Deutschland Cup
The Germany Cup is held annually in November in Germany Hockey tournament in which the national teams from different countries participate. The competition is organized by the German Ice Hockey Federation since 1987. Since 2009, the Germany - Cup will be played with four teams in the Olympiahalle Munich.
History
The early years (1987-1997)
In 1987, the German Ice Hockey Federation Cup to Germany as an official Nations tournament to life. As host of the first years served Stuttgart, total found until 1996 with the exception of 1991, where the contest was played out in the ice rink Frankfurt, at least one game in the Baden-Württemberg state capital instead. 1993 also acted Ulm, Bietigheim and Pforzheim Pforzheim or 1994 and Neu-Ulm as additional venues for the tournament. Over the years, also frequently change the competition format of the competition. Played initially three and from the second year four teams in a Free-for -All - round tournament winner, was the Germany Cup in his heyday of the mid-1990s of a preliminary round with two groups and a subsequent final round, in which the overall rankings were played. In 1997, played the last time being Germany Cup in Munich and feet.
Addition to the host Germany launched during the early years the most important teams in the world, such as Czechoslovakia and later the Czech Republic and Slovakia, and different selections USSR or Russia, and Sweden, Finland or Canada, when Germany Cup. In 1994 through the contribution of the new Elite League DEL also adopted a " DEL All- Star Team" at the Germany Cup part.
The revival (since 2000)
In advance of the upcoming IIHF World Men's Championship in Germany in 2001 the Germany Cup was finally revived after two-year break in 2000 to serve as a test run for the upcoming major tournament. As a venue for the next years, the facility for the Expo 2000 TUI Arena established in Hanover, also were newly built multipurpose arenas such as the Color Line Arena in Hamburg in 2004 or SAP Arena in Mannheim in 2005, offered the opportunity to host the first international tournaments. To emphasize the close collaboration with the permanent participants Switzerland also found the opening games of the 2004 event and the renamed TUI Nations Cup Competition in 2005 on Swiss soil, instead namely in the Bodensee-Arena in Kreuzlingen or at the Hallenstadion in Zurich. Back in 2006, the organizers returned back to the old name Germany Cup. In 2008, the tournament was held again in Mannheim and Frankfurt. From 2009 to 2011, the venue was the Olympiahalle Munich. In the years 2012 and 2013 the Germany Cup will be held for refurbishment at the Olympic Ice Sport Centre and will return to the Olympic Hall after its completion in 2014 again.
Among the regular participants at the beginning of the 21st century, especially Slovakia, Canada and the national team of the United States, the latter two were next to the hosts Germany and Switzerland, however, mainly with players from the European leagues and not the North American National Hockey League.
Participants and placements
The following list shows all previous participants in the Germany Cup and their respective placement:
Medal Tally
After 24 tournaments, Booth 2013
* Russia has taken the IIHF membership of the USSR and the Czech Republic, Czechoslovakia. Therefore, these countries are considered together in the official statistics.