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The Spengler Cup
The Spengler Cup has developed from a tournament
for exiled nations into a Christmas time tradition on the international hockey
scene.
 The
Spengler Cup is the oldest European tournament for club teams. Dr. Carl Spengler
of Davos, Switzerland donated the championship in 1923. The tournament would be
hosted in Davos, and special invites were reserved for the the best club teams
from Germany and Austria. Both of those nations were banned from IIHF sanctioned
competitions following World War I.
After those initial years, the Spengler became a
5 team hockey tournament for weak hockey nations. Great Britain, Italy,
Switzerland were regular challengers for the championship.
Although the Czechs began participating in the
1960s and the Soviets in the 1970s, the championship really jumped to the
forefront in 1984 when a group of Canadians formed a team under the name of Team
Canada. Canada's inclusion help to legitimatize the tourney over the years to
come. Canada, usually comprised of university players and ex-pats, including
many ex-NHLers who found employment with European club teams, would win 9
championships since 1984.
Here is a look at the list of champions:
| Year |
Winning
Team |
Nationality |
Canadian
Result |
| 2002 |
Team Canada |
(Canada) |
First
Place |
| 2001 |
HC Davos |
(Switzerland) |
Second Place |
| 2000 |
HC Davos |
(Switzerland) |
Second
Place |
| 1999 |
Kolner Haie |
(Germany) |
Third Place |
| 1998 |
Team Canada |
(Canada) |
First Place |
| 1997 |
Team Canada |
(Canada) |
First Place |
| 1996 |
Team Canada |
(Canada) |
First Place |
| 1995 |
Team Canada |
(Canada) |
First Place |
| 1994 |
Farjestad Karlstad |
(Sweden) |
|
| 1993 |
Farjestad Karlstad |
(Sweden) |
|
| 1992 |
Team Canada |
(Canada) |
First Place |
| 1991 |
CSKA Moscow |
(Russia) |
|
| 1990 |
Spartak Moscow |
(USSR) |
|
| 1989 |
Spartak Moscow |
(USSR) |
|
| 1988 |
USA Selects |
(USA) |
|
| 1987 |
Team Canada |
(Canada) |
First Place |
| 1986 |
Team Canada |
(Canada) |
First Place |
| 1985 |
Spartak Moscow |
(USSR) |
|
| 1984 |
Team Canada |
(Canada) |
First Place |
| 1983 |
Dynamo Moscow |
(USSR) |
Did Not Play |
| 1982 |
Dukla Jihlava |
(Czechoslovakia) |
Did Not Play |
| 1981 |
Spartak Moscow |
(USSR) |
Did Not Play |
| 1980 |
Spartak Moscow |
(USSR) |
Did Not Play |
| 1979 |
Krylja Sovetov Moscow |
(USSR) |
Did Not Play |
| 1978 |
Dukla Jihlava |
(Czechoslovakia) |
Did Not Play |
| 1977 |
SKA Leningrad |
(USSR) |
Did Not Play |
| 1976 |
USSR National B Team |
(USSR) |
Did Not Play |
| 1975 |
Czech. Olympic Team |
(Czechoslovakia) |
Did Not Play |
| 1974 |
Slovan Bratislava |
(Czechoslovakia) |
Did Not Play |
| 1973 |
Slovan Bratislava |
(Czechoslovakia) |
Did Not Play |
| 1972 |
SKA Leningrad |
(USSR) |
Did Not Play |
| 1971 |
SKA Leningrad |
(USSR) |
Did Not Play |
| 1970 |
SKA Leningrad |
(USSR) |
Did Not Play |
| 1969 |
Lokomotiv Moscow |
(USSR) |
Did Not Play |
| 1968 |
Dukla Jihlava |
(Czechoslovakia) |
Did Not Play |
| 1967 |
Lokomotiv Moscow |
(USSR) |
Did Not Play |
| 1966 |
Dukla Jihlava |
(Czechoslovakia) |
Did Not Play |
| 1965 |
Dukla Jihlava |
(Czechoslovakia) |
Did Not Play |
| 1964 |
EV Fussen |
(West Germany) |
Did Not Play |
| 1963 |
Spartak Sokolovo Praha |
(Czechoslovakia) |
Did Not Play |
| 1962 |
Spartak Sokolovo Praha |
(Czechoslovakia) |
Did Not Play |
| 1961 |
ACBB Paris |
(France) |
Did Not Play |
| 1960 |
ACBB Paris |
(France) |
Did Not Play |
| 1959 |
ACBB Paris |
(France) |
Did Not Play |
| 1958 |
HC Davos |
(Switzerland) |
Did Not Play |
| 1957 |
HC Davos |
(Switzerland) |
Did Not Play |
| 1955 |
Ruda Hvezda Brno |
(Czechoslovakia) |
Did Not Play |
| 1954 |
HC Milano Inter |
(Italy) |
Did Not Play |
| 1953 |
HC Milano Inter |
(Italy) |
Did Not Play |
| 1952 |
EV Fussen |
(West Germany) |
Did Not Play |
| 1951 |
HC Davos |
(Switzerland) |
Did Not Play |
| 1950 |
HC Diavoli Rosso Neri |
(Italy) |
Did Not Play |
| 1948 |
LTC Praha |
(Czechoslovakia) |
Did Not Play |
| 1947 |
LTC Praha |
(Czechoslovakia) |
Did Not Play |
| 1946 |
LTC Praha |
(Czechoslovakia) |
Did Not Play |
| 1945 |
Zurcher SC |
(Switzerland) |
Did Not Play |
| 1944 |
Zurcher SC |
(Switzerland) |
Did Not Play |
| 1943 |
HC Davos |
(Switzerland) |
Did Not Play |
| 1942 |
HC Davos |
(Switzerland) |
Did Not Play |
| 1941 |
HC Davos |
(Switzerland) |
Did Not Play |
| 1938 |
HC Davos |
(Switzerland) |
Did Not Play |
| 1937 |
LTC Praha |
(Czechoslovakia) |
Did Not Play |
| 1936 |
HC Davos |
(Switzerland) |
Did Not Play |
| 1935 |
HC Diavoli Rosso Neri |
(Italy) |
Did Not Play |
| 1934 |
HC Diavoli Rosso Neri |
(Italy) |
Did Not Play |
| 1933 |
HC Davos |
(Switzerland) |
Did Not Play |
| 1932 |
LTC Praha &
Oxford University IHC |
(Czechoslovakia &
Great Britain) |
Did Not Play |
| 1931 |
Oxford University IHC |
(Great Britain) |
Did Not Play |
| 1930 |
LTC Praha |
(Czechoslovakia) |
Did Not Play |
| 1929 |
LTC Praha |
(Czechoslovakia) |
Did Not Play |
| 1928 |
Berliner SC |
(Germany) |
Did Not Play |
| 1927 |
HC Davos |
(Switzerland) |
Did Not Play |
| 1926 |
Berliner SC |
(Germany) |
Did Not Play |
| 1925 |
Oxford University IHC |
(Great Britain) |
Did Not Play |
| 1924 |
Berliner SC |
(Germany) |
Did Not Play |
| 1923 |
Oxford University IHC |
(Great Britain) |
Did Not Play |
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