Sweden Hockey Games

Sweden Hockey Games
Sweden-Russia during the 2012 tournament
Genre sporting event
Date(s) February
Frequency annual
Location(s) Stockholm
Country Sweden
Inaugurated 1991 (1991)

The Sweden Hockey Games (SHG), in sponsoring contexts named the LG Hockey Games between 2006–2011 and the Oddset Hockey Games between 2012–2014, is an annual ice hockey tournament held in Sweden. Cancelled after the 2013-2014 season, it was announced on 19 January 2016 that the tournament would restart during the 2016-2017 season.[1]

History

Since season 1996–97, the tournament is part of the Euro Hockey Tour in which the Czech Republic, Finland, Russia and Sweden participate. The Sweden Hockey Games tournament has changed name a couple of times: the tournament started in 1991 as Sweden Hockey Games, and in 2006 the name changed to LG Hockey Games as LG Electronics started sponsoring the tournament. In 2012 however, LG dropped out their sponsoring, and Svenska Spel's gambling game Oddset took over, effectively changing the tournament's name to Oddset Hockey Games.[2]

The event is mainly held in the Ericsson Globe in Stockholm, Sweden, although a few games may exclusively be hosted in other countries. The winner of the tournament receives the Globen Cup – the tournament is sometimes called the Sweden Globen Cup. Only the Czech Republic, Finland, Russia and Sweden are invited to the tournament but from season 1991–92 through 2002–03 Canada also participated.

Winners

YearWinnerRunner-up3rd place4th place5th place
1991 Soviet Union Sweden Finland Czechoslovakia
1992 Canada CIS* Czechoslovakia Sweden
1993 Sweden Czech Republic Russia Canada
1994 Czech Republic Sweden Canada Russia
1995 Sweden Russia Czech Republic Canada
1996 Sweden Czech Republic Russia Canada
Part of the Euro Hockey Tour
1997 Finland Sweden Russia Canada Czech Republic
1998 Sweden Czech Republic Finland Russia Canada
1999 Finland Sweden Canada Czech Republic Russia
2000 Finland Czech Republic Canada Russia Sweden
2001 (February) Sweden Finland Canada Czech Republic Russia
2001 (November) Sweden Czech Republic Finland Russia Canada
2003 Russia Sweden Canada Finland Czech Republic
2004 Sweden Czech Republic Russia Finland
2005 Sweden Czech Republic Russia Finland
2006 Russia Finland Sweden Czech Republic
2007 Sweden Russia Czech Republic Finland
2008 Russia Finland Sweden Czech Republic
2009 Sweden Russia Finland Czech Republic
2010 Finland Czech Republic Russia Sweden
2011 Sweden Russia Finland Czech Republic
2012 Sweden Czech Republic Russia Finland
2013 Finland Czech Republic Russia Sweden
2014 Finland Czech Republic Sweden Russia
2015–2016No tournament held
2017 Russia Czech Republic Sweden Finland
2018 Finland Sweden Russia Czech Republic
Notes

Medal table

Pos Team Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  Sweden 12 6 4 22
2  Finland 7 3 5 15
3  Soviet Union
 CIS
 Russia
5 5 9 19
4  Czechoslovakia
 Czech Republic
1 12 3 16
5  Canada 1 0 5 6
Total26262678

References

  1. "Sweden Hockey Games tillbaka" (in Swedish). Dagens nyheter. 19 January 2016. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
  2. Feltenmark, Anders (2011-12-12). "Nytt namn: Oddset Hockey Games". swehockey.se (in Swedish). Swedish Ice Hockey Association. Archived from the original on 2013-01-13. Retrieved 2011-12-18.
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