Spengler Cup
Current season, competition or edition: 2016 Spengler Cup
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| Sport | Ice Hockey |
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| Founded | 1923 |
| Founder | Dr. Carl Spengler |
| Inaugural season | 1923 |
| No. of teams | 6 (group stage) |
| Countries | Switzerland (usually HC Davos), Canada, Russia, Germany, Czech Republic, Sweden, various other European countries |
| Venue(s) | Vaillant Arena (Davos, Switzerland) |
| Most recent champion(s) |
 Team Canada (14) |
| Most titles |
 HC Davos (15) |
| Qualification | Invitation only |
| TV partner(s) |
SUI: Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen Europe: Eurosport 2 RUS: Match TV & NTv2 GER: Sport1 CAN: TSN & RDS USA: NBCSN CZE / SVK / HUN: Sport1 DEN: TV2 SLO: Sport Klub |
| Official website | www |
Coordinates: 46°47′54.4″N 9°49′35″E / 46.798444°N 9.82639°E
The Spengler Cup is an annual invitational ice hockey tournament held in Davos, Switzerland. First held in 1923, the Spengler Cup is often cited as the oldest invitational ice hockey tournament in the world. The event is hosted by the Swiss team HC Davos and played each year in Davos, Switzerland, between Christmas (December 25) and New Year's Day. Currently, all games are held at Vaillant Arena.
It was originally devised by Dr. Carl Spengler as a means to promote teams from German-speaking Europe, who might have suffered ostracism in the aftermath of World War I. Eventually, the tournament grew well beyond expectations. Many of Europe's most prestigious clubs and national programs have appeared, including Soviet, Swedish, Finnish, Czechoslovak and German powerhouses.
Among non-European organizations, Team Canada, Team USA, nationally ranked NCAA schools, reigning AHL Calder Cup and Ontario Hockey Association champions, and even Team Japan (in 1971 as hosts of the then-upcoming Sapporo Winter Olympics) have traveled to Davos through the years. The 2013 tournament marked the return of a North American league team, the AHL's Rochester Americans, who also were the last such team to take part, in 1996.
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