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Spengler Cup
Most recent season or competition: 2023 Spengler Cup
Spengler Cup logo
Sport
Ice hockey
Founded
1923
Founder
Dr. Carl Spengler
First season
1923
Organising body
HC Davos
Motto
The Peak of Hockey
No. of teams
6
Countries
Switzerland, Canada, various other European countries
Venue(s)
Eisstadion Davos (Davos, Switzerland)
Most recent champion(s)
HC Davos (16th)
Most titles
HC Davos Team Canada (16 each)
Qualification
Invitation only
TV partner(s)
SUI: Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen Europe: Eurosport 2 RUS: Match TV & NTv2 GER: Sport1 CAN: TSN & RDS USA: ESPN+ CZE / SVK / HUN: Sport1 DEN: TV2 SLO: Šport TV SRB / CRO / BIH / MNE / MKD: Arena Sport GBR: Viaplay
Official website
www.spenglercup.ch/en
The Spengler Cup is an annual invitational ice hockey tournament held in Davos, Switzerland. First held in 1923, the Spengler Cup is often cited as the oldest invitational ice hockey tournament in the world. The event is hosted by the Swiss team HC Davos and played each year in Davos from 26 December to 31 inclusively. Currently, all games are held at the Eisstadion Davos.
It was originally devised by Dr. Carl Spengler as a means to promote teams from German-speaking Europe, who might have suffered ostracism in the aftermath of World War I. Eventually, the tournament grew well beyond expectations. Many of Europe's most prestigious clubs and national programs have appeared, including Soviet, Czechoslovak, Swedish, German, and Finnish powerhouses. Through its history, club or national teams from 13 countries have won the tournament, with HC Davos tied with Team Canada in winning the most cups as a club (16) while various teams from Switzerland have won the most cups for one country (21).
Among non-European organizations, Team Canada, Team USA, nationally ranked U.S. collegiate teams, reigning AHL Calder Cup and Ontario Hockey Association champions, and even Team Japan (in 1971, building international experience before playing as hosts of the 1972 Sapporo Winter Olympics) have competed for the Spengler Cup. Since at least 1990, Team Canada has been the only participant from North America, with the exception of the AHL's Rochester Americans in 1996 and 2013. Future participation of the AHL has been discussed by tournament organisers and the league.[1]
In the 2018 tournament, Finnish club team KalPa from the city of Kuopio defeated Team Canada 2–1 in the final. The game was decided in the 8th round of a shootout, the first series of game-winning shots in tournament history that determined the winner of the Spengler Cup.
The Spengler Cup tournament was not played in 2020 or 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In the 2023 tournament, HC Davos defeated Czech club team Dynamo Pardubice 5–3 in the final.
^"WILLIAMS: Developing a European audience – the AHL has eyes on Spengler Cup". EP Rinkside. 21 December 2018. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
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Global Information
HC Davos (16th)
Team Canada