Sweden Hockey Games

Annual ice hockey tournament for men's national teams in Sweden

Beijer Hockey Games

Sweden-Russia during the 2012 tournament

Genre| Sporting Event
Date(s)| February
Frequency| annual
Location(s)| Stockholm
Country| Sweden
Inaugurated| 1991 (1991)

The Beijer Hockey Games (BHG, formerly known as Sweden Hockey Games) is an annual ice hockey tournament held in Sweden as part of the Euro Hockey Tour. It was cancelled after the 2013–14 season. However, on 19 January 2016, the Swedish Ice Hockey Association announced the tournament to be restarted for the 2016–17 season.[1] The tournament was also known as the LG Hockey Games between 2006 and 2011, and the Oddset Hockey Games between 2012 and 2014, while under sponsorship naming rights.

## History

[edit]

The Beijer Hockey Games started in 1991. Since the 1996–97 season, the tournament is part of the Euro Hockey Tour, in which the Czech Republic, Finland, Russia and Sweden participate.

The tournament first operated under a sponsored name in 2006 when LG Electronics changed the name to the LG Hockey Games. In 2012, LG dropped out of their sponsoring and Svenska Spel's gambling game Oddset took over, changing the tournament's name to the Oddset Hockey Games.[2] The Oddset sponsorship ended when the tournament was cancelled following the 2014 Oddset Hockey Games. In 2018 the company Beijer Byggmaterial, Sweden's largest wholly owned DIY store chain, claimed the sponsorship, changing the name to Beijer Hockey Games. In December 2020, the agreement was extended for another three years until 2023.

The event is mainly held in the Ericsson Globe in Stockholm, Sweden, although a few games may exclusively be hosted in other countries. The winner of the tournament receives the Globen Cup, leading to the tournament sometimes being called the Sweden Globen Cup. Typically, only the Czech Republic, Finland, Russia, and Sweden are invited to the tournament, but from the 1991–92 season through the 2002–03 season Canada also participated.

In 2022, Switzerland replaced Russia due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[3]

## Results

[edit]

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 | 5th place

|
|
|
|
|

1991 |  Soviet Union |  Sweden |  Finland |  Czechoslovakia | —
1992 |  Canada |  CIS[a] |  Czechoslovakia |  Sweden | —
1993 |  Sweden |  Czech Republic |  Russia |  Canada | —
1994 |  Czech Republic |  Sweden |  Canada |  Russia | —
1995 |  Sweden |  Russia |  Czech Republic |  Canada | —
1996 |  Sweden |  Czech Republic |  Russia |  Canada | —
Part of the Euro Hockey Tour
1997 |  Finland |  Sweden |  Russia |  Canada |  Czech Republic
1998 |  Sweden |  Czech Republic |  Finland |  Russia |  Canada
1999 |  Finland |  Sweden |  Canada |  Czech Republic |  Russia
2000 |  Finland |  Czech Republic |  Canada |  Russia |  Sweden
2001 (February) |  Sweden |  Finland |  Canada |  Czech Republic |  Russia
2001 (November) |  Sweden |  Czech Republic |  Finland |  Russia |  Canada
2003 |  Russia |  Sweden |  Canada |  Finland |  Czech Republic
2004 |  Sweden |  Czech Republic |  Russia |  Finland | —
2005 |  Sweden |  Czech Republic |  Russia |  Finland | —
2006 |  Russia |  Finland |  Sweden |  Czech Republic | —
2007 |  Sweden |  Russia |  Czech Republic |  Finland | —
2008 |  Russia |  Finland |  Sweden |  Czech Republic | —
2009 |  Sweden |  Russia |  Finland |  Czech Republic | —
2010 |  Finland |  Czech Republic |  Russia |  Sweden | —
2011 |  Sweden |  Russia |  Finland |  Czech Republic | —
2012 |  Sweden |  Czech Republic |  Russia |  Finland | —
2013 |  Finland |  Czech Republic |  Russia |  Sweden | —
2014 |  Finland |  Czech Republic |  Sweden |  Russia | —
2015–2016 | No tournament held
2017 |  Russia |  Czech Republic |  Sweden |  Finland | —
2018 |  Finland |  Sweden |  Russia |  Czech Republic | —
2019 |  Czech Republic |  Russia |  Sweden |  Finland | —
2020 |  Sweden |  Czech Republic |  Finland |  Russia | —
2021 |  Russia |  Sweden |  Finland |  Czech Republic | —
2022 |  Czech Republic |  Sweden |  Switzerland |  Finland | —
2023 |  Sweden |  Finland |  Czech Republic |  Switzerland | —
2024 |  Finland |  Sweden |  Czech Republic |  Switzerland | —
2025 |  Finland |  Czech Republic |  Switzerland |  Sweden | —

1. ^ CIS is a team of Commonwealth of Independent States from the former Soviet Union.

## Medal table

[edit]

Pos  | Team  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze  | Total

|
|
|
|
|

1  |  Sweden | 14 | 9 | 5 | 27
2  |  Finland | 9 | 4 | 7 | 20
3  |  Soviet Union
CIS
Russia | 6 | 6 | 9 | 21
4  |  Czechoslovakia
Czech Republic | 3 | 14 | 5 | 22
5  |  Canada | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6
6  |  Switzerland | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2

## References

[edit]

1. ^ "Sweden Hockey Games tillbaka". Dagens nyheter (in Swedish). 19 January 2016. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
2. ^ Feltenmark, Anders (12 December 2011). "Nytt namn: Oddset Hockey Games". swehockey.se (in Swedish). Swedish Ice Hockey Association. Archived from the original on 13 January 2013. Retrieved 18 December 2011.
3. ^ "Schweizer Nati an den Beijer Hockey Games". SWI swissinfo.ch (in German). 16 March 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2022.

## External links

[edit]

* Medal table
* History (in Czech)
* Archive (in Russian)

* v
* t
* e

Sweden Hockey Games

* 1991
* 1992
* 1993
* 1994
* 1995
* 1996
* 1997
* 1998
* 1999
* 2000
* 2001 (February)
* 2001 (November)
* 2003
* 2004
* 2005
* 2006
* 2007
* 2008
* 2009
* 2010
* 2011
* 2012
* 2013
* 2014
* 2017
* 2018
* 2019
* 2020
* 2021
* 2022
* 2023
* 2024
* 2025

* v
* t
* e

Euro Hockey Tour

Euro Hockey Tour seasons|

* 1996–97
* 1997–98
* 1998–99
* 1999–2000
* 2000–01
* 2001–02
* 2002–03
* 2003–04
* 2004–05
* 2005–06
* 2006–07
* 2007–08
* 2008–09
* 2009–10
* 2010–11
* 2011–12
* 2012–13
* 2013–14
* 2014–15
* 2015–16
* 2016–17
* 2017–18
* 2018–19
* 2019–20
* 2020–21
* 2021–22
* 2022–23
* 2023–24
* 2024–25
* 2025–26

Karjala Tournament
Part of EHT since 1996|

* Sauna Cup: 1992
* Christmas Cup: 1995
* Karjala Tournament: 1996
* 1997
* 1998
* 1999
* 2000
* 2002 (April)
* 2002 (November)
* 2003
* 2004
* 2005
* 2006
* 2007
* 2008
* 2009
* 2010
* 2011
* 2012
* 2013
* 2014
* 2015
* 2016
* 2017
* 2018
* 2019
* 2020
* 2021
* 2022
* 2023
* 2024

Channel One Cup
Part of EHT 1996-2021|

* International Tournament: 1967
* 1968
* Izvestia Trophy: 1969
* 1970
* 1971
* 1972
* 1973
* 1974
* 1975
* 1976
* 1977
* 1978
* 1979
* 1980
* 1981
* 1982
* 1983
* 1984
* 1985
* 1986
* 1987
* 1988
* 1989
* 1990
* 1991
* 1992
* 1993
* 1994
* 1995
* 1996
* Baltika Cup: 1997
* 1998
* 1999
* 2000
* 2001
* 2002
* 2003
* Rosno Cup: 2004
* 2005
* Channel One Cup: 2006
* 2007
* 2008
* 2009
* 2010
* 2011
* 2012
* 2013
* 2014
* 2015
* 2016
* 2017
* 2018
* 2019
* 2020
* 2021

Sweden Hockey Games
Part of EHT since 1997|

* Sweden Cup: 1980
* 1984
* Sweden Hockey Games: 1991
* 1992
* 1993
* 1994
* 1995
* 1996
* 1997
* 1998
* 1999
* 2000
* 2001 (February)
* 2001 (November)
* 2003
* 2004
* 2005
* LG Hockey Games: 2006
* 2007
* 2008
* 2009
* 2010
* 2011
* Oddset Hockey Games: 2012
* 2013
* 2014
* Sweden Hockey Games: 2017
* 2018
* 2019
* 2020
* 2021
* 2022
* 2022
* 2024
* 2025

Czech Hockey Games
Part of EHT since 1997|

* Pragobanka Cup: 1994
* 1995
* 1996
* 1997
* Česká Pojišťovna Cup: 1998
* 1999
* 2000
* 2001
* 2002
* 2003
* 2004
* 2005
* 2006
* 2007
* Czech Hockey Games: 2008
* 2009 (April)
* 2009 (September)
* 2011
* Kajotbet Hockey Games: 2012
* 2013 (April)
* 2013 (August)
* Czech Hockey Games: 2017
* Carlson Hockey Games: 2018
* 2019
* ~~2020~~
* 2021
* 2022
* 2023
* 2024
* 2025

Swiss Ice Hockey Games
Part of EHT since 2022|

* Swiss Ice Hockey Games: 2022
* 2023
* 2024

*[v]: View this template
*[t]: Discuss this template
*[e]: Edit this template