Tatranský pohár

Game scene in 1932 between LTC Prague and VS Brno.

The Tatranský pohár ( German  Tatra Pokal , English Tatra Cup ) is an ice hockey tournament that has been held in the High Tatras since 1929 . This makes the Tatra Cup the second oldest cup competition in Europe after the Spengler Cup .

The first event took place in Starý Smokovec in 1929 . While an international and a national tournament were played annually in the 1930s, only two tournaments took place between 1952 and 1968 due to organizational problems, both of which were won by Sparta Praha Sokolovo . Then the tournament got more attention in western countries, so that in 1969 the Cologne EC took part in the tournament. A year later, the IF Surahammars joined a Swedish club for the first time. In addition, the SC Riessersee took part in the tournament.

With the construction of a covered ice rink in Poprad in the mid-1970s, the external conditions for the tournament improved. In 1979, the anniversary year of the tournament, Dynamo Weisswasser, a club from the GDR, took part.

Nowadays the competition is held annually in the summer in Zimný štadión Poprad as a preparatory tournament, in which mainly teams from Slovakia take part.

winner

1929/30 Slavia Prague 1930/31 LTC Prague 1931/32 LTC Prague 1932/33 SK Prostějov 1932/33 Ski Club Bratislava 1933/34 Slavia Prague 1933/34 AC Nitra 1934/35 EKE Vienna 1934/35 ŠK Vysoké Tatry 1935/36 HC Tatry 1936/37 HC Tatry 1937/38 HC Tatry 1938/39 HC Tatry 1939/40 HC Tatry 1940/41 ŠK Slávia Prešov 1941/42 HC Tatry 1942/43 HC Tatry 1943–1945 not held

1945/46 SK Prostějov 1946/47 HC Tatry 1949/50 LTC Prague 1950/51 Sparta Praha Sokolovo 1951/52 SK Prostějov 1958/59 Sparta Praha Sokolovo 1959/60 Sparta Praha Sokolovo 1968/69 VŽKG Ostrava 1969/70 Slovak national team 1974 Slovan Bratislava 1975 Slovan Bratislava 1976 national team of the ČSSR 1977 national team of the ČSSR 1978 VSŽ Košice 1979 VSŽ Košice 1980 Sparta Prague 1981 Slezan STS Opava 1982 VSŽ Košice

1983 Dinamo Riga 1984 Tesla Pardubice 1985 Dukla Trenčín 1986 VSŽ Košice 1987 VSŽ Košice 1988 VSŽ Košice 1989 HK Sokol Kiev 1990 ŠK Slovan Bratislava 1991 ČSFR U20 national team 1992 HC Košice 1993 HC Košice 1994 Slovak U20 national team 1995 HC ŠKP PS Poprad 1996 HC Dukla Trenčín 1997 HC Slovan Bratislava 1998 HC Slovan Bratislava 1999 Slovak Olympic selection 2000 HC ŠKP Poprad

2001 HC ŠKP Poprad 2002 HC Vítkovice 2003 Neftechimik Nizhnekamsk 2004 U23 national team of Slovakia 2005 HK Tatravagónka ŠKP Poprad 2006 HC Vítkovice Steel 2007 HC Vítkovice Steel 2008 HC Košice 2009 HC Vítkovice Steel 2010 HC Oceláři Třinec 2011 Cologne Sharks 2012 HK Poprad 2013 EC Graz 99ers 2014 HK Poprad 2015 EC Graz 99ers 2016 Pelicans Lahti 2017 HC Košice 2018 HK Poprad

Footnotes

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e f} Between 1932 and 1935 there was a national and an international tournament.

Web links

• History of Slovak hockey (English)
• Turnaj o Tatranský pohár (Slovak)