Le Mat Cup

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Lars-Eric Lundvall from Västra Frölunda IF after winning the trophy in 1965

The Le Mat Cup is an ice hockey trophy which is awarded annually to the winner of the Elitserien , the highest Swedish professional league.

The Le Mat Cup is the oldest trophy given to professional athletes in Sweden. The trophy was donated in 1926 by the founding father of Swedish ice hockey, Raoul Le Mat , and the film company Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer . Over the years, the silver cup has been modified again and again so that it now has a lid with two crossed ice hockey sticks and an oak base . The trophy is now 52 cm high and weighs 3.34 kg.

The trophy awarded today to the Swedish champion is a copy of the original that was stolen in the early 1950s. The copy was made directly after the theft by a jeweler from Uppsala .