The Tatra Cup () is an annual ice hockey tournament held in

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. It is the second oldest club tournament in

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, after the

Spengler Cup 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 ...

. The first installment of the Tatra Cup took place in 1929 in

Starý Smokovec Starý Smokovec (; ; ; ) is a part of the town of Vysoké Tatry in northern Slovakia in the Tatras. Starý Smokovec is a popular resort for skiing and hiking. It also forms the junction of the Tatra Electric Railway train line, connecting P ...

. 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

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. When a new ice hockey stadium was built in

in 1973, conditions for the organization of the tournament improved considerably. In the anniversary year of the tournament 1979 a hockey club from

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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

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and Slovak teams take part.

Tatra Cup winners

Performances

By club (international tournaments)

By club (national tournaments)

By country (international tournaments)

References

External links

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History

Sport in Poprad Ice hockey tournaments in Europe Ice hockey competitions in Slovakia 1929 establishments in Slovakia Recurring sporting events established in 1929