Tatra Cup

The Tatra Cup (Slovak: Tatranský pohár) is an annual ice hockey tournament held in Poprad, Slovakia. It is the second oldest club tournament in Europe, after the Spengler Cup.

Tatra Cup
Current season, competition or edition:
2020 Tatra Cup
SportIce Hockey
Founded1929
Inaugural season1929
No. of teams6 (group stage)
CountriesSlovakia (usually HK Poprad), Czech Republic, various other European countries
Venue(s)Poprad Ice Stadium (Poprad, Slovakia)
Most recent
champion(s)
HK Poprad
(14th title)
Most titles HK Poprad (14 titles)
QualificationInvitation only
Official websitehkpoprad.sk/tatransky-pohar

The first installment of the Tatra Cup took place in 1929 in Starý Smokovec. Between the years 1932 and 1935 there were two different tournaments held, a national one and an international one. There were only two installments held from 1952 to 1968 because of problems with organization of the tournament. In later years international teams started to participate as well, e.g. Kölner EC in 1969. One year later for the first time a Swedish team played at the Tatra Cup – Surahammars IF, together with German SC Riessersee.

After a new ice hockey stadium was built in Poprad in 1973, conditions for the organization of the tournament improved considerably. In the anniversary year of the tournament 1979 a hockey club from East Germany Dynamo Weißwasser was invited.

Nowadays, the Tatra Cup is taking place every year in late August as a preparatory tournament for the next season, at which mostly Czech and Slovak ice hockey teams take part.[1]

Tatra Cup winners

Season/YearTypeWinner
1929/1930international Slavia Praha
1930/1931international LTC Praha
1931/1932international LTC Praha
1932/1933international SK Prostějov
1932/1933national Skiklub Bratislava
1933/1934international Slavia Praha
1933/1934national AC Nitra
1934/1935international EKE Wien
1934/1935national ŠK Vysoké Tatry
1935/1936nationalUnfinished due to adverse weather conditions and ineligible ice
1935/1936international AC Sparta Praha
1936/1937national HC Tatry
1937/1938national HC Tatry
1938/1939national HC Tatry
1940/1941international ŠK Slávia Prešov
1941/1942national HC Tatry
1942/1943Tournament not held[2]
1945/1946national SK Prostějov
1946/1947national HC Tatry
1949/1950national LTC Praha
1950/1951national Sparta Praha Sokolovo
1951/1952national SK Prostějov
1958/1959international Sparta Praha Sokolovo
1959/1960international Sparta Praha Sokolovo
1968/1969international VŽKG Ostrava
1969/1970international Slovak National Team
1974international Slovan CHZJD Bratislava
1975national Slovan CHZJD Bratislava
1976international Czechoslovak National Team
1977international Czechoslovak National Team
1978international VSŽ Košice
1979international VSŽ Košice
1980international Sparta Praha
1981international Slezan STS Opava
1982international VSŽ Košice
1983international Dinamo Riga
1984international Tesla Pardubice
1985international HC Dukla Trenčín
1986international VSŽ Košice
1987international VSŽ Košice
1988international VSŽ Košice
1989international HK Sokol Kiev
1990international ŠK Slovan Bratislava
1991international Czechoslovakia U-20
1992international HC Košice
1993international HC Košice
1994international Slovakia U-20
1995international HC ŠKP PS Poprad
1996international HC Dukla Trenčín
1997international HC Slovan Bratislava
1998international HC Slovan Bratislava
1999international Slovak Olympic Team
2000international HC ŠKP Poprad
2001international HC ŠKP Poprad
2002international HC Vítkovice
2003international HC Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk
2004international Slovakia U-23
2005international HK Tatravagónka ŠKP Poprad
2006international HC Vítkovice
2007international HC Vítkovice
2008international HC Košice
2009international HC Vítkovice Steel
2010international HC Oceláři Třinec
2011international Kölner Haie
2012national HK Poprad
2013international Graz 99ers
2014international HK Poprad
2015international Graz 99ers
2016international Lahti Pelicans
2017international HC Košice
2018international HK Poprad
2019international DVTK Jegesmedvék
2020national HK Poprad

Performances

By club (international tournaments)

Club Won Years won
HC Košice 10 1978, 1979, 1982, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1992, 1993, 2008, 2017
HK Poprad 6 1995, 2000, 2001, 2005, 2014, 2018
HC Vítkovice 5 1968/1969, 2002, 2006, 2007, 2009
Slovak National Team 4 1969/1970, 1994, 1999, 2004
HC Slovan Bratislava 4 1974, 1990, 1997, 1998
HC Sparta Praha 4 1935/1936, 1958/1959, 1959/1960, 1980
Czechoslovak National Team 3 1976, 1977, 1991
HC Slavia Praha 2 1929/1930, 1933/1934
LTC Praha 2 1930/1931, 1931/1932
HK Dukla Trenčín 2 1985, 1996
Graz 99ers 2 2013, 2015
SK Prostějov 1 1932/1933
EKE Wien 1 1934/1935
ŠK Slávia Prešov 1 1940/1941
Slezan STS Opava 1 1981
Dinamo Riga 1 1983
Tesla Pardubice 1 1984
HC Sokol Kiev 1 1989
HC Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk 1 2003
HC Oceláři Třinec 1 2010
Kölner Haie 1 2011
Lahti Pelicans 1 2016
DVTK Jegesmedvék 1 2019

By club (national tournaments)

Club Won Years won
HC Tatry 5 1936/1937, 1937/1938, 1938/1939, 1941/1942, 1946/1947
SK Prostějov 2 1945/46, 1951/1952
HK Poprad 2 2012, 2020
Skiklub Bratislava 1 1932/1933
AC Nitra 1 1933/1934
ŠK Vysoké Tatry 1 1934/1935
LTC Praha 1 1949/1950
HC Sparta Praha 1 1950/1951
Slovan CHZJD Bratislava 1 1975

By country (international tournaments)

Nation Winners
 Czechoslovakia 27
 Slovakia 15
 Czech Republic 5
 Austria 3
 Soviet Union 2
 Russia 1
 Germany 1
 Finland 1
 Hungary 1

References

  1. "History of Tatra Cup". tatranskypohar.estranky.sk (in Slovak).
  2. "Tatra cup in 1942/1943" (in Slovak). www.tatranskypohar.estranky.sk.
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