The Tatra Cup () 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.
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 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 2024 national HC Košice 2025 national HK Poprad 2026 international HK Poprad
Performances
By club (international tournaments) ClubWonYears won HC Košice 10 1978, 1979, 1982, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1992, 1993, 2008, 2017 HK Poprad 8 1995, 2000, 2001, 2005, 2014, 2018, 2023, 2026 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 22013, 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) ClubWonYears won HC Tatry 5 1936/1937, 1937/1938, 1938/1939, 1941/1942, 1946/1947 SK Prostějov 2 1945/46, 1951/1952 HK Poprad 3 2012, 2020, 2025 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 HC Košice 1 2024
By country (international tournaments) NationWinners271853211111
References
External links
Tatra Cup History Seasons of Tatra Cup