Deutschland Cup

Deutschland Cup
For the football tournament, see Deutschland Cup (football)
Deutschland Cup Logo
Deutschland Cup logo.

The Deutschland Cup is an in-season international ice hockey tournament hosted by the German Ice Hockey Federation which has been contested in most years since 1987.

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Early Years (1987-1997)

In 1987, the German Ice Hockey Federation created the Deutschland Cup as an official international tournament. Stuttgart served as a site for the first years of the tournament, with at least one game taking place in the Baden-Württemberg capital every year through 1996, except 1991, when the tournament was played at the Eissporthalle Frankfurt. Ulm, Bietigheim and Pforzheim in 1993 and Pforzheim and Neu-Ulm in 1994 also served as tournament sites.

Over the years, the tournament format has changed frequently. At first, the tournament featured three teams, and then as of the second year, four teams, in a round-robin format to determine a winner. At its peak in the mid-1990s, the tournament consisted of an opening round with two groups and a final round where overall placings were determined. In 1997, the last tournament for the time being, was played in München and Füssen.

Along with host Germany, the most important prominent teams took part in the early years, such as Czechoslovakia, and later the Czech Republic and Slovakia, various representatives from the Soviet Union and Russia, as well as Sweden, Finland and Canada. In conjunction with the establishment of the new top division Deutsche Eishockey Liga, a DEL All-Star Team also took part in 1994.

Reestablishment (since 2000)

In anticipation of the 2001 IIHF World Championships in Germany, the tournament returned from its two-year hiatus in order to serve as a test run for the upcoming major event. The TUI Arena in Hanover, built for Expo 2000, established itself as a site for the tournament over the following years, and the new multipurpose arenas such as the Color Line Arena in Hamburg in 2004 and the SAP Arena in Mannheim in 2005 also were given the opportunity to host international tournaments for the first time. To emphasize the close cooperation with ongoing participant Switzerland, the opening games of the 2004 tournament as well as the renamed TUI Nations Cup in 2005 took place on Swiss ice, namely at the Bodensee-Arena in Kreuzlingen and at the Zurich Hallenstadion, respectively. In 2006, the tournament returned to its old name of Deutschland Cup. In 2008, the tournament started taking place in Mannheim and Frankfurt. As of 2009, and at least through 2011, the tournament will take place at the Munich Olympiahalle.

The usual entries in the tournament at the start of the 21st Century, in addition to the hosts Germany and Switzerland, were notably Slovakia, Canada, as well as the US National Team, the latter two, however, mainly made up of players stationed in European leagues and not in the North American National Hockey League.

Past winners

Year Champion Runner-up 3rd place
1987  Czechoslovakia  Germany  Poland
1988  Soviet Union  Germany  Switzerland
1989 not played
1990  Finland  Sweden  Czechoslovakia
1991  Soviet Union  Sweden  Germany
1992  Russia  Germany  Switzerland
1993  Russia  Canada  Switzerland
1994  Czech Republic  Slovakia  Canada
1995  Germany  Czech Republic  Finland
1996  Germany  Italy  Canada
1997 SVK  Canada  Switzerland
1998 not played
1999 not played
2000  Canada  Switzerland  Slovakia
2001  Switzerland  Slovakia  Germany
2002  Canada  United States  Germany
2003  United States  Germany  Switzerland
2004  United States  Canada  Slovakia
2005  Canada  Switzerland  Slovakia
2006  Slovakia  Switzerland  Canada
2007  Switzerland  United States  Germany
2008  Canada  Switzerland  Germany
2009  Germany  United States  Switzerland
2010  Germany  Switzerland  Canada
2011  Slovakia  Germany  Switzerland

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