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The Espoo Blues and Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod compete at the 2007 Tampere Cup.

Tampere Cup is an annual ice hockey tournament held in Tampere, Finland. It is hosted by two local teams, Tappara and Ilves.

The most successful team is one of the hosts, Tappara with four titles. Metallurg Magnitogorsk has won the tournament three times and Djurgården, Dynamo Moscow, Espoo Blues and HIFK two times each.

The tournament was not played from 2009 to 2014, but it returned in 2015. The modern editions have featured four teams per year, all Finnish. Teams play semifinal matches on Friday and the winners play for the championship on Saturday while the losers play for the bronze medals. Earlier editions had more teams most of which were foreign.

Winners

Year Champion Runner-up Third place
1989 Sokol Kiev Tappara Ilves Tampere
1990 Djurgårdens IF Luleå HF Krylya Sovetov Moscow
1991 HC Dynamo Moscow United States men's national ice hockey team Canada men's national ice hockey team
1992 HC Dynamo Moscow Luleå HF Frölunda HC
1993 United States men's national ice hockey team Luleå HF Ilves Tampere
1994 HIFK Helsinki Tappara Frölunda HC
1995 Luleå HF United States men's national ice hockey team HC CSKA Moscow
1996 Tappara Kölner Haie Petra Vsetín
1997 TPS Turku Kölner Haie Tappara
1998 HV71 HC Davos Jokerit
1999 Tappara Ilves Tampere HIFK Helsinki
2000 Djurgårdens IF HC Košice EHC Kloten
2001 Blues HC Košice Tappara
2002 Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk Tappara HV71
2003 Kärpät Oulu Ilves Tampere HV71
2004 Lions Kärpät Oulu Linköpings HC
2005 Metallurg Magnitogorsk Blues Lions
2006 Metallurg Magnitogorsk Tappara Brynäs
2007 Blues Metallurg Magnitogorsk Tappara
2008 Metallurg Magnitogorsk Ilves Tampere Blues
2009-14 No tournament held
2015 HIFK Helsinki Ilves Tampere Tappara
2016 Tappara TPS Turku Ilves Tampere
2017 Tappara HIFK Helsinki Ilves Tampere