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Karjala Tournament

Finnish ice hockey tournament (1992–pres.)

Summary

Finnish ice hockey tournament (1992–pres.)

Field	Value
title	Karjala-turnaus
sport	Ice hockey
founded	1995
organiser	Euro Hockey Tour
teams	4
country	Finland
champion	Finland
most successful club	Finland (13)

The Karjala Tournament (), officially Suomen EHT-turnaus, is an annual ice hockey event held in Finland. The name comes from the sponsoring beer brand Karjala.

History

The tournament started in 1992 as the Sauna Cup. In December 1995, the tournament was played as Christmas Cup at the same time as the Izvestija Trophy tournament, just before the Christmas holiday, causing Russia to send a reserve team to the Christmas Cup.

In 1996, the tournament was moved to early November under the sponsorship of Karjala under the name Karjala Tournament. It became part of the annual Euro Hockey Tour (EHT), in which the national teams of Czech Republic, Finland, Russia and Sweden compete in a series of tournaments. The event has continued to be held every November, with the exception of 2001 when the tournament was pushed back to April 2002.

In 2025, Negotiations with Hartwall are ongoing, so the tournament will not be the sponsorship of Karjala, and will officially be known as Suomen EHT-turnaus, translating to Finland's EHT-tournament.

Results

Final standings in each event are determined in a round-robin tournament. If teams are tied in points, the standing is determined by the result of the game between the tied teams.

Year	Winner	Runner-up	3rd place	4th place	EHT-Season	Part of the Euro Hockey Tour
1992
1995
1996					1996–97
1997					1997–98
1998					1998–99
1999					1999–00
2000					2000–01
2002 (April)					2001–02
2002 (November)					2002–03
2003					2003–04
2004					2004–05
2005					2005–06
2006					2006–07
2007					2007–08
2008					2008–09
2009					2009–10
2010					2010–11
2011					2011–12
2012					2012–13
2013					2013–14
2014					2014–15
2015					2015–16
2016					2016–17
2017					2017–18
2018					2018–19
2019					2019–20
2020					2020–21
2021					2021–22
2022					2022–23
2023					2023–24
2024					2024–25
2025					2025–26

Medal table

Pos	Team	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Medals
1		13	9	4	26
2	**
9	6	10	25
3		7	6	8	21
4	**
3	10	7	20
5		0	1	1	2
6		0	0	1	1
	0	0	1	1

History of broadcasting channels in Finland

Channels
Yle TV2
MTV3 / MTV Max / MTV Urheilu
Ruutu+ Urheilu 1
TV5 / HBO Max / Dplay

References

(1992). "Sauna Cup". Swedish Ice Hockey Association.
David Schlegel. (21 December 2005). "History of Euro Hockey Tour and its tournaments". EHT.

Wikipedia Source

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