Tampere Cup is an annual ice hockey tournament held in Tampere, Finland. It is hosted by two local teams, Tappara and Ilves.
The most successful team is one of the hosts, Tappara with four titles. Metallurg Magnitogorsk has won the tournament three times and Djurgården, Dynamo Moscow, Espoo Blues and HIFK two times each.
The tournament was not played from 2009 to 2014, but it returned in 2015. The modern editions have featured four teams per year, all Finnish. Teams play semifinal matches on Friday and the winners play for the championship on Saturday while the losers play for the bronze medals. Earlier editions had more teams most of which were foreign.
Winners Year Champion Runner-up Third place 1989 Sokil Kyiv Tappara Ilves 1990 Djurgårdens IF Luleå HF Krylya Sovetov Moscow 1991 HC Dynamo Moscow United States national team Canada national team 1992 HC Dynamo Moscow Luleå HF Frölunda HC 1993 United States national team Luleå HF Ilves 1994 HIFK Tappara Frölunda HC 1995 Luleå HF United States national team HC CSKA Moscow 1996 Tappara Kölner Haie HC Petra Vsetín 1997 HC TPS Kölner Haie Tappara 1998 HV71 HC Davos Jokerit 1999 Tappara Ilves HIFK 2000 Djurgårdens IF HC Košice EHC Kloten 2001 Espoo Blues HC Košice Tappara 2002 Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk Tappara HV71 2003 Oulun Kärpät Ilves HV71 2004 ZSC Lions Oulun Kärpät Linköpings HC 2005 Metallurg Magnitogorsk Espoo Blues ZSC Lions 2006 Metallurg Magnitogorsk Tappara Brynäs 2007 Espoo Blues Metallurg Magnitogorsk Tappara 2008 Metallurg Magnitogorsk Ilves Espoo BluesTournament not held from 2009 to 2014 2015 HIFK Ilves Tappara 2016 Tappara HC TPS Ilves 2017 Tappara HIFK Ilves 2018 Tappara HIFK Ilves 2019 Ilves HIFK Tappara 2020 Lukko Tappara Ilves 2021 KooKoo Tappara HPK 2022 Tappara HPK Ilves 2023 Timrå IK Ilves Tappara 2024 HC Davos Ilves Tappara 2023 HC Ässät Pori Tappara HIFK
External links History of Tampere Cup