Tatra Cup

Sport	Ice Hockey
Founded	1929
First season	1929
No. of teams	6 (group stage)
Countries	Slovakia (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)
Qualification	Invitation only
Official website	hkpoprad.sk/tatransky-pohar

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.

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.

When 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 upcoming season, at which mostly Czech and Slovak teams take part. ^[1]

Tatra Cup winners

Season/Year	Type	Winner
1929/1930	international	Slavia Praha
1930/1931	international	LTC Praha
1931/1932	international	LTC Praha
1932/1933	international	SK Prostějov
1932/1933	national	Skiklub Bratislava
1933/1934	international	Slavia Praha
1933/1934	national	AC Nitra
1934/1935	international	EKE Wien
1934/1935	national	ŠK Vysoké Tatry
1935/1936	national	Unfinished due to adverse weather conditions and ineligible ice
1935/1936	international	AC Sparta Praha
1936/1937	national	HC Tatry
1937/1938	national	HC Tatry
1938/1939	national	HC Tatry
1940/1941	international	ŠK Slávia Prešov
1941/1942	national	HC Tatry
1942/1943	Tournament not held [2]
1945/1946	national	SK Prostějov
1946/1947	national	HC Tatry
1949/1950	national	LTC Praha
1950/1951	national	Sparta Praha Sokolovo
1951/1952	national	SK Prostějov
1958/1959	international	Sparta Praha Sokolovo
1959/1960	international	Sparta Praha Sokolovo
1968/1969	international	VŽKG Ostrava
1969/1970	international	Slovak National Team
1974	international	Slovan CHZJD Bratislava
1975	national	Slovan CHZJD Bratislava
1976	international	Czechoslovak National Team
1977	international	Czechoslovak National Team
1978	international	VSŽ Košice
1979	international	VSŽ Košice
1980	international	Sparta Praha
1981	international	Slezan STS Opava
1982	international	VSŽ Košice
1983	international	Dinamo Riga
1984	international	Tesla Pardubice
1985	international	HC Dukla Trenčín
1986	international	VSŽ Košice
1987	international	VSŽ Košice
1988	international	VSŽ Košice
1989	international	HK Sokol Kiev
1990	international	ŠK Slovan Bratislava
1991	international	Czechoslovakia U-20
1992	international	HC Košice
1993	international	HC Košice
1994	international	Slovakia U-20
1995	international	HC ŠKP PS Poprad
1996	international	HC Dukla Trenčín
1997	international	HC Slovan Bratislava
1998	international	HC Slovan Bratislava
1999	international	Slovak Olympic Team
2000	international	HC ŠKP Poprad
2001	international	HC ŠKP Poprad
2002	international	HC Vítkovice
2003	international	HC Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk
2004	international	Slovakia U-23
2005	international	HK Tatravagónka ŠKP Poprad
2006	international	HC Vítkovice
2007	international	HC Vítkovice
2008	international	HC Košice
2009	international	HC Vítkovice Steel
2010	international	HC Oceláři Třinec
2011	international	Kölner Haie
2012	national	HK Poprad
2013	international	Graz 99ers
2014	international	HK Poprad
2015	international	Graz 99ers
2016	international	Lahti Pelicans
2017	international	HC Košice
2018	international	HK Poprad
2019	international	DVTK Jegesmedvék
2020	national	HK Poprad
2021	international	HC Pustertal
2022	international	HC '05 Banská Bystrica
2023	international	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	7	1995, 2000, 2001, 2005, 2014, 2018, 2023
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
HC Pustertal	1	2021
HC '05 Banská Bystrica	1	2022

By club (national tournaments)

Club	Won	Years won
HC Tatry	5	1936/1937, 1937/1938, 1938/1939, 1941/1942, 1946/1947
HK Poprad	3	2012, 2020, 2023
SK Prostějov	2	1945/46, 1951/1952
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	17
Czech Republic	5
Austria	3
Soviet Union	2
Russia	1
Germany	1
Finland	1
Hungary	1
Italy	1

References

External links

• Tatra Cup (in Slovak)
• History
• Seasons of Tatra Cup