Deutschland Cup

The Deutschland Cup is an in-season international ice hockey tournament hosted by the German Ice Hockey Federation which has been contested in most years since 1987.
== Early Years (1987-1997) ==
In 1987, the German Ice Hockey Federation created the Deutschland Cup as an official international tournament. Stuttgart served as a site for the first years of the tournament, with at least one game taking place in the Baden-Württemberg capital every year through 1996, except 1991, when the tournament was played at the Eissporthalle Frankfurt. Ulm, Bietigheim and Pforzheim in 1993 and Pforzheim and Neu-Ulm in 1994 also served as tournament sites.
Over the years, the tournament format has changed frequently. At first, the tournament featured three teams, and then as of the second year, four teams, in a round-robin format to determine a winner. At its peak in the mid-1990s, the tournament consisted of an opening round with two groups and a final round where overall placings were determined. In 1997, the last tournament for the time being, was played in München and Füssen.
Along with host Germany, the most important prominent teams took part in the early years, such as Czechoslovakia, and later the Czech Republic and Slovakia, various representatives from the Soviet Union and Russia, as well as Sweden, Finland and Canada. In conjunction with the establishment of the new top division Deutsche Eishockey Liga, a DEL All-Star Team also took part in 1994.
== Reestablishment (since 2000) ==
In anticipation of the 2001 IIHF World Championships in Germany, the tournament returned from its two-year hiatus in order to serve as a test run for the upcoming major event. The TUI Arena in Hanover, built for Expo 2000, established itself as a site for the tournament over the following years, and the new multipurpose arenas such as the Color Line Arena in Hamburg in 2004 and the SAP Arena in Mannheim in 2005 also were given the opportunity to host international tournaments for the first time. To emphasize the close cooperation with ongoing participant Switzerland, the opening games of the 2004 tournament as well as the renamed TUI Nations Cup in 2005 took place on Swiss ice, namely at the Bodensee-Arena in Kreuzlingen and at the Zurich Hallenstadion, respectively. In 2006, the tournament returned to its old name of Deutschland Cup. In 2008, the tournament started taking place in Mannheim and Frankfurt. As of 2009, and at least through 2011, the tournament will take place at the Munich Olympiahalle.
The usual entries in the tournament at the start of the 21st Century, in addition to the hosts Germany and Switzerland, were notably Slovakia, Canada, as well as the US National Team, the latter two, however, mainly made up of players stationed in European leagues and not in the North American National Hockey League.
In 2015, it was announced that the tournament would move from Munich to Augsburg at the Curt Frenzel Stadium. From 2018 on, the tournament will be held in Krefeld.
==Past winners==
Year	Champion 	Runner-up 	3rd place
1987	 	 	
1988	 	 	
1989	not played	not played	not played
1990	 	 	
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1997	 	 	
1998	not played	not played	not played
1999	not played	not played	not played
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2018	 	 	
2019	 	 	
2020	 	 	Top Team Peking
2021	 	 	
2022	 	 	
2023	 	 	
==Women's tournament==
Year	Champion	Runner-up	Third place
2023	 	 	
== References == 
==External links==
* Official Site (German)
* IIHF 2010 Tournament Results
Category:Tournaments