Sweden Hockey Games

Sweden Hockey Games

Sweden-Russia during the 2012 tournament
Status cancelled
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 will restart during the 2016-2017 season.[1]

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 2003–04 Canada also participated.

Winners

Year Winner Runner-up 3rd place 4th place 5th 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
1997  Finland  Sweden  Canada  Russia  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
2017  Russia  Czech Republic  Sweden  Finland

* -  CIS - Team of Commonwealth of Independent States, ex-Soviet Union

Winner, runner-up and third place is determined by total standing after a round-robin style of play.

Statistics

Medal count

Pos Team Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  Sweden 12 5 4 21
2  Finland 6 3 5 14
3  Soviet Union /  CIS /  Russia 5 5 7 17
4  Czechoslovakia /  Czech Republic 1 12 3 16
5  Canada 1 0 6 7

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. Retrieved 2011-12-18.
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