Tampere Cup

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The Espoo Blues and Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod compete at the 2007 Tampere Cup.

Tampere Cup is an annual ice hockey tournament held in Tampere, Finland. It is hosted by two local teams, Tappara and Ilves.

The most successful team is one of the hosts, Tappara with four titles. Metallurg Magnitogorsk has won the tournament three times and Djurgården, Dynamo Moscow, Espoo Blues and HIFK two times each.

The tournament was not played from 2009 to 2014, but it returned in 2015. The modern editions have featured four teams per year, all Finnish. Teams play semifinal matches on Friday and the winners play for the championship on Saturday while the losers play for the bronze medals. Earlier editions had more teams most of which were foreign.

Winners

Year Champion Runner-up Third place
1989 Sokil Kyiv Tappara Ilves
1990 Djurgårdens IF Luleå HF Krylya Sovetov Moscow
1991 HC Dynamo Moscow United States national team Canada national team
1992 HC Dynamo Moscow Luleå HF Frölunda HC
1993 United States national team Luleå HF Ilves
1994 HIFK Tappara Frölunda HC
1995 Luleå HF United States national team HC CSKA Moscow
1996 Tappara Kölner Haie HC Petra Vsetín
1997 HC TPS Kölner Haie Tappara
1998 HV71 HC Davos Jokerit
1999 Tappara Ilves HIFK
2000 Djurgårdens IF HC Košice EHC Kloten
2001 Espoo Blues HC Košice Tappara
2002 Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk Tappara HV71
2003 Oulun Kärpät Ilves HV71
2004 ZSC Lions Oulun Kärpät Linköpings HC
2005 Metallurg Magnitogorsk Espoo Blues ZSC Lions
2006 Metallurg Magnitogorsk Tappara Brynäs
2007 Espoo Blues Metallurg Magnitogorsk Tappara
2008 Metallurg Magnitogorsk Ilves Espoo Blues
Tournament not held from 2009 to 2014
2015 HIFK Ilves Tappara
2016 Tappara HC TPS Ilves
2017 Tappara HIFK Ilves
2018 Tappara HIFK Ilves
2019 Ilves HIFK Tappara
2020 Lukko Tappara Ilves
2021 KooKoo Tappara HPK
2022 Tappara HPK Ilves
2023 Timrå IK Ilves Tappara

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