# Opening Cup

The Opening Cup (Russian: Кубок Открытия, Kubok Otkrytiya), is the trophy awarded to the winner of the first game of every regular season of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). This match is played between the previous season's playoff champion (Gagarin Cup Winner) and the previous season's Continental Cup winner. The game is played on the home ice of the previous season's playoff champion.

## History

During the first season of the KHL, the match was played between the winner and runner-up of the 2007–08 playoffs of the Russian Superleague.
The Western Conference in the 2010 Opening Cup game was represented by UHC Dynamo because the 2009–10 Western Conference champion, HC MVD, merged with Dynamo Moscow to form the new team after the 2009–10 season. On September 10, 2011, three days after the 2011 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash disaster, the KHL head office decided to honor the deceased in the 2011 Opening Cup.

## Winners

Key to colors :
| W | Western Conference member |
| E | Eastern Conference member |
| N/A | N/A, KHL conferences established during the second season of competition |
| Season | Match date | Previous season Gagarin Cup Winner | Previous season Gagarin Cup Winner | Previous season Continental Cup Winner | Previous season Continental Cup Winner | Result | Venue |
| 2008–09 | 2 September 2008 | N/A | Salavat Yulaev Ufa | N/A | Lokomotiv Yaroslavl | 4–1 | Ufa Arena, Ufa |
| 2009–10 | 10 September 2009 | E | Ak Bars Kazan | W | Lokomotiv Yaroslavl | 3–2 (OT) | TatNeft Arena, Kazan |
| 2010–11 | 8 September 2010 | E | Ak Bars Kazan | W | Dynamo Moscow | 1–3 | TatNeft Arena, Kazan |
| 2011–12 | 12 September 2011 | E | Salavat Yulaev Ufa | W | Atlant Moscow Oblast | 5–3 | Ufa Arena, Ufa |
| 2012–13 | 4 September 2012 | W | Dynamo Moscow | E | Avangard Omsk | 3–2 (SO) | Megasport Arena, Moscow |
| 2013–14 | 4 September 2013 | W | Dynamo Moscow | E | Traktor Chelyabinsk | 5–1 | Minor Arena Luzhniki, Moscow |
| 2014–15 | 3 September 2014 | E | Metallurg Magnitogorsk | W | Dynamo Moscow | 6–1 | Arena Metallurg, Magnitogorsk |
| 2015–16 | 24 August 2015 | W | SKA Saint Petersburg | W | CSKA Moscow | 3–4 (OT) | Ice Palace, Saint Petersburg |
| 2016–17 | 22 August 2016 | E | Metallurg Magnitogorsk | W | CSKA Moscow | 3–2 | Arena Metallurg, Magnitogorsk |
| 2017–18 | 21 August 2017 | W | SKA Saint Petersburg | W | CSKA Moscow | 4–2 | Ice Palace, Saint Petersburg |
| 2018–19 | 1 September 2018 | E | Ak Bars Kazan | W | SKA Saint Petersburg | 1–6 | TatNeft Arena, Kazan |
| 2019–20 | 1 September 2019 | W | CSKA Moscow | E | Avangard Omsk | 1–3 | CSKA Arena, Moscow |
| 2020–21 | 2 September 2020 | E | Ak Bars Kazan | W | CSKA Moscow | 3–2 (OT) | CSKA Arena, Moscow |
| 2021–22 | 1 September 2021 | E | Avangard Omsk | W | CSKA Moscow | 4–0 | Balashikha Arena, Balashikha |
| 2022–23 | 1 September 2022 | W | CSKA Moscow | E | Metallurg Magnitogorsk | 6–2 | CSKA Arena, Moscow |
| 2023–24 | 1 September 2023 | W | CSKA Moscow | E | Ak Bars Kazan | 2–5 | CSKA Arena, Moscow |
| 2024–25 | 3 September 2024 | E | Metallurg Magnitogorsk | W | Lokomotiv Yaroslavl | 2–3 | Arena Metallurg, Magnitogorsk |

## Appearances

| Apps | Team | Wins | Losses | Win % |
| 8 | CSKA Moscow | 2 | 6 | .250 |
| 5 | Ak Bars Kazan | 3 | 2 | .600 |
| 4 | Dynamo Moscow | 3 | 1 | .750 |
| 3 | SKA Saint Petersburg | 2 | 1 | .667 |
| 3 | Avangard Omsk | 2 | 1 | .667 |
| 3 | Metallurg Magnitogorsk | 2 | 2 | .500 |
| 3 | Lokomotiv Yaroslavl | 1 | 2 | .333 |
| 2 | Salavat Yulaev Ufa | 2 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1 | Atlant Moscow Oblast | 0 | 1 | .000 |
| 1 | Traktor Chelyabinsk | 0 | 1 | .000 |