Nations Cup (ice hockey)

The Nations Cup (also meco nations cup , MLP Nations Cup , Air Canada Cup ) is a year in Germany instead-find woman ice hockey tournament at which teams participate in different countries. The tournament is hosted by the German Ice Hockey Federation .

With six participating teams, the competition has been the largest national tournament in women's ice hockey since 2007 after the Olympic ice hockey tournament and the world championship . 2006–2010 was the venue in Ravensburg .

contents

1 story

2 previous events

3 medal tables

4 web links

history

The tournament as Air Canada Cup in 2003, as the next host was held for the first time Germany to Switzerland , Finland and Canada took part. In 2007 the number of teams was increased from four to six teams, and since then the preliminary round has been played in two groups of three. On January 4, 2008, Air Canada announced that it would withdraw from sponsorship after five years . After the financial sales organization MLP took over the sponsorship, the “Air Canada Cup” was renamed “MLP Nations Cup” . The events in 2012 and 2013 were sponsored by meco IT AG , since 2013 the tournament has been held without a name sponsor.

Previous events

Table of contents 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

2003

The first Air Canada Cup was held in 2003 in the Preussag Arena in Hanover and in the cities of Salzgitter and Braunlage . In addition to hosts Germany , Switzerland , Finland and Canada took part in the competition.

Results

Canada	-	Finland	4: 1
Germany	-	Switzerland	1: 2
Canada	-	Switzerland	8-0
Germany	-	Finland	2: 2
Finland	-	Switzerland	2: 2
Germany	-	Canada	1: 6

Closing table

RF	team	Games	Gates	Points
1.	Canada	3	18: 2	6th
2.	Switzerland	3	4:11	3
3.	Finland	3	5: 9	2
4th	Germany	3	4:10	1

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2004

The Air Canada Cup 2004 took place from February 5th to 7th, 2004 in the Hacker-Pschorr Arena in Bad Tölz and the Olympic Ice Sports Center in Garmisch-Partenkirchen . Besides host again took Germany to Switzerland , Finland and Canada in the competition, the last two, however, with an U22 selection.

Results

Canada U22	-	Finland U22	6: 1
Switzerland	-	Germany	1: 1
Canada U22	-	Switzerland	6-0
Finland U22	-	Germany	0: 4
Finland U22	-	Switzerland	3: 3
Germany	-	Canada U22	3: 5

Closing table

RF	team	Games	Gates	Points
1.	Canada U22	3	17: 4	6th
2.	Germany	3	8: 6	3
3.	Switzerland	3	4:10	2
4th	Finland U22	3	4:13	1

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2005

The Air Canada Cup 2005 was held from February 10th to 13th, 2005 in the Scania Arena in Duisburg . In addition to hosts Germany , Switzerland , Finland and Canada once again took part in the competition.

Results

Canada	-	Finland	8: 3
Switzerland	-	Germany	3-0
Canada	-	Switzerland	10: 1
Germany	-	Finland	4: 2
Finland	-	Switzerland	7: 3
Germany	-	Canada	0:13

Closing table

RF	team	Games	Gates	Points
1.	Canada	3	31: 4	6th
2.	Finland	3	12:15	2
3.	Switzerland	3	7:17	2
4th	Germany	3	4:18	2

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2006

The Air Canada Cup 2006 took place from January 5th to 7th, 2006 in the ice rink in Ravensburg . Besides host again took Germany to Switzerland , Finland and Canada in the competition.

Results

Canada	-	Finland	4: 1
Switzerland	-	Germany	3-0
Canada	-	Switzerland	10: 1
Germany	-	Finland	0: 2
Finland	-	Switzerland	5: 2
Germany	-	Canada	6: 4

Closing table

RF	team	Games	Gates	Points
1.	Canada	3	18: 8	4th
2.	Finland	3	8: 6	4th
3.	Switzerland	3	6:15	2
4th	Germany	3	6: 9	2

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2007

The Air Canada Cup 2007 was held again from January 3 to 7, 2007 in the Ravensburg ice rink . For the first time, the tournament was played with six instead of four teams, which meant that instead of the previous game mode, a preliminary round with two groups of three and a final round were held. In addition to hosts Germany , Switzerland , a U20 team from Finland , the U22 team from Canada , Japan and Russia took part in the competition.

Preliminary round

Russia	-	Switzerland	6-0
Japan	-	Canada U22	0:10
Finland U20	-	Russia	3: 7
Germany	-	Japan	2: 1
Switzerland	-	Finland U20	4: 1
Canada U22	-	Germany	5-0

Tables

Group A RF team Games Gates Points 1. Russia 2 13: 3 6th 2. Switzerland 2 4: 7 3 3. Finland U20 2 4:11 0

Group B RF team Games Gates Points 1. Canada U22 2 15: 0 6th 2. Germany 2 2: 6 3 3. Japan 2 1:12 0

Semifinals

Switzerland	-	Canada U22	0:11
Russia	-	Germany	0: 5

Play for 5th place

Finland U20

-

Japan

0: 2

3rd place match

Switzerland

-

Russia

5: 2

final

Canada U22

-

Germany

6: 1

Closing table

RF	team
1.	Canada
2.	Germany
3.	Switzerland
4th	Russia
5.	Japan
6th	Finland U20

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2008

The Air Canada Cup 2008 was played from January 2 to 6, 2008 in the Ravensburg ice rink . In addition to hosts Germany , Switzerland , a U20 team from Finland , the U22 team from Canada , Sweden and Russia took part in the competition.

Closing table

RF	team
1.	Canada
2.	Finland
3.	Sweden
4th	Russia
5.	Switzerland
6th	Germany

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2009

The MLP Nations Cup 2009 was held from January 2nd to 6th, 2009 in the Ravensburg ice rink .

Preliminary round

Sweden	-	Switzerland	5: 3
Canada	-	Finland	3-0
Russia	-	Finland	2: 1
Switzerland	-	Germany	3: 4
Canada	-	Russia	11: 0
Sweden	-	Germany	4: 1

Tables

Group A RF team Games Gates Points 1. Canada 2 14: 0 6th 2. Russia 2 2:12 3 3. Finland 2 1: 5 0

Group B RF team Games Gates Points 1. Sweden 2 9: 4 6th 2. Germany 2 5: 7 3 3. Switzerland 2 6: 9 0

Semifinals

Sweden	-	Russia	5: 4
Canada	-	Germany	3-0

Play for 5th place

Finland

-

Switzerland

6: 1

3rd place match

Germany

-

Russia

0: 2

final

Canada

-

Sweden

1: 2

Closing table

RF	team
1.	Sweden
2.	Canada
3.	Russia
4th	Germany
5.	Finland
6th	Switzerland

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2010

The MLP Nations Cup 2010 was held from January 5th to 9th, 2010 in the Ravensburg ice rink .

Preliminary round

January 5, 2011, 4:00 p.m.	Canada	-	Switzerland	4: 1	(1: 0, 2: 1, 1: 0)	350 spectators
January 5, 2011, 8:00 p.m.	Sweden	-	Finland	4: 1	(0: 0, 1: 1, 3: 0)	300 spectators
January 6, 2011, 4:00 p.m.	Russia	-	Finland	3: 4 OT	(1: 2, 1: 1, 1: 0)	500 spectators
January 6, 2011, 8:00 p.m.	Switzerland	-	Germany	5: 4 OT	(3: 2, 1: 2, 0: 0)	1,500 spectators
January 7, 2011, 4:00 p.m.	Sweden	-	Russia	2: 3	(2: 0, 0: 0, 0: 3)	330 spectators
January 7, 2011, 8:00 p.m.	Germany	-	Canada	0: 7	(0: 2, 0: 2, 0: 3)	1,700 spectators

Tables

Group A RF team Games Gates Points 1. Russia 2 2:12 4th 2. Sweden 2 6: 4 3 3. Finland 2 5: 7 2

Group B RF team Games Gates Points 1. Canada 2 11: 1 6th 2. Switzerland 2 6: 8 2 3. Germany 2 4:12 1

Semifinals

January 8, 2011, 4:00 p.m.	Sweden	-	Canada	3: 4 OT	(0: 3, 2: 0, 1: 0)	440 spectators
January 8, 2011, 8:00 p.m.	Russia	-	Switzerland	5: 6 OT	(0: 1, 5: 4, 0: 0)	520 spectators

Play for 5th place

January 9, 2011, 4:00 p.m.

Finland

-

Germany

4-0

(1: 0, 1: 0, 2: 0)

800 spectators

3rd place match

January 9, 2011, 4:00 p.m.

Sweden

-

Russia

5: 3

(2: 0, 3: 1, 0: 2)

250 spectators

final

January 9, 2010 8:00 p.m.

Canada J. Wong (2:38) V. Bendus (4:11) B. Bram (18:04) B. Jenner (19:51) J. Scanzano (25:23) N. Spooner (26:30) J . Wong (30:17) J. Wong (35:20) J. Wakefield (38:51)

9: 0 (4: 0, 5: 0, 0: 0) game report

Switzerland

Ice rink , Ravensburg spectators: 1,300

Closing table

RF	team
1.	Canada
2.	Switzerland
3.	Sweden
4th	Russia
5.	Finland
6th	Germany

2011

→ Main article : MLP Nations Cup 2011

Closing table

Pl.	team
1	Canada
2	Sweden
3	Russia
4th	Germany
5	Switzerland
6th	Finland

2012

The meco nations cup 2012 was held from January 3rd to 8th 2012 at several locations - Füssen , Lindau , Miesbach , Peißenberg and Sonthofen - most of the games took place in Füssen. The tournament was played on five days in the mode of everyone against everyone .

The Swedish national team secured the tournament win with 5 wins in 5 games. A total of 2,752 viewers saw the 15 games of the tournament, which corresponds to an average of 183 visitors.

Closing table

Pl.		Sp	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Gates	Points
1.	Sweden	5	4th	1	0	0	16: 05	14th
2.	Finland	5	3	1	0	1	15:11	11
3.	Canada	5	3	0	2	0	20: 07	11
4th	Switzerland	5	1	1	0	3	13:22	5
5.	Germany	5	1	0	0	4th	07:13	3
6th	Russia	5	0	0	1	4th	08:21	1

2013

The meco nations cup 2013 was played from January 3 to 6, 2013 in Füssen , Ravensburg and Memmingen . In addition to host Germany , the national teams of Switzerland , Finland , Canada , Sweden and Russia took part in the competition.

Closing table

RF	team
1.	Canada
2.	Russia
3.	Finland
4th	Germany
5.	Sweden
6th	Switzerland

Medal table

(Stand 2013)

RF	country
1.	Canada	9	2	0
2.	Sweden	2	1	2
3.	Finland	0	3	3
4th	Switzerland	0	2	4th
5.	Germany	0	2	0
6th	Russia	0	1	2
7th	Japan	0	0	0

Individual evidence

1. ↑ meco nations cup 2012: meco IT AG. In: meco-gruppe.com. January 3, 2012, accessed January 15, 2018 . 
2. ↑ Team Canada ready for 2018 Nations Cup. In: hockeycanada.ca. December 11, 2017, accessed January 15, 2018 . 
3. ^ National Women's Under-22 Team to Take Part in the 2004 European Air Canada Cup. In: hockeycanada.ca. January 26, 2004, accessed January 15, 2018 . 
4. ↑ rsteck.ch, Air Canada Cup 2007: Information & Facts; January 3 - 7, 2007; Ice rink Ravensburg (PDF file)
5. ↑ damen-eishockey.de, Meco Nations Cup 2013

Web links

• MLP Nations Cup 2010
• MLP Nations Cup 2009
• Air Canada Cup 2008
• Air Canada Cup 2007
• Air Canada Cup 2006
• Air Canada Cup 2005
• Air Canada Cup 2004
• Air Canada Cup 2003 at www.damen-eishockey.de
• 2011 MLP Nations Cup - Kreuzlingen, SWITZERLAND at iihf.com
• Nations Cup, 6-nation tournament January 2012 in Germany at frauennati.ch
• meco nations cup 2012 at Frauen-eishockey.com