Champions Cup (floorball)
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| Sport | Floorball |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1993 |
| No. of teams | 8 men's and 8 women's |
| Countries |  Czech Republic Finland Sweden Switzerland |
| Confederation | IFF |
| Most recent champion(s) | M: IBF Falun W: Thorengruppen (2023) |
| Most titles | M: Sweden (23) W: Sweden (23) |
| Related competitions | EuroFloorball Cup, EuroFloorball Challenge |
| Official website | Official website |
The Champions Cup is floorball tournament organized by the International Floorball Federation for the best clubs from the top four countries according to IFF World Ranking. As of 2023, those are Finland, Sweden, the Czech Republic and Switzerland, both for men and women. The tournament takes place every year in January both for men's and women's teams, that won in the previous season in their national leagues. Those are Finnish F-liiga, Swedish Svenska Superligan, Czech men's Superliga florbalu and women's Extraliga žen ve florbale and Swiss Unihockey Prime League. Since 2024, winners of national cups will also attend. That means, there will eight men's and either women's teams in the tournament in total.[1]
In various formats, the tournament took place 28 times, the last time in 2023. The first tournament was played in 1993. The new format with eight teams will be used since 2024. Swedes won most titles, 23, in both men's and women's tournaments.[2]
There are other tournaments organized for clubs from European countries at lower ranks: EuroFloorball Cup for countries at the fifth through tenth rank, and EuroFloorball Challenge for the rest.[2]
History of the tournament
The first international club tournament was European Cup. It took place the first time in 1993.[2] In 2008, the tournament was renamed to EuroFloorball Cup due to a naming conflict.
In 2011, the tournament was split to the Champions Cup for six teams and the EuroFloorball Cup for the rest. The Champions Cup was played by teams from the top five ranked countries. The hosting country had two teams in the tournament. In all tournaments played in this format, teams from the Czech Republic, Finland, Sweden and Switzerland competed. The sixth participant in men's tournament varied throughout the years from Germany, Latvia and Norway. In women's tournament, they were from Latvia, Norway and Russia.
The tournament was further split in 2019 to the Champions Cup for clubs from the top four countries, and EuroFloorball Cup and EuroFloorball Challenge for rest. At the same time, a tournament term was changed from October to January of the next year. For this reason, there was no tournament in 2018. The competing countries alternated in hosting the tournament. The event lasted two days.
Men's tournament
Women's tournament
See also
References
- ^ "IFF Champions Cup". IFF. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
- ^ a b c "Tournament History". IFF. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
- ^ "IBF Falun win their fifth Champions Cup title". IFF. 8 January 2023. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
- ^ a b "Champions Cup 2022 in Switzerland cancelled". IFF. 9 December 2021. Archived from the original on 2022-02-19. Retrieved 19 February 2022.
- ^ a b "Champions Cup 2021 in Switzerland cancelled". IFF. 6 November 2020. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
- ^ "Storvreta IBK seize Men's Champions Cup 2020". IFF. 12 January 2020. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
- ^ a b "IKSU and Classic win Champions Cup 2019". IFF. 6 January 2019. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
- ^ "IBF Falun Champions Cup winners again". IFF. 8 October 2017. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
- ^ "First Champions Cup title for Team Thorengruppen IBK". IFF. 8 January 2023. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
- ^ "Täby FC win Women's Champions Cup 2020". IFF. 12 January 2020. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
- ^ "IKSU from Umeå take the title!". IFF. 8 October 2017. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
- ^ "Djurgårdens IF IBF wins the Champions Cup 2014". IFF. 5 October 2014. Retrieved 17 September 2020.