Karjala Tournament

Last updated
Karjala Tournament
Karjala-turnaus
Peter Forsberg.jpg
Peter Forsberg representing Sweden during the 2009 tournament
Statusactive
Genresporting event
Date(s)November
Frequencyannual
Location(s) Helsinki
Country Finland
Inaugurated1995 (1995)

The Karjala Tournament (Finnish : Karjala-turnaus), also known as Karjala Cup, is an annual ice hockey event held in Finland. The name comes from the sponsoring beer brand Karjala.

Contents

History

The tournament started in 1992 as the Sauna Cup. [1] In December 1995, the tournament was played as Christmas Cup at the same time as the Izvestija Trophy tournament, just before the Christmas holiday, causing Russia to send a reserve team to the Christmas Cup. [2]

In 1996, the tournament was moved to early November under the sponsorship of Karjala under the name Karjala Tournament. It became part of the annual Euro Hockey Tour (EHT), in which the national teams of Czech Republic, Finland, Russia and Sweden compete in a series of tournaments. The event has continued to be held every November, with the exception of 2001 when the tournament was pushed back to April 2002.

Results

Final standings in each event are determined in a round-robin tournament. If teams are tied in points, the standing is determined by the result of the game between the tied teams.

YearWinnerRunner-up3rd place4th place
1992 [a] Flag of the CIS.svg  CIS Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia Flag of the United States.svg  United States Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
1995 [b] Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Flag of France.svg  France Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic
Part of the Euro Hockey Tour
1996 Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic
1997 Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
1998 Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
1999 Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
2000 Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic
2002 (April) [c] Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic
2002 (November) [d] Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
2003 Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
2004 Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
2005 Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic
2006 Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
2007 Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
2008 Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
2009 Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic
2010 Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic
2011 Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
2012 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
2013 Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic
2014 Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic
2015 Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic
2016 Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
2017 Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
2018 Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
2019 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
2020 Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
2021 Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic
2022 Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
2023 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland
2024 Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
  1. In 1992, the tournament was known as Sauna Cup.
  2. In 1995, the tournament was known as Christmas Cup.
  3. April 2002 tournament was part of the 2001–02 Euro Hockey Tour.
  4. November 2002 tournament was part of the 2002–03 Euro Hockey Tour.

Medal table

PosTeamGoldSilverBronzeMedals
1Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 139325
2Flag of the CIS.svg  CIS
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
961025
3Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 66820
4Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic
39719
5Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland 0112
6Flag of France.svg  France 0011
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 0011

References

  1. "Sauna Cup" (PDF). Swedish Ice Hockey Association. 1992. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 November 2014. Retrieved 9 November 2014.
  2. David Schlegel (21 December 2005). "History of Euro Hockey Tour and its tournaments". EHT. Retrieved 9 November 2014.