Channel One Cup (ice hockey)

Channel One Cup
The Channel One Cup trophy in 2010
Status	active
Genre	sporting event
Date(s)	December
Frequency	annual
Location(s)	Moscow
Country	Russia
Inaugurated	1967 (1967)

The Channel One Cup (Russian: Кубок Первого канала, formerly Izvestia Trophy) is an annual ice hockey event held in Russia under the auspices of Channel One. It is an open tournament of teams representing various nations, composed of professionals playing in European professional hockey leagues.

History

The tournament started in 1967 in Moscow in the Soviet Union. The first edition of the tournament was held in 1967, in honour of the 50th anniversary of the so-called Great October Socialist Revolution. It was the only time when the tournament was held in different cities at one time, namely in Moscow, Leningrad and Voskresensk. Six teams participated back then; two USSR teams, two ČSSR teams, as well as Canada and Poland. Sweden and Germany declined the invitation.^[1]

The tournament is played in December every year, except for 1974 to 1975 when its matches were spread out during the season. In 1992, the tournament was played in Saint Petersburg and as of 2000 some of its matches have been played in other European countries of the participating teams. During the 1970s and 1980s, the cup was often commonly referred to as "The Little World Championships". Since 1996 it is part of the Euro Hockey Tour.

Tournament name

The name of the tournament has changed several times during its entire history:

• Channel One Cup (2006–)
• Rosno Cup (2004–2005)
• Moscow International Tournament (2003)
• Baltica Brewery Cup (1997–2002)
• Izvestia Trophy (1969–1996)
• International Moscow Tournament (1967–1968)^[1][2]

Cup winners

Year	Winner	Runner-up	3rd place
1967	Soviet Union A	Soviet Union B	Czechoslovakia B
1968	Soviet Union A	Soviet Union B	Finland
1969	Soviet Union	Canada	Czechoslovakia
1970	Czechoslovakia	Soviet Union	Sweden
1971	Soviet Union	Czechoslovakia	Finland
1972	Soviet Union	Czechoslovakia	Sweden
1973	Soviet Union	Czechoslovakia	Finland
1974	Czechoslovakia	Soviet Union	Sweden
1975	Soviet Union	Czechoslovakia	Sweden
1976	Soviet Union	Sweden	Czechoslovakia
1977	Czechoslovakia	Soviet Union	Sweden
1978	Soviet Union	Czechoslovakia	Canada
1979	Soviet Union	Czechoslovakia	Finland
1980	Soviet Union	Czechoslovakia	Finland
1981	Soviet Union	Czechoslovakia	Finland
1982	Soviet Union	Finland	Czechoslovakia
1983	Soviet Union	Czechoslovakia	Sweden
1984	Soviet Union	Czechoslovakia	Finland
1985	Czechoslovakia	Soviet Union	Sweden
1986	Soviet Union	Canada	Sweden
1987	Canada	Soviet Union	Sweden
1988	Soviet Union	Sweden	Czechoslovakia
1989	Soviet Union	Czechoslovakia	Finland
1990	Soviet Union	Sweden	Czechoslovakia
1991	No tournament held due to the dissolution of the Soviet Union.
1992	Russia II	Czechoslovakia	Russia I
1993	Russia I	Russia II	Sweden
1994	Russia	Czech Republic	Finland
1995	Russia	Czech Republic	Sweden
1996	Sweden	Russia	Finland
1997	Czech Republic	Russia	Sweden
1998	Sweden	Czech Republic	Finland
1999	Russia	Czech Republic	Finland
2000	Russia	Czech Republic	Finland
2001	Czech Republic	Russia	Sweden
2002	Czech Republic	Finland	Russia
2003	Finland	Czech Republic	Russia
2004	Russia	Czech Republic	Finland
2005	Russia	Finland	Sweden
2006	Russia	Finland	Sweden
2007	Russia	Finland	Czech Republic
2008	Russia	Finland	Czech Republic
2009	Finland	Russia	Czech Republic
2010	Russia	Czech Republic	Sweden
2011	Sweden	Czech Republic	Russia
2012	Russia	Sweden	Finland
2013	Czech Republic	Finland	Russia
2014	Russia	Finland	Sweden
2015	Czech Republic	Sweden	Finland

Winner, runner-up and third place is determined by total standing after a round-robin style of play. If teams are tied in points, the standing is determined by won games between the tied teams.

Medal count

Pos	Team	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Soviet Union /  Russia	30	9	4	43
2	Czechoslovakia /  Czech Republic	9	21	8	38
3	Sweden	3	5	16	24
4	Finland	2	7	16	25
5	Soviet Union B /  Russia II	1	3	0	4
6	Canada	1	2	1	4
7	Russia I	1	0	1	2
8	Czechoslovakia B	0	0	1	1

External links

• Izvestia Trophy (Russian)
• Channel One Cup (Russian)
• Channel One Cup website on fhr.ru

References

Euro Hockey Tour
Euro Hockey Tour seasons	1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17
Sweden Hockey Games Part of EHT 1997 – 2014	Sweden Cup: 1980 • 1984 • Sweden Hockey Games: 1991 • 1992 • 1993 • 1994 • 1995 • 1996 • 1997 • 1998 • 1999 • 2000 • 2001 (February) • 2001 (November) • 2003 • 2004 • 2005 • LG Hockey Games: 2006 • 2007 • 2008 • 2009 • 2010 • 2011 • Oddset Hockey Games: 2012 • 2013 • 2014 • 2017
Karjala Tournament Part of EHT since 1996	Sauna Cup: 1992 • Karjala Tournament: 1995 • 1996 • 1997 • 1998 • 1999 • 2000 • 2002 (April) • 2002 (November) • 2003 • 2004 • 2005 • 2006 • 2007 • 2008 • 2009 • 2010 • 2011 • 2012 • 2013 • 2014 • 2015 • 2016
Channel One Cup Part of EHT since 1996	International Tournament: 1967 • 1968 • Izvestia Trophy: 1969 • 1970 • 1971 • 1972 • 1973 • 1974 • 1975 • 1976 • 1977 • 1978 • 1979 • 1980 • 1981 • 1982 • 1983 • 1984 • 1985 • 1986 • 1987 • 1988 • 1989 • 1990 • 1991 • 1992 • 1993 • 1994 • 1995 • 1996 • Baltika Cup: 1997 • 1998 • 1999 • 2000 • 2001 • 2002 • 2003 • Rosno Cup: 2004 • 2005 • Channel One Cup: 2006 • 2007 • 2008 • 2009 • 2010 • 2011 • 2012 • 2013 • 2014 • 2015
Czech Hockey Games Part of EHT 1997 – 2014	Pragobanka Cup: 1994 • 1995 • 1996 • 1997 • Česká Pojišťovna Cup: 1998 • 1999 • 2000 • 2001 • 2002 • 2003 • 2004 • 2005 • 2006 • 2007 • Czech Hockey Games: 2008 • 2009 (April) • 2009 (September) • 2011 • Kajotbet Hockey Games: 2012 • 2013 (April) • 2013 (August)