Champions Cup (floorball)
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| Sport | floorball |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1993 |
| No. of teams | 4 men's and 4 women's |
| Countries | Finland, Sweden, Switzerland and the Czech Republic |
| Confederation | IFF |
| Most recent champion(s) | Men:  Storvreta IBKWomen: Täby FC (2020) |
| Most titles | Men: Sweden (22) Women: Sweden (22) |
| Related competitions | EuroFloorball Cup, EuroFloorball Challenge |
| Official website | https://floorballchampionscup.sport/ |
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 2020, those are Finland, Sweden, Switzerland and the Czech Republic, 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, Swiss National League A (both men's and women's leagues in all three countries) and Czech men's Superliga florbalu and women's Extraliga žen ve florbale. That means, there are eight teams in the tournament in total. The competing countries alternate in hosting the tournament. The event lasts two days.[1]
In various formats, the tournament took place 27 times, the last time in 2020. The first tournament was played in 1993. The current format for four teams is used since 2019. Swedes won most titles, 22, 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.
Men's Tournament
Women's Tournament
References
- ^ "IFF Champions Cup". IFF. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
- ^ a b c "Tournament History". IFF. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.