| How it all started |
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| 1920 - 22 |
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Precursor tournaments at the end of the year/Founder Dr. Paul Müller. |
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| 1923 |
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Dr. Carl Spengler contributes a challenge cup, first tournament with 5 Teams.
Table:
- 1. Oxford University
- 2. Berliner SC
- 3. Wiener EV
- 4. HC Davos
- 5. Cambridge University
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| 1924 |
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Second tournament with 15(!) teams, amongst others from Madrid – the Berliner SC win. |
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| Final without HCD-goalkeeper! |
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| 1925 |
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Oxford defeats HCD 2:0 in the final. HCD plays the last 14 minutes without goalkeeper Fasel (match penalty!). |
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| 1926 |
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The final Berliner SC vs. HCD is cancelled at the score of 5:5 (snowfall). Rerun not until January 5th. Berlin win 2:1. |
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| 1927 |
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First tournament win of HCD. Davos defeats Berlin 3:2. The team consists of 8 players including the forward Toni Morosani. |
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| Bibi Torriani becomes a star |
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| 1929 |
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Bibi Torriani joins the first team of HC Davos. Still the HCD is defeated in the final by LTC Praha. |
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| 1931 |
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9 teams - everyday 3 games - stress for everyone! Oxford becomes champion. |
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| 1932 |
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Oxford and Prague play 0:0 after overtime! Both teams are declared winners. |
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| 30ies: The devils are out! |
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| 1934 |
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Diavoli Rosso Neri Milano win the tournament because the HCD transfers its qualification to the final voluntarily to the Italians (same number of points). |
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| 1935 |
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13th tournament with 8 teams. Diavoli Rosso Neri win the final against HCD with an irregular goal which leads to spectator excesses. |
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| 1938 |
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Free-for-all and break-off of the final Prague vs. HCD! It is played again on February 15, 1939. Davos win 1:0. |
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| Dominance of Davos in the years of war |
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| 1939/40 |
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The second world war makes the realization of the tournament impossible for 2 years. |
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| 1941 |
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17th Spengler Cup with only Teams: HCD, Berliner SC and Lausanne. |
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| 1942 |
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Just Swiss Teams in the tournament: HCD, Zurich SC und Lausanne. |
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| 1943 |
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Same teams and same winner (HCD) as in 1942. Davos can keep the second cup for good. |
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| ZSC and Prague determine the 40ies |
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| 1944 |
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The ZSC defeats the HCD in the final: 6:2. |
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| 1945 |
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Prague joins the tournament again but again the ZSC win. |
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| 1946 |
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Prague are definitively back and win in a superior style. |
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| 1947 |
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Prague defeat the HCD 9:2 in the final. |
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| 1948 |
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Prague win all their games and score over 9 goals in each game! |
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| The topic artificial ice rink becomes present-day |
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| 1956 |
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No Spengler Cup because the guarantee covering the tournaments’ deficit is not granted. An initiative for the creation of a sports fund is taken. |
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| 1957 |
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Davos celebrate its 9th win of the tournament this time against Roter Stern Brünn. |
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| 1958 |
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Great rise in temperature, a cancellation of a game and a delayed final on January 27, 1959, between Davos and Diavoli Milano. Final result: 6:2. |
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| The Franco-Canadians from Paris as serial winners |
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| 1959 |
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The five-year-old club ACBB Paris wins the tournament. |
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| 1960 |
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The Franco-Canadians win again – this time on artificial ice rink and with TV-broadcasted. |
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| 1961 |
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The Eurovision broadcasts the games into 6 countries und ACBB Paris takes the cup to Paris definitively. |
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| Czechoslovakian intermezzo |
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| 1964 |
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Füssen win the Spengler Cup and find this fact out just after arriving at home. Sparta Prague surprisingly had lost their last match against MoDo Alfredshem from Sweden. |
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| 1965 |
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Dukla Jihlava, CSSR, become tournament champions and Davos finish last with zero points. |
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| 1966 |
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Same story as in 1965! The snowfall is a big disruptive element to the open artificial ice rink. |
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| The Russians come! |
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| 1967 |
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Premiere in Davos: Lokomotive Moscow defeat the Canadian team of Kingston Aces. Instead of HCD a Swiss representative team plays the tournament. |
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| 1968 |
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Dukla Jihlava win for the third time. Davos is still missing – The Swiss A-Team win no points. |
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| 1969 |
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Davos are back to business - but Lokomotive Moscow win the final against Dukla Jihlava 2:1 in front of 5200 spectators. |
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| Japanese and Polish teams in Davos |
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| 1971 |
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The Japanese Olympia team plays in Europe and it is placed third at Spengler Cup. |
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| 1972 |
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Slovan Bratislava is the first winner of the tournament after a penalty shoot-out. |
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| 1974 |
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Slovan Bratislava win again in a penalty shoot-out, this time against Poland. |
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| Back to the roots |
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| 1977 |
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After questionable experiences as a tournament for national teams the Spengler Cup becomes again a tournament with invitation for clubs. |
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| 1979 |
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First tournament under the new roof of the stadium. The number of spectators rises 11 percent to 41'000. |
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| 1983 |
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All seat tickets sold out in advance. 54'000 spectators visit the 57th Spengler Cup. |
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| «Team Canada» heralds a new era |
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| 1984 |
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The first participation of «Team Canada» ends with its win! |
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| 1987 |
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The fourth participation of the Canadians ends with their third win of the tournament. |
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| 1988 |
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Now the Americans step into the tournament: The USA Selects win the cup together with Ron Wilson! |
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| Kloten, Lugano and Fribourg are in on the action |
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| 1990/91/92 |
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The relegated HC Davos are replaced by other Swiss teams. In 1991 Lugano are defeated by ZSKA Moskau (coached by Wiktor Tichonow) in the final. |
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| 1993 |
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Comeback of Davos as runner-up of the tournament thanks to the Russians Slawa Bykow and Andrei Chomutow of Fribourg Gottéron. The cup goes to Färjestad (Sweden). |
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| 1995-98 |
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Team Canada win four times in a row! |
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| Germany is back. And Davos too! |
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| 1999 |
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The Kölner Haie leave Magnitogorsk from Russia and Team Canada behind. |
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| 2000 |
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The HCD win with its coach Arno Del Curto after 42 years once again the Spengler Cup: 4:2 against Team Canada in the final. |
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| 2001 |
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«75 years Spengler Cup»: The HCD renew the previous year win once again against Team Canada: 4:3 in the overtime. |
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| In the year of the lockout: 18 NHL-Superstars in Davos |
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| 2004 |
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Joe Thornton, Rick Nash and Niklas Hagman «ennoble» during one season the host team. Davos win the final against Sparta Prague 2:0. |
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| 2005 |
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New north terraces, 11 practically sold-out games and with Metallurg Magnitogorsk a Russian champion giving Team Canada no chance in the final. |
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| 2006 |
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14th Spengler Cup triumph for HC Davos after a 3:2 win against Team Canada. Third placed in the very exciting tournament is the Swedish elite division team IK Mora. |
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| 2007 |
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In the epical duel Canada-Russia, the Team Canada beats Salavat Yulaev Ufa in a high dramatic game, with a 2:1 victory very closely. For the Canadians it is the 11th triumph at the Spengler Cup, after two unsuccessful final participations. |
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| 2008 |
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The Team Canada is able to make the final the 4th time in a row, but falls to Dynamo Moscow 3:5. For the Russians it is the first win of the tournament, since the last success 25 years ago. |
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| 2009 |
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The home team was not able to capitalize from lots of changes. At the end Minsk gets an empty net goal which leads to the final score of 3:1. On the eve the HCD has beaten the strong Germans Adler Mannheim in the deciding game for the final participation. |
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