Dutch Cup (ice hockey)
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The Dutch Cup, better known in Dutch as the "Beker" or "Bekercompetitie", is the national ice hockey cup in the Netherlands
. It was held from 1938-1939, and 1971-present. The Dutch Cup is usually an autumn competition that precedes or runs simultaneously with the regular season of the Dutch/Belgian professional ice hockey league
and is open only to the Dutch teams of that league.
The Dutch Cup is a separate competition from the Dutch National Championship, which is determined in a playoff at the end of the Dutch league season.
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
. It was held from 1938-1939, and 1971-present. The Dutch Cup is usually an autumn competition that precedes or runs simultaneously with the regular season of the Dutch/Belgian professional ice hockey league
North Sea Cup
The North Sea Cup is the only professional ice hockey league in the Netherlands and Belgium and the highest level of competition organized by the Nederlandse IJshockey Bond and sanctioned by the Royal Belgian Ice Hockey Federation...
and is open only to the Dutch teams of that league.
The Dutch Cup is a separate competition from the Dutch National Championship, which is determined in a playoff at the end of the Dutch league season.
Champions
- 1938 : HHIJC Den HaagHYS The HagueHYS The Hague is the professional ice hockey team in The Hague, Netherlands. Founded in 1933, the team plays in the North Sea Cup as well as competing annually in the Dutch Cup tournament. The most successful hockey team in the Netherlands during the 1960s, it broke a 40-year championship drought...
- 1939 : AIJHC Amsterdam
- 1971 : Tilburg Trappers
- 1972 : Tilburg Trappers
- 1973 : Tilburg Trappers
- 1974 : Tilburg Trappers
- 1975 : Tilburg Trappers
- 1976 : Tilburg Trappers
- 1977 : Feenstra Verwarming Heerenveen
- 1978 : Feenstra Verwarming Heerenveen
- 1979 : Feenstra Flyers Heerenveen
- 1980 : De Bisschop Amsterdam
- 1981 : Feenstra Flyers Heerenveen
- 1982 : Feenstra Flyers Heerenveen
- 1983 : Feenstra Flyers Heerenveen
- 1984 : Feenstra Flyers Heerenveen
- 1985 : Deko Builders Amsterdam
- 1986 : Eindhoven KemphanenEindhoven KemphanenEindhoven Kemphanen is the professional ice hockey team of Eindhoven, The Netherlands. They play in the North Sea Cup , the highest-level hockey division in the Netherlands and Belgium. Home games are played at the Ijssportcentrum Eindhoven.-History:Eindhoven ice hockey began in earnest in the...
- 1987 : IJHC Rotterdam Panda'sRotterdam Panda'sRotterdam Panda's was a professional ice hockey team in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. They played in the Dutch Eredivisie, the highest-level hockey division in the Netherlands. Home games were played at the Weena-ijshal, a arena near Rotterdam Central train station.-History:Ice hockey had been...
- 1988 : BP Flyers Heerenveen
- 1989 : Spitman NijmegenNijmegen DevilsRomijnders Dar Devils Nijmegen is the professional ice hockey team of Nijmegen, The Netherlands. They play in the Dutch Eredivisie, the highest-level hockey division in the Netherlands, where they were the national champions most recently in 2009-2010...
- 1990 : Gunco Panda's Rotterdam
- 1991 : Gunco Panda's Rotterdam
- 1992 : Agpo Trappers Tilburg
- 1993 : Meetpoint Eaters Geleen
- 1994 : Couwenberg Trappers Tilburg
- 1995 : Couwenberg Trappers Tilburg
- 1996 : Fulda Tigers Nijmegen
- 1997 : CVT Keukens Trappers Tilburg
- 1998 : Pelgrim Flyers Heerenveen
- 1999 : Agio Huys Tijgers Nijmegen
- 2000 : Boretti Tigers Amsterdam
- 2001 : Diamant Trappers Tilburg
- 2002 : Formido Heerenveen Flyers
- 2003 : Boretti Tigers Amsterdam
- 2004 : Amsterdam Bulldogs
- 2005 : Amsterdam Bulldogs
- 2006 : Destil Trappers Tilburg
- 2007 : Amstel Tijgers Amsterdam
- 2008 : Destil Trappers Tilburg
- 2009 : Romijnders DAR Devils Nijmegen
- 2010 : Rujiters Eaters Geleen