	14th

1996/97 season

The first, but still unofficial, Euro Hockey Tour 1996/97 won Finland due to the better goal difference against Sweden. The overall ranking was based on the results of direct encounters between Finland, Sweden, Russia and the Czech Republic in three tournaments: the Karjala Cup in Finland, the Izvestia Cup in Russia and the Sweden Hockey Games in Stockholm.

Final score

space	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Pt.
1.	Finland	9	6th	1	2	36:17	13
2.	Sweden	9	6th	1	2	29:21	13
3.	Russia	9	4th	0	5	19:25	8th
4th	Czech Republic	9	0	2	7th	15-36	2

1997/98 season

The Czech Republic won the second Euro Hockey Tour. For the first time, the overall ranking was based on the results of direct encounters between Finland, Sweden, Russia and the Czech Republic in four tournaments: the Česká Pojišťovna Cup in the Czech Republic, the Karjala Cup in Finland, the Baltika Cup in Russia and the Sweden Hockey Games .

Final score

space	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Pt.
1.	Czech Republic	12	7th	2	3	47:29	16
2.	Sweden	12	5	3	4th	30:34	13
3.	Finland	12	4th	3	5	36:33	11
4th	Russia	12	3	2	7th	17:34	8th

1998/99 season

The third Euro Hockey Tour again confirmed the results of the 1998 men's ice hockey world championship , in which Sweden and Finland faced each other in the final. As in 1996/97, only the better goal difference could decide the tour and Sweden was the winner this time. The basis of the overall ranking was again the results of the direct encounters between Finland, Sweden, Russia and the Czech Republic in four tournaments: the Ceská Pojištovna Cup in the Czech Republic, the Karjala Cup in Finland, the Baltica Cup in Russia and the Sweden Hockey Games .

Final score

space	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Pt.
1.	Sweden	12	6th	4th	2	32:21	16
2.	Finland	12	7th	2	3	31:27	16
3.	Czech Republic	12	3	5	4th	28:27	11
4th	Russia	12	1	3	8th	24:40	5

1999/2000 season

Finland was the first time a participant won the tour for the second time in 1999/2000. The overall ranking was again based on the results of direct encounters between Finland, Sweden, Russia and the Czech Republic in four tournaments: the Ceská Pojištovna Cup in the Czech Republic from September 2nd to 5th, 1999, the Karjala Cup in Finland from November 11th to 14th, 1999, the Baltica Cup in Russia from December 16-21, 1999 and the Sweden Hockey Games , which took place from February 8-13, 2000.

Final score

space	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Pt.
1.	Finland	12	8th	2	2	27:20	18th
2.	Czech Republic	12	7th	1	4th	31:20	15th
3.	Russia	12	5	2	5	33:35	12
4th	Sweden	12	1	1	10	24:40	3

2000/01 season

At the end of the Euro Hockey Tour 2000/01, Finland was the winner, while the reigning world champion Czech Republic was only last. The tournaments of the 2000/01 tour were the Ceská Pojištovna Cup from August 31 to September 3, 2000, the Karjala Cup from November 9 to 12, 2000, the Baltika Cup from December 17 to 20, 2000 and the Sweden Hockey Games from February 6 to 11, 2001.

Final score

1.	Finland
2.	Russia
3.	Sweden
4th	Czech Republic

2001/02 season

Also at the end of the Euro Hockey Tour 2001/02 Finland was the winner, while the reigning world champion Czech Republic was again only last.

The tournaments of the 2001/02 tour were the Ceská Pojištovna Cup from September 6th to 9th, 2001 in Helsinki, Finland, and Zlín , Czech Republic, the Sweden Hockey Games from November 6th to 11th, 2001 in Helsinki and Stockholm, the Baltica Cup from December 18 to 22, 2001 in Helsinki and Moscow as well as the Karjala Cup , which was held in Helsinki and Stockholm from April 18 to 21, 2002 and was the first to conclude the tour.

Final score

1.	Finland
2.	Russia
3.	Sweden
4th	Czech Republic

2002/03 season

At the end of the Euro Hockey Tour 2002/03, Finland was once again the winner.

The tournaments of the 2002/03 tour were the Ceská Pojištovna Cup from September 5th to 8th, 2002 in Karlstad , Sweden, and Zlín , Czech Republic, the Karjala Cup from November 7th to 10th, 2002 in Pardubice , Czech Republic and Helsinki , Finland, the Baltica Cup from December 16-22 , 2002 in Espoo , Finland and Moscow , Russia; and the Sweden Hockey Games , which took place from February 4-9, 2003.

Final score

1.	Finland
2.	Russia
3.	Czech Republic
4th	Sweden

2003/04 season

The Euro Hockey Tour 2003/04 consisted of the four tournaments Ceská Pojištovna Cup from September 4th to 7th, 2003 in Helsinki , Finland, and Pardubice , Czech Republic, the Karjala Cup from November 6th to 9th, 2003 in Nyköping , Sweden, and Helsinki, Finland, the Baltica Cup from December 18-21, 2003 in Moscow , Russia, and the Sweden Hockey Games from February 5-8, 2004 in Helsinki, Finland, and Stockholm , Sweden. In addition, on April 16 and 18, 2004 play-off games were played in the " Best of Two " mode with penalty shootouts for places 1 and 3.

The playoffs of the tour were endowed with prize money of 135,000 euros, of which the tour winner received 75,000 euros, the second 25,000 euros and the third 35,000 euros. The fact that the third received a higher prize money than the second is probably due to the victory in the games for third place. There was also prize money of 120,000 euros for the four tournaments: 50,000 euros for 1st place, 30,000 euros for 2nd place, 25,000 euros for 3rd place and 15,000 euros for 4th place after the four tournaments.

Table after the four tournaments

Pl.	country	Sp	SG	SP	NP	NL	Gates	Pt.
1.	Finland	12	7th	0	0	5	29:30	21st
2.	Sweden	12	4th	2	2	4th	25:21	18th
3.	Czech Republic	12	2	4th	3	3	24:28	17th
4th	Russia	12	3	2	3	4th	28:27	16

3rd place match

April 16, 2004	Russia	-	Czech Republic	1: 5 (0: 0, 0: 3, 1: 2)
April 18, 2004	Czech Republic	-	Russia	4: 7 (2: 2, 1: 1, 1: 4)
Russia wins in the decisive penalty shootout

final

April 16, 2004	Sweden	-	Finland	3: 1 (2: 0, 1: 1, 0: 0)
April 18, 2004	Finland	-	Sweden	4: 0 (1: 0, 3: 0, 0: 0)
Finland wins in the decisive penalty shootout

Final score

1.	Finland
2.	Sweden
3.	Russia
4th	Czech Republic

2004/05 season

In the Euro Hockey Tour 2004/05 the hosting of the Ceská Pojištovna Cup was waived because of the World Cup of Hockey , so that the competition consisted of only three tournaments.

Table after the three tournaments

Pl.	country	Sp	SG	SP	NP	NL	Gates	Pt.
1.	Sweden	9	3	2	1	3	22:24	14th
2.	Russia	9	4th	1	0	4th	26:21	14th
3.	Czech Republic	9	2	2	3	2	25:26	13
4th	Finland	9	3	1	2	3	24:26	13

3rd place match

April 22, 2005	Czech Republic	-	Finland	3: 3 (1: 3, 1: 0, 1: 0)
April 24, 2005	Finland	-	Czech Republic	4: 0 (0: 0, 2: 0, 2: 0)

final

April 22, 2005	Sweden	-	Russia	1: 2 (0: 0, 1: 1, 0: 1)
April 24, 2005	Russia	-	Sweden	5: 2 (2: 2, 2: 0, 1: 0)

Final score

1.	Russia
2.	Sweden
3.	Finland
4th	Czech Republic

2005/06 season

In this Euro Hockey Tour 2005/06, the Ceská Pojištovna Cup , which had to be canceled the previous year because of the World Cup of Hockey , was included in the rating again. The tour consisted of four tournaments again in 2005/06. There was only one final game and one game for third place this season. Both games took place immediately after the LG Hockey Games in Stockholm.

Table after the four tournaments

Pl.	country	Sp	SG	SP	NP	NL	Gates	Pt.
1.	Russia	12	8th	0	2	2	40:28	26th
2.	Sweden	12	6th	2	0	4th	32:24	22nd
3.	Finland	12	4th	2	1	5	22:26	17th
4th	Czech Republic	12	1	1	2	8th	27:43	7th

3rd place match

May 1, 2006

Finland

-

Czech Republic

3: 2

Globen , Stockholm

final

May 1, 2006

Sweden

-

Russia

1: 2

Globen , Stockholm

Final score

1.	Russia
2.	Sweden
3.	Finland
4th	Czech Republic

2006/07 season

In the Euro Hockey Tour 2006/07 there were two final games and two games for third place after the four tournaments, in contrast to the previous season.

Table after the four tournaments

Pl.	country	Sp	SG	SP	NP	NL	Gates	Pt.
1.	Russia	12	6th	4th	1	1	39:30	27
2.	Sweden	12	6th	1	1	4th	40:29	21st
3.	Finland	12	4th	0	2	6th	19:29	14th
4th	Czech Republic	12	2	1	2	7th	31:41	10

3rd place match

April 19, 2007	Finland	-	Czech Republic	1: 0 (1: 0, 0: 0, 0: 0)
April 21, 2007	Czech Republic	-	Finland	2: 0 nV (0: 0, 1: 0, 0: 0, 1: 0)

final

April 19, 2007	Sweden	-	Russia	3: 2 (0: 0, 1: 1, 2: 1)
April 21, 2007	Russia	-	Sweden	2: 4 (0: 1, 1: 1, 1: 2)

Final score

1.	Sweden
2.	Russia
3.	Czech Republic
4th	Finland

2007/08 season

The Euro Hockey Tour 2007/08 started in November 2007 and ended shortly before the World Cup with the Ceská Pojištovna Cup in April. Due to the world title fights, there were no finals this year. The EHT won the team of Russia, which had finished all four tournaments of the tour as winners.

Final score

Pl.	country	Sp	S.	SV	NV	N	Gates	Pt
1.	Russia	12	10	0	0	2	41:18	30th
2.	Finland	12	5	1	1	5	27:31	18th
3.	Czech Republic	12	4th	1	1	6th	33:44	15th
4th	Sweden	12	3	0	0	9	27:35	9

2008/09 season

As in the previous year, the Euro Hockey Tour 2008/09 consists of four tournaments; no finals will be played. The national team of Russia won the first three tournaments held, the Karjala Cup, the Channel One Cup and the Czech Hockey Games, while Sweden was successful at the LG Hockey Games. The overall ranking was once again won by the Russian national team.

Final score

Pl.	country	Sp	S.	SV	NV	N	Gates	Pt
1.	Russia	12	8th	2	0	2	49:28	28
2.	Finland	12	3	2	3	4th	34:41	16
3.	Sweden	12	4th	1	1	6th	31:28	15th
4th	Czech Republic	12	3	1	2	6th	36:43	13

2009/10 season

The Czech national team won the first tournament in the series, the Czech Hockey Games, which were held in the new Karlovy Vary KV Arena . The Russian national team won the Karjala Cup, while Finland won the Channel One Cup and LG Hockey Games. The overall ranking was won by the Finnish national team.

Final score

Pl.	country	Sp	S.	SV	NV	N	Gates	Pt
1.	Finland	12	5	2	2	3	41:28	21st
2.	Russia	12	4th	3	3	2	40:36	21st
3.	Czech Republic	12	3	3	3	3	32:30	17th
4th	Sweden	12	2	2	2	6th	30:49	12

2010/11 season

The Finnish national team won the Karjala Cup in 2010 , the national team of Russia won the Channel One Cup in 2010 . Since the Swedes were again able to win the LG Hockey Games and the Czechs the Czech Hockey Games , the constellation was that each national team was the winner of the tournament in their own country.

Final score

Pl.	country	Sp	S.	SV	NV	N	Gates	Pt
1.	Russia	12	9	0	0	3	42:31	27
2.	Sweden	12	6th	1	0	5	39:32	20th
3.	Finland	12	3	1	2	6th	27:33	13
4th	Czech Republic	12	3	1	1	7th	27:39	13

See also

• Euro Hockey Challenge

Web links

• History of Euro Hockey Tour and its tournaments (English)