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)
Slovakia HK Poprad
(14th title)
Most titlesSlovakia HK Poprad (14 titles)
QualificationInvitation only
Official websitehkpoprad.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/YearTypeWinner
1929/1930internationalCzechoslovakia Slavia Praha
1930/1931internationalCzechoslovakia LTC Praha
1931/1932internationalCzechoslovakia LTC Praha
1932/1933internationalCzechoslovakia SK Prostějov
1932/1933nationalCzechoslovakia Skiklub Bratislava
1933/1934internationalCzechoslovakia Slavia Praha
1933/1934nationalCzechoslovakia AC Nitra
1934/1935internationalAustria EKE Wien
1934/1935nationalCzechoslovakia ŠK Vysoké Tatry
1935/1936nationalUnfinished due to adverse weather conditions and ineligible ice
1935/1936internationalCzechoslovakia AC Sparta Praha
1936/1937nationalCzechoslovakia HC Tatry
1937/1938nationalCzechoslovakia HC Tatry
1938/1939nationalCzechoslovakia HC Tatry
1940/1941internationalCzechoslovakia ŠK Slávia Prešov
1941/1942nationalCzechoslovakia HC Tatry
1942/1943Tournament not held[2]
1945/1946nationalCzechoslovakia SK Prostějov
1946/1947nationalCzechoslovakia HC Tatry
1949/1950nationalCzechoslovakia LTC Praha
1950/1951nationalCzechoslovakia Sparta Praha Sokolovo
1951/1952nationalCzechoslovakia SK Prostějov
1958/1959internationalCzechoslovakia Sparta Praha Sokolovo
1959/1960internationalCzechoslovakia Sparta Praha Sokolovo
1968/1969internationalCzechoslovakia VŽKG Ostrava
1969/1970internationalSlovakia Slovak National Team
1974internationalCzechoslovakia Slovan CHZJD Bratislava
1975nationalCzechoslovakia Slovan CHZJD Bratislava
1976internationalCzechoslovakia Czechoslovak National Team
1977internationalCzechoslovakia Czechoslovak National Team
1978internationalCzechoslovakia VSŽ Košice
1979internationalCzechoslovakia VSŽ Košice
1980internationalCzechoslovakia Sparta Praha
1981internationalCzechoslovakia Slezan STS Opava
1982internationalCzechoslovakia VSŽ Košice
1983internationalSoviet Union Dinamo Riga
1984internationalCzechoslovakia Tesla Pardubice
1985internationalCzechoslovakia HC Dukla Trenčín
1986internationalCzechoslovakia VSŽ Košice
1987internationalCzechoslovakia VSŽ Košice
1988internationalCzechoslovakia VSŽ Košice
1989internationalSoviet Union HK Sokol Kiev
1990internationalCzechoslovakia ŠK Slovan Bratislava
1991internationalCzechoslovakia Czechoslovakia U-20
1992internationalCzechoslovakia HC Košice
1993internationalSlovakia HC Košice
1994internationalSlovakia Slovakia U-20
1995internationalSlovakia HC ŠKP PS Poprad
1996internationalSlovakia HC Dukla Trenčín
1997internationalSlovakia HC Slovan Bratislava
1998internationalSlovakia HC Slovan Bratislava
1999internationalSlovakia Slovak Olympic Team
2000internationalSlovakia HC ŠKP Poprad
2001internationalSlovakia HC ŠKP Poprad
2002internationalCzech Republic HC Vítkovice
2003internationalRussia HC Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk
2004internationalSlovakia Slovakia U-23
2005internationalSlovakia HK Tatravagónka ŠKP Poprad
2006internationalCzech Republic HC Vítkovice
2007internationalCzech Republic HC Vítkovice
2008internationalSlovakia HC Košice
2009internationalCzech Republic HC Vítkovice Steel
2010internationalCzech Republic HC Oceláři Třinec
2011internationalGermany Kölner Haie
2012nationalSlovakia HK Poprad
2013internationalAustria Graz 99ers
2014internationalSlovakia HK Poprad
2015internationalAustria Graz 99ers
2016internationalFinland Lahti Pelicans
2017internationalSlovakia HC Košice
2018internationalSlovakia HK Poprad
2019internationalHungary DVTK Jegesmedvék
2020nationalSlovakia HK Poprad
2021internationalItaly HC Pustertal
2022internationalSlovakia HC '05 Banská Bystrica
2023internationalSlovakia HK Poprad

Performances

By club (international tournaments)

Club Won Years won
Slovakia HC Košice 10 1978, 1979, 1982, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1992, 1993, 2008, 2017
Slovakia HK Poprad 7 1995, 2000, 2001, 2005, 2014, 2018, 2023
Czech Republic HC Vítkovice 5 1968/1969, 2002, 2006, 2007, 2009
Slovakia Slovak National Team 4 1969/1970, 1994, 1999, 2004
Slovakia HC Slovan Bratislava 4 1974, 1990, 1997, 1998
Czech Republic HC Sparta Praha 4 1935/1936, 1958/1959, 1959/1960, 1980
Czechoslovakia Czechoslovak National Team 3 1976, 1977, 1991
Czech Republic HC Slavia Praha 2 1929/1930, 1933/1934
Czechoslovakia LTC Praha 2 1930/1931, 1931/1932
Slovakia HK Dukla Trenčín 2 1985, 1996
Austria Graz 99ers 2 2013, 2015
Czech Republic SK Prostějov 1 1932/1933
Austria EKE Wien 1 1934/1935
Slovakia ŠK Slávia Prešov 1 1940/1941
Czech Republic Slezan STS Opava 1 1981
Latvia Dinamo Riga 1 1983
Czech Republic Tesla Pardubice 1 1984
Ukraine HC Sokol Kiev 1 1989
Russia HC Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk 1 2003
Czech Republic HC Oceláři Třinec 1 2010
Germany Kölner Haie 1 2011
Finland Lahti Pelicans 1 2016
Hungary DVTK Jegesmedvék 1 2019
Italy HC Pustertal 1 2021
Slovakia HC '05 Banská Bystrica 1 2022

By club (national tournaments)

Club Won Years won
Czechoslovakia HC Tatry 5 1936/1937, 1937/1938, 1938/1939, 1941/1942, 1946/1947
Slovakia HK Poprad 3 2012, 2020, 2023
Czech Republic SK Prostějov 2 1945/46, 1951/1952
Czechoslovakia Skiklub Bratislava 1 1932/1933
Slovakia AC Nitra 1 1933/1934
Czechoslovakia ŠK Vysoké Tatry 1 1934/1935
Czechoslovakia LTC Praha 1 1949/1950
Czech Republic HC Sparta Praha 1 1950/1951
Slovakia 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

  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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