Karjala Cup

The Karjala Cup has been an annual ice hockey tournament in Finland since 1996 . It is part of the Euro Hockey Tour , in which the national teams of Finland , Sweden , Russia and the Czech Republic compete.

history

To enable international comparisons outside of world and European championships, a cup competition called Sauna Cup was launched in 1992 . In Turku and later in Helsinki the best teams in the world from Russia , the CSFR and the USA were played. The hosts finished last with only one point scored. Perhaps because of this result, the event was not repeated in the next few years.

It was not until 1995, when the Finnish brewery Karjala (Ger. Karelia ) found a sponsor, that the teams of Sweden , the Czech Republic and the French national ice hockey team were invited to a tournament. In 1996 it took place at the same time as the Izvestia Cup , which is why the Russians only sent a replacement team. Since 1997 the tournament has been held in the second week of November. As a result, the Finns were able to win seven times in a row.

Winners list

year				4th
2018	Russia	Finland	Czech Republic	Sweden
2017	Finland	Russia	Sweden	Canada
2016	Russia	Czech Republic	Finland	Sweden
2015	Sweden	Finland	Russia	Czech Republic
2014	Sweden	Finland	Russia	Czech Republic
2013	Finland	Russia	Sweden	Czech Republic
2012	Czech Republic	Finland	Russia	Sweden
2011	Russia	Finland	Czech Republic	Sweden
2010	Finland	Russia	Sweden	Czech Republic
2009	Russia	Finland	Sweden	Czech Republic
2008	Russia	Czech Republic	Sweden	Finland
2007	Russia	Sweden	Czech Republic	Finland
2006	Russia	Czech Republic	Sweden	Finland
2005	Finland	Sweden	Russia	Czech Republic
2004	Finland	Sweden	Czech Republic	Russia
2003	Finland	Czech Republic	Russia	Sweden
2002 (Nov.)	Finland	Czech Republic	Sweden	Russia
2002 (April)	Finland	Russia	Sweden	Czech Republic
2000	Finland	Sweden	Russia	Czech Republic
1999	Finland	Russia	Czech Republic	Sweden
1998	Finland	Russia	Czech Republic	Sweden
1997	Sweden	Czech Republic	Russia	Sweden
1996	Finland	Sweden	Russia	Finland
1995	Sweden	Finland	France	Czech Republic
Sauna Cup 1992	Russia	United States	ČSFR	Finland

Medal table
team
Finland	12	7th	1
Russia	8th	6th	8th
Sweden	4th	5	9
Czech Republic	1	6th	7th
United States	-	1	-
France	-	-	1

Individual evidence

1. ^ History of Euro Hockey Tour and its tournaments - Finland - History of the tournament. December 21, 2005, accessed November 7, 2012 . 

Web links

• Summary of all events on Hokej.sfrp.cz
• Results of the Karjala Cup ( Memento from May 10, 2012 in the Internet Archive )