Karjala Tournament

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Karjala Tournament, also known as Karjala Cup, is an annual ice hockey event held in Finland.

The tournament started in 1996 is part of the Euro Hockey Tour (EHT) in which Czech Republic, Finland, Russia and Sweden participate. It is usually held in the previous year of the EHT playoffs, with the exception of 2002 when two Karjala Tournaments were held in the same year but both part of different EHT seasons. Finland has won the tournament every year except 1997 and 2006 when they finished last.

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[edit] Karjala Tournament winners

Year Winner Runner-up 3rd place
2007 Flag of Russia Russia Flag of Sweden Sweden Flag of the Czech Republic Czech Republic
2006 Flag of Russia Russia Flag of the Czech Republic Czech Republic Flag of Sweden Sweden
2005 Flag of Finland Finland Flag of Sweden Sweden Flag of Russia Russia
2004 Flag of Finland Finland Flag of Sweden Sweden Flag of the Czech Republic Czech Republic
2003 Flag of Finland Finland Flag of the Czech Republic Czech Republic Flag of Russia Russia
20021 Flag of Finland Finland Flag of the Czech Republic Czech Republic Flag of Sweden Sweden
20022 Flag of Finland Finland Flag of Russia Russia Flag of Sweden Sweden
2000 Flag of Finland Finland Flag of Sweden Sweden Flag of Russia Russia
1999 Flag of Finland Finland Flag of Russia Russia Flag of the Czech Republic Czech Republic
1998 Flag of Finland Finland Flag of Russia Russia Flag of the Czech Republic Czech Republic
1997 Flag of Sweden Sweden Flag of the Czech Republic Czech Republic Flag of Russia Russia
1996 Flag of Finland Finland Flag of Sweden Sweden Flag of Russia Russia
1 Part of Euro Hockey Tour season 2002-03
2 Part of Euro Hockey Tour season 2001-02

Winner, runner-up and third place is determined by total standing after a round-robin style of play. If teams are tied in points, the standing is determined by won games between the tied teams.

[edit] Tournament results

[edit] Karjala Tournament 2007

Team GP W L T GF GA Pts OTW OTL PSW PSL
Flag of Russia Russia 3 2 1 0 8 4 6 0 0 0 0
Flag of Sweden Sweden 3 2 1 0 6 5 6 0 0 0 0
Flag of the Czech Republic Czech Republic 3 1 2 0 6 10 3 0 0 0 0
Flag of Finland Finland 3 1 2 0 4 5 3 0 0 0 0

[edit] Results

All times local (UTC+2)

November 8, 2007 Flag of the Czech Republic Czech Republic 3–2 Flag of Finland Finland Hartwall Areena, Helsinki, Finland
November 8, 2007 Flag of Sweden Sweden 1–3 Flag of Russia Russia Kinnarps Arena, Jönköping, Sweden
November 10, 2007 Flag of Sweden Sweden 4–2 Flag of the Czech Republic Czech Republic Hartwall Areena, Helsinki, Finland
November 10, 2007 Flag of Finland Finland 2–1 Flag of Russia Russia Hartwall Areena, Helsinki, Finland
November 11, 2007 Flag of Russia Russia 4–1 Flag of the Czech Republic Czech Republic Hartwall Areena, Helsinki, Finland
November 11, 2007 Flag of Finland Finland 0–1 Flag of Sweden Sweden Hartwall Areena, Helsinki, Finland

[edit] Best players

The tournament directorate named the following players in the tournament 2007:

[edit] Karjala Tournament 2006

Team GP W L T GF GA Pts OTW OTL PSW PSL
Flag of Russia Russia 3 2 0 1 11 8 8 0 0 1 0
Flag of the Czech Republic Czech Republic 3 1 1 1 8 9 4 0 0 0 1
Flag of Sweden Sweden 3 1 2 0 9 10 3 0 0 0 0
Flag of Finland Finland 3 1 2 0 4 5 3 0 0 0 0

[edit] Results

November 9, 2006 Flag of Finland Finland 2–3 Flag of Russia Russia Hartwall Areena, Helsinki, Finland
November 9, 2006 Flag of the Czech Republic Czech Republic 5–4 Flag of Sweden Sweden Sazka Arena, Prague, Czech Republic
November 11, 2006 Flag of Russia Russia 5–4 Flag of Sweden Sweden Hartwall Areena, Helsinki, Finland
November 11, 2006 Flag of the Czech Republic Czech Republic 1–2 Flag of Finland Finland Hartwall Areena, Helsinki, Finland
November 12, 2006 Flag of the Czech Republic Czech Republic 2–3 Flag of Russia Russia Hartwall Areena, Helsinki, Finland
November 12, 2006 Flag of Finland Finland 0–1 Flag of Sweden Sweden Hartwall Areena, Helsinki, Finland

[edit] Best players

The tournament directorate named the following players in the tournament 2006:

[edit] Karjala Tournament 2005

Team GP W L T GF GA Pts OTW OTL PSW PSL
Flag of Finland Finland 3 1 1 1 7 9 5 0 0 1 0
Flag of Sweden Sweden 3 1 1 1 10 7 5 1 0 0 0
Flag of Russia Russia 3 1 0 2 9 9 5 0 1 0 1
Flag of the Czech Republic Czech Republic 3 1 2 0 12 13 3 0 0 0 0

[edit] Results

November 10, 2005 Flag of Finland Finland 3–2 Flag of Russia Russia Hartwall Areena, Helsinki, Finland
November 10, 2005 Flag of Sweden Sweden 6–3 Flag of the Czech Republic Czech Republic Kinnarps Arena, Jönköping, Sweden
November 12, 2005 Flag of Russia Russia 2–3 Flag of Sweden Sweden Hartwall Areena, Helsinki, Finland
November 12, 2005 Flag of Finland Finland 2–6 Flag of the Czech Republic Czech Republic Hartwall Areena, Helsinki, Finland
November 13, 2005 Flag of the Czech Republic Czech Republic 3–5 Flag of Russia Russia Hartwall Areena, Helsinki, Finland
November 13, 2005 Flag of Finland Finland 2–1 Flag of Sweden Sweden Hartwall Areena, Helsinki, Finland

[edit] Best players

The tournament directorate named the following players in the tournament 2005:

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Medal count

Team Gold Silver Bronze Medals
Flag of Finland Finland 9
75.0%
0
0%
0
0%
9
25.0%
Flag of Russia Russia 2
16.7%
3
25.0%
5
41.7%
10
27.8%
Flag of Sweden Sweden 1
8.3%
5
41.7%
3
25.0%
9
25.0%
Flag of the Czech Republic Czech Republic 0
0%
4
33.3%
4
33.3%
8
22.2%

[edit] References