Euro Hockey Tour

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Euro Hockey Tour
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EuroHockeyTourLogo.jpeg
The EHT logo
Sport Ice hockey
Founded1996
Most recent
champion(s)
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden (7th title)
Most titlesFlag of Finland.svg  Finland
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
(9 titles each)
Trophies being awarded from the tournament Trophies of the Euro Hockey Tour 2010.jpg
Trophies being awarded from the tournament

The Euro Hockey Tour (EHT) is an annual ice hockey tournament open to only the national men's teams of the Czech Republic, Finland, Switzerland and Sweden. Most of the teams use the competition as a preparation for the upcoming World Championships or Olympics, allowing less experienced players to collect valuable ice time in their national colours.

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History

Tournaments

Current
Former

Playing format

Each team plays three games in each of the tournaments, giving a total of twelve games per team. After the four tournaments have finished, the teams are seeded according to their respective combined point total from all four tournaments.

In each tournament, five games are played in the host city, and one game in another participating country. For example, in the 2007 edition of Karjala Tournament, the game between Sweden and Russia was played in Jönköping, Sweden, rather than in Finland, who host the Karjala Cup. Every country is assigned one home game and one away game in those games.

Each team is given three points for a regulation-time win, two points for an overtime or shootout win, one point for a loss in overtime or shootout, and zero points for a loss in regulation time. In the four tournaments, if two or more teams end with the same number of points, they are seeded based on head-to-head results in games against the tied teams. In the EHT standings however, two or more teams tied in points are seeded based on the better goal difference.

Prize money

The prize money for the winner of each tournament is 50,000 while the second seed gets €30,000, the third seed gets €25,000, and the fourth seed gets €15,000. The EHT season winner receives another €75,000, the team finishing second gets €30,000, and the team finishing third gets €15,000. [1]

Finals in previous years

Medal games were not played until the 2003–04 season. Before that, place order was determined by the tournament standings. The seasons 2003–04, 2004–05 and 2006–07 used a format where the first- and second-placed teams played a home-and-home two-game series for the EHT gold and silver medals, while the third- and fourth-placed teams played two games for the bronze. In 2005–06, the championship was determined by a single game played at the home of the first-place team. Since 2007–08, no EHT finals have been played.

Participating teams

Four European teams compete in EHT. The Czech Republic, Finland, and Sweden have participated since the tournament was started in 1996. Switzerland replaced Russia in 2022 after the Russian team was suspended from participation in international tournaments due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. [2]

Results

Men

#SeasonWinnerRunner-up3rd place4th place
1 1996–97 [a] Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic
2 1997–98 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
3 1998–99 Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
4 1999–00 Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
5 2000–01 Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic
6 2001–02 Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic
7 2002–03 Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
8 2003–04 Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic
9 2004–05 [b] Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic
10 2005–06 Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic
11 2006–07 Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
12 2007–08 Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
13 2008–09 Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic
14 2009–10 Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
15 2010–11 Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic
16 2011–12 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
17 2012–13 Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
18 2013–14 Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
19 2014–15 Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
20 2015–16 Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
21 2016–17 Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
22 2017–18 Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
23 2018–19 Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic
24 2019–20 [c] Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
25 2020–21 Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
26 2021–22 Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
27 2022–23 Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland
28 2023–24 Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland
29 2024–25 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
  1. Only points from Karjala Cup, Izvestija Cup and Swedish Hockey Games counted in the final standings due to that the Russian team did not participate in the Pragobanka Cup.
  2. Czech tournament not played due to 2004 World Cup of Hockey.
  3. Czech Hockey Games not played due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Women

  1. 2018–19 Euro Hockey Tour (women)
  2. 2019–20 Euro Hockey Tour (women): Flag of Finland.svg  Finland / Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden / Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
  3. 2022–23 Euro Hockey Tour (women): Flag of Finland.svg  Finland / Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechia / Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
  4. 2023–24 Euro Hockey Tour (women): Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechia / Flag of Finland.svg  Finland / Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
  5. 2024–25 Women's Euro Hockey Tour: Flag of Finland.svg  Finland / Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechia / Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden

Medals

Men (1996-2023)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of Finland.svg  Finland  (FIN)99826
2Flag of Russia.svg  Russia  (RUS)96520
3Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden  (SWE)77519
4Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic  (CZE)361019
5Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland  (SUI)0011
Totals (5 entries)28282985

Women (2019-2023)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of Finland.svg  Finland  (FIN)2002
2Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden  (SWE)0112
3Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic  (CZE)0101
4Flag of Russia.svg  Russia  (RUS)0011
Totals (4 entries)2226

See also

References

  1. "Euro Hockey Tour prize money 2012–13" (PDF). Swedish Ice Hockey Association . Retrieved 8 June 2013.[ permanent dead link ]
  2. "The Swiss national team will replace Russia on the Euro Hockey Tour in two years". Sport.cz. 16 March 2022.