Euro Hockey Tour

{{Short description|European men's national team ice hockey tournament}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2023}} {{Infobox sports league | title = | current_season = 2025–26 Euro Hockey Tour | logo = EuroHockeyTourLogo.jpeg | pixels = 310px | caption = The EHT logo | sport = Ice hockey | founded = 1996 | most_champs = {{ih|FIN}} <br/> {{ih|RUS}} <br/> (9 titles each) | champion = {{ih|CZE}} (4th title) }} thumb|Trophies being awarded from the tournament The '''Euro Hockey Tour''' ('''EHT''') is an annual ice hockey tournament open to national teams of the Czech Republic, Finland, Switzerland and Sweden. The competition is regarded as a preparation for the upcoming World Championships or Olympics, allowing less experienced players to collect valuable ice time in their national colours.

==History==

===Tournaments=== ;Current * Karjala Tournament in Finland * Swiss Ice Hockey Games in Switzerland (replaced the Channel One Cup) * Beijer Hockey Games in Sweden * Czech Hockey Games in the Czech Republic

;Former * Channel One Cup in Russia (discontinued following the Russian invasion of Ukraine)

===Playing format=== Each team plays three games in each of the tournaments, giving a total of twelve games per team. After the four tournaments have finished, the teams are seeded according to their respective combined point total from all four tournaments.

In each tournament, five games are played in the host city, and one game in another participating country. For example, in the 2007 edition of Karjala Tournament, the game between Sweden and Russia was played in Jönköping, Sweden, rather than in Finland, who host the Karjala Cup. Every country is assigned one home game and one away game in those games.

Each team is given three points for a regulation-time win, two points for an overtime or shootout win, one point for a loss in overtime or shootout, and zero points for a loss in regulation time. In the four tournaments, if two or more teams end with the same number of points, they are seeded based on head-to-head results in games against the tied teams. In the EHT standings however, two or more teams tied in points are seeded based on the better goal difference.

===Prize money=== The prize money for the winner of each tournament is €50,000 while the second seed gets €30,000, the third seed gets €25,000, and the fourth seed gets €15,000. The EHT season winner receives another €75,000, the team finishing second gets €30,000, and the team finishing third gets €15,000.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://swehockey.se/ImageVaultFiles/id_23381/cf_113/eht_prize_money_2012-2013.PDF |title=Euro Hockey Tour prize money 2012–13 |publisher=Swedish Ice Hockey Association |access-date=2013-06-08 }}{{dead link|date=September 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

===Finals in previous years=== Medal games were not played until the 2003–04 season. Before that, place order was determined by the tournament standings. The seasons 2003–04, 2004–05 and 2006–07 used a format where the first- and second-placed teams played a home-and-home two-game series for the EHT gold and silver medals, while the third- and fourth-placed teams played two games for the bronze. In 2005–06, the championship was determined by a single game played at the home of the first-place team. Since 2007–08, no EHT finals have been played.

==Participating teams== Four European teams compete in EHT. The Czech Republic, Finland, and Sweden have participated since the tournament was started in 1996. Switzerland replaced Russia in 2022 after the Russian team was suspended from participation in international tournaments due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sport.cz/clanek/hokej-euro-hockey-tour-dalsi-tvrdy-uder-pro-rusky-hokej-euro-hockey-tour-bude-dva-roky-bez-sborne-kdo-ji-nahradi-3216568 |title=The Swiss national team will replace Russia on the Euro Hockey Tour in two years |date=16 March 2022 |publisher=Sport.cz }}</ref> * {{ih|CZE}} * {{ih|FIN}} * {{ih|SUI}} * {{ih|SWE}}

==Results== ===Men=== {| class="wikitable sortable" ! # !! Season !! Winner !! Runner-up !! 3rd place !! 4th place |- | align=center|1 || 1996–97{{efn|Only points from Karjala Cup, Izvestija Cup and Swedish Hockey Games counted in the final standings due to that the Russian team did not participate in the Pragobanka Cup.}} || {{ih|FIN}} || {{ih|SWE}} || {{ih|RUS}} || {{ih|CZE}} |- | align=center|2 || 1997–98 || {{ih|CZE}} || {{ih|SWE}} || {{ih|FIN}} || {{ih|RUS}} |- | align=center|3 || 1998–99 || {{ih|SWE}} || {{ih|FIN}} || {{ih|CZE}} || {{ih|RUS}} |- | align=center|4 || 1999–00 || {{ih|FIN}} || {{ih|CZE}} || {{ih|RUS}} || {{ih|SWE}} |- | align=center|5 || 2000–01 || {{ih|FIN}} || {{ih|RUS}} || {{ih|SWE}} || {{ih|CZE}} |- | align=center|6 || 2001–02 || {{ih|FIN}} || {{ih|RUS}} || {{ih|SWE}} || {{ih|CZE}} |- | align=center|7 || 2002–03 || {{ih|FIN}} || {{ih|RUS}} || {{ih|CZE}} || {{ih|SWE}} |- | align=center|8 || 2003–04 || {{ih|FIN}} || {{ih|SWE}} || {{ih|RUS}} || {{ih|CZE}} |- | align=center|9 || 2004–05{{efn|Czech tournament not played due to 2004 World Cup of Hockey.}} || {{ih|RUS}} || {{ih|SWE}} || {{ih|FIN}} || {{ih|CZE}} |- | align=center|10 || 2005–06 || {{ih|RUS}} || {{ih|SWE}} || {{ih|FIN}} || {{ih|CZE}} |- | align=center|11 || 2006–07 || {{ih|SWE}} || {{ih|RUS}} || {{ih|CZE}} || {{ih|FIN}} |- | align=center|12 || 2007–08 || {{ih|RUS}} || {{ih|FIN}} || {{ih|CZE}} || {{ih|SWE}} |- | align=center|13 || 2008–09 || {{ih|RUS}} || {{ih|FIN}} || {{ih|SWE}} || {{ih|CZE|name}} |- | align=center|14 || 2009–10 || {{ih|FIN}} || {{ih|RUS}} || {{ih|CZE}} || {{ih|SWE}} |- | align=center|15 || 2010–11 || {{ih|RUS}} || {{ih|SWE}} || {{ih|FIN}} || {{ih|CZE}} |- | align=center|16 || 2011–12 || {{ih|CZE}} || {{ih|FIN}} || {{ih|RUS}} || {{ih|SWE}} |- | align=center|17 || 2012–13 || {{ih|RUS}} || {{ih|CZE}} || {{ih|FIN}} || {{ih|SWE}} |- | align=center|18 || 2013–14 || {{ih|FIN}} || {{ih|RUS}} || {{ih|CZE}} || {{ih|SWE}} |- | align=center|19 || 2014–15 || {{ih|SWE}} || {{ih|FIN}} || {{ih|CZE}} || {{ih|RUS}} |- | align=center|20 || 2015–16 || {{ih|SWE}} || {{ih|FIN}} || {{ih|CZE}} || {{ih|RUS}} |- | align=center|21 || 2016–17 || {{ih|RUS}} || {{ih|CZE}} || {{ih|FIN}} || {{ih|SWE}} |- | align=center|22 || 2017–18 || {{ih|FIN}} || {{ih|CZE}} || {{ih|RUS}} || {{ih|SWE}} |- | align=center|23 || 2018–19 || {{ih|RUS}} || {{ih|FIN}} || {{ih|SWE}} || {{ih|CZE}} |- | align=center|24 || 2019–20{{efn|Czech Hockey Games not played due to the COVID-19 pandemic.}} || {{ih|CZE}} || {{ih|SWE}} || {{ih|FIN}} || {{ih|RUS}} |- | align=center|25 || 2020–21 || {{ih|RUS}} || {{ih|CZE}} || {{ih|SWE}} || {{ih|FIN}} |- | align=center|26 || 2021–22 || {{ih|SWE}} || {{ih|FIN}} || {{ih|CZE}} || {{ih|RUS}} |- | align=center|27 || 2022–23 || {{ih|SWE}} || {{ih|CZE}} || {{ih|FIN}} || {{ih|SUI}} |- | align=center|28 || 2023–24 || {{ih|SWE}} || {{ih|FIN}} || {{ih|CZE}} || {{ih|SUI}} |- | align=center|29 || 2024–25 || {{ih|CZE}} || {{ih|FIN}} || {{ih|SUI}} || {{ih|SWE}} |- | align=center|30 || 2025–26 || {{ih|SWE}} || {{ih|CZE}} || {{ih|FIN}} || {{ih|SUI}} |} {{notelist}}According to the Swedish Ice Hockey Association, the EHT was not officially held in the 2017-2018 season as the countries did not play the same number of games and did not play the same number of times against each other.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Euro Hockey Tour 2017/2018 |url=https://www.swehockey.se/landslag/vaara-landslag/tre-kronor-herr/saesongen-20172018/euro-hockey-tour-20172018 |access-date=2025-12-16 |website=www.swehockey.se |language=sv}}</ref>

According to the source there is no official winner for the 2019-2020 EHT season,<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-12-14 |title=EHT-kausi 2019-2020 {{!}} Turnaukset, sarjataulukko, Suomen joukkueet |url=https://www.leijonat.com/eht-kausi-2019-2020/ |access-date=2025-12-16 |website=Leijonat |language=fi}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-12-14 |title=Euro Hockey Tour (EHT) {{!}} Turnaukset, tulokset, sarjataulukko, tv |url=https://www.leijonat.com/euro-hockey-tour/ |access-date=2025-12-16 |website=Leijonat |language=fi}}</ref> as the last tournament in the Czech Republic, originally planned on 30 April-3 May, was postponed to August 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic,<ref>{{Cite web |title=О переносе матчей ЕХТ и отмене матчей Еврочелленджа |url=https://fhr.ru/news/item/71709/ |access-date=2025-12-16 |website=fhr.ru}}</ref> and later was cancelled.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Český hokej zrušil kvůli karanténním opatřením srpnové reprezentační akce {{!}} Český hokej |url=https://www.ceskyhokej.cz/clanky/cesky-hokej-zrusil-kvuli-karantennim-opatrenim-srpnove-reprezentacni-akce |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200814020655/https://www.ceskyhokej.cz/clanky/cesky-hokej-zrusil-kvuli-karantennim-opatrenim-srpnove-reprezentacni-akce |archive-date=2020-08-14 |access-date=2025-12-16 |website=www.ceskyhokej.cz |language=cs-cz}}</ref>

===Women=== # 2018–19 Euro Hockey Tour (women) # 2019–20 Euro Hockey Tour (women): {{ihw|FIN}} / {{ihw|SWE}} / {{ihw|RUS}} # 2022–23 Euro Hockey Tour (women): {{ihw|FIN}} / {{ihw|CZE|name=Czechia}} / {{ihw|SWE}} # 2023–24 Euro Hockey Tour (women): {{ihw|CZE|name=Czechia}} / {{ihw|FIN}} / {{ihw|SWE}} # 2024–25 Women's Euro Hockey Tour: {{ihw|FIN}} / {{ihw|CZE|name=Czechia}} / {{ihw|SWE}} # 2025–26 Women's Euro Hockey Tour: {{ihw|FIN}} / {{ihw|CZE|name=Czechia}} / {{ihw|SWE}}

== Medals == ===Men (1996-2026)=== {{Medals table |caption = |host = |flag_template = |event = |team = |gold_FIN = 9 |silver_FIN = 10 |bronze_FIN = 9 |gold_RUS = 9 |silver_RUS = 6 |bronze_RUS = 5 |gold_SWE = 8 |silver_SWE = 7 |bronze_SWE = 5 |gold_CZE = 4 |silver_CZE = 7 |bronze_CZE = 10 |gold_SUI = 0 |silver_SUI = 0 |bronze_SUI = 1 }}

===Women (2019-2026)=== {{Medals table |caption = |host = |flag_template = |event = |team = |gold_FIN = 4 |silver_FIN = 1 |bronze_FIN = 0 |gold_SWE = 0 |silver_SWE = 1 |bronze_SWE = 4 |gold_CZE = 1 |silver_CZE = 3 |bronze_CZE = 0 |gold_RUS = 0 |silver_RUS = 0 |bronze_RUS = 1 }}

==References== {{reflist}} {{refbegin}} * {{cite web | title=Euro Hockey Tour | publisher=European Hockey.Net | url=http://www.eurohockey.net/leagues/nationalteams/eht/ | access-date=2006-05-01}} * {{cite web|title=Euro Hockey Tour history |publisher=Swedish Ice Hockey Association |url=http://www.swehockey.se/t2b.asp?p=109215 |access-date=2006-05-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051208105356/http://www.swehockey.se/t2b.asp?p=109215 |archive-date=2005-12-08 |url-status=dead }} * {{cite web | title=Euro Hockey Tour Czech republic | publisher=Pro-Hockey CZ | url=http://www.eht.cz | access-date=2006-07-16}} * {{cite web | title=History of Euro Hockey Tour and its tournaments | author=David Schlegel | publisher=PRO-HOCKEY Cz, s.r.o. & eSports.cz, s.r.o | url=http://www.eht.cz/clanek.asp?id=393 | access-date=2006-09-03}} * {{cite web | title=Nytt Euro Hockey Touravtal | publisher=hockeyligan.se | url=http://www.hockeyligan.se/nyheter.php?nid=10164 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719021929/http://www.hockeyligan.se/nyheter.php?nid=10164 | url-status=dead | archive-date=2011-07-19 | language=sv | access-date=2006-12-20 }} {{refend}}

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