Visegrad Cup

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The Visegrad Cup is an international ice hockey competition held jointly by the Slovak and Hungarian ice hockey associations . It has been played since 2017, and teams from Poland and the Czech Republic have also been taking part since 2019. The competition is named after the Visegrád states for the four participating countries.

Tournament overview

season Teams participating countries winner
2017/18 8th Slovakia, Hungary SlovakiaSlovakia HK Nitra
2018/19 6th Slovakia, Hungary SlovakiaSlovakia HC Nové Zámky
2019/20 8th Slovakia, Hungary, Poland, the Czech Republic PolandPoland JKH GKS Jastrzębie

Event 2017/18

The first three teams from the Hungarian-Romanian MOL league, the only Hungarian representative in the Austrian EBEL and four teams from Slovakia took part, including the runner-up Nitra.

Attendees

A preliminary round was played with a group of Hungarian teams and a group of Slovak representatives. Each team in the Hungarian group met a team from the Slovak group four times. A separate table was created for each group from the results. The games took place in the preparatory phase in August 2017. After that, all teams played in the quarter-finals (October 4th and 10th / 11th 2017), with the first of each group playing against the fourth of the other group, the second against the third of the other group. This was followed by the semi-finals (November 14 and 28, 2017) and the final (January 10 and 23, 2018), all with a return leg.

Preliminary round

Slovak group
Sp S. SOT NOT N Gates Points
1. HK Nitra 4th 3 1 0 0 19: 06 8th
2. HK Poprad 4th 3 0 1 0 15:12 7th
3. HC Nové Zámky 4th 2 1 0 1 07: 08 6th
4th MsHK Zilina 4th 1 1 0 2 12:12 4th
Hungarian group
Sp S. SOT NOT N Gates Points
1. DVTK Jegesmedvék 4th 2 1 0 1 13:12 6th
2. Fehérvár AV19 4th 1 0 2 1 12:12 4th
3. Újpesti TE 4th 0 0 1 3 06:13 1
4th MAC Budapest 4th 0 0 0 4th 07:16 0

Abbreviations: Sp. = Games, S = victories (2 points), SOT = victories after extra time or penalty shoot-out (2 points), NOT = defeats after extra time or penalty shoot-out (1 point), N = defeats (0 points)

Play-offs

Quarter finals

  • MsHK Zilina - DVTK Jegesmedvék 5:11 (1: 5, 4: 6)
  • MAC Budapest - HK Nitra 6: 7 (2: 3, 4: 4 a.d.)
  • HC Nové Zámky - Fehérvár AV19 5: 8 (5: 4, 0: 4)
  • Újpesti TE - HK Poprad 2: 9 (1: 4, 1: 5)

Semifinals

  • HK Poprad - DVTK Jegesmedvék 3: 7 (2: 3, 1: 4)
  • Fehérvár AV19 - HK Nitra 3: 6 (1: 3, 2: 3)

final

  • DVTK Jegesmedvék - HK Nitra 6: 7 (4: 2, 2: 5 n.P.)

To be held in 2018

Six teams took part in the second event, three each from Hungary and Slovakia. Each team played against each other once. The games took place between August 9 and November 5, 2018.

Attendees

table

Sp S3 S2 N1 N0 Gates Points
1. HC Nove Zamky 5 5 0 0 0 22:10 15th
2. HK Nitra 5 4th 0 0 1 17: 06 12
3. HK Poprad 5 3 0 0 2 22:11 09
4th Ferencvárosi TC 5 1 1 0 3 13:17 05
5. Ujpesti TE 5 1 0 1 3 09:29 04th
6th Dunaújvárosi Acélbikák 5 0 0 0 5 08:18 00

Abbreviations: Sp. = Games, S3 = wins (3 points), S2 = wins after extra time or penalty shootout (2 points), N2 = defeats after extra time or penalty shootout (1 point), N = defeats (0 points)

Event 2019/20

Teams from Poland and the Czech Republic also took part in the third edition of the competition. A preliminary round was played in two groups, in which each team met each other team once. The preliminary round was played in August and September 2019. All teams qualified for quarter-finals in October 2019, where the first of Group A met fourth of Group B and so on. The semi-finals followed in November 2019 and the final in January 2020, all with a return leg.

Attendees

Preliminary round

Group A

Sp S3 S2 N1 N0 Gates Points
1. JKH GKS Jastrzebie 3 3 0 0 0 12: 06 9
2. HK Nitra 3 2 0 0 1 09: 09 6th
3. GKS Katowice 3 1 0 0 2 06: 08 3
4th Ferencvárosi TC 3 0 0 0 3 07:11 0

Abbreviations: Sp. = Games, S3 = wins (3 points), S2 = wins after extra time or penalty shootout (2 points), N2 = defeats after extra time or penalty shootout (1 point), N = defeats (0 points)

Group B

Sp S3 S2 N1 N0 Gates Points
1. HC Poruba 3 2 0 0 1 10: 04 6th
2. HC 07 Detva 3 2 0 0 1 10: 06 6th
3. Podhale Nowy Targ 3 1 1 0 1 07: 05 5
4th Újpesti TE 3 0 0 1 2 02:14 1

Abbreviations: Sp. = Games, S3 = wins (3 points), S2 = wins after extra time or penalty shootout (2 points), N2 = defeats after extra time or penalty shootout (1 point), N = defeats (0 points)

Play-offs

Quarter finals

  • Újpesti TE - JKH GKS Jastrzebie 2:13 (2: 9, 0: 4)
  • Ferencvárosi TC - HC Poruba 4: 6 (2: 1, 2: 5)
  • Podhale Nowy Targ - HK Nitra 4: 7 (3: 3, 1: 4)
  • HC 07 Detva - GKS Katowice 4: 5 (1: 2, 3: 3 a.d.)

Semifinals

  • JKH GKS Jastrzebie - GKS Katowice 5: 2 (2: 0, 3: 2)
  • HC Poruba - HK Nitra 2: 5 (2: 4, 0: 1)

final

  • HK Nitra - JKH GKS Jastrzebie 4: 5 (2: 3, 2: 2)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Hungarian-Slovak Exhibition Cup Schedule Set. Retrieved March 11, 2020 (Hungarian).
  2. ↑ Visegrad Cup will continue. Retrieved March 11, 2020 (Hungarian).
  3. ↑ Visegrád Cup ready to start third season. Retrieved March 11, 2020 (Hungarian).