Czech Hockey Games

Czech Hockey Games
Status	acting
Genre	sporting event
Date(s)	August-September
Frequency	annual
Location(s)	Prague
Country	Czech Republic
Inaugurated	1994 (1994)
Most recent	2013 (2013)

Carlson Hockey Games, previously Kajotbet Hockey Games and Česká Pojišťovna Cup, is an annual ice hockey event held in Czech Republic. It is part of the Euro Hockey Tour.

History

The tournament started in 1994 as the Pragobanka Cup but with the new sponsor Česká pojišťovna it changed its name in 1998. In 2012 the tournament name was changed for two seasons as Kajotbet took over the sponsoring. In the 1997–98 season, the tournament joined the Euro Hockey Tour and the Slovak national team was replaced with the Finnish national team.

From its start in 1994 until 2009, the tournament was always played between August and September; however, from 2011, with the exception of the August 2013 tournament, it's played in April every year, except for Winter Olympics years, when the tournament is instead played in September the same year as the last tournament.

Until 2003 the tournament was played in Zlín at AC ZPS Zlín's (nowadays HC Zlín) home arena. It then moved to the Duhová Aréna in Pardubice and in 2005 to the Tipsport Arena in Liberec, northern Bohemia.

Winners

Year	Winner	Runner-up	3rd place
1994	Czech Republic	Russia	Sweden
1995	Czech Republic	Sweden	Slovakia
19961	Finland	Sweden	Czech Republic
Part of the Euro Hockey Tour
1997	Czech Republic	Finland	Russia
1998	Sweden	Finland	Czech Republic
1999	Czech Republic	Finland	Sweden
2000	Finland	Sweden	Czech Republic
2001	Finland	Russia	Sweden
2002	Russia	Czech Republic	Sweden
2003	Finland	Sweden	Russia
2004	No tournament held due to the World Cup of Hockey
2005	Sweden	Russia	Czech Republic
2006	Russia	Finland	Sweden
2007	No tournament held
2008	Russia	Czech Republic	Finland
2009 (April)	Russia	Czech Republic	Finland
2009 (September)	Czech Republic	Russia	Finland
2011	Czech Republic	Russia	Finland
2012	Finland	Czech Republic	Russia
2013 (April)	Sweden	Russia	Czech Republic
2013 (August)	Finland	Russia	Sweden
2014–2016	No tournament held
2017	Czech Republic	Finland	Russia
2018	Czech Republic	Finland	Sweden

¹ Only Czech Republic, Sweden and Finland participated.

Notes

• Winner, runner-up and third place is determined by total standing after a round-robin style of play. If teams are tied in points, the standing is determined by won games between the tied teams.

Medal table

Pos	Team	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Czech Republic	8	4	5	17
2	Finland	6	6	4	16
3	Russia	4	7	4	15
4	Sweden	3	4	7	14
5	Slovakia	0	0	1	1
Total		21	21	21	63