TV-pucken is a Swedish

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 national ice hockey

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 tournament for district teams of boys under 15 years of age. It was created by hockey legend Sven "Tumba" Johansson.

The tournament is named "TV-pucken" because when it was first played in 1959

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, every game was broadcast on television

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, but nowadays only the playoff games are shown. It is generally considered a great merit for a Swedish ice hockey player to have played in TV-pucken.

Districts participating

There are 24 district teams divided in four groups participating in TV-pucken. Stockholm, the capital of Sweden, traditionally participates with two teams, which are named Vit (white) and Röd (red). In 2009, however, only one Stockholm team participated in the tournament.

Gotland	Bohuslän/Dalsland	Gästrikland	Göteborg
Blekinge	Dalarna	Halland	Hälsingland
Småland	Norrbotten	Medelpad	Jämtland/Härjedalen
Värmland	Skåne	Örebro	Södermanland
Västmanland	Uppland	Västergötland	Västerbotten
Ångermanland		Stockholm Röd	Östergötland

TV-pucken winners

Winners since 1986.

Year	Winner	Runner-up
2011	Västerbotten	Dalarna
2010	Stockholm	Småland
2009	Stockholm	Skåne
2008	Småland	Västerbotten
2007	Småland	Stockholm
2006	Göteborg	Skåne
2005	Värmland	Skåne
2004	Stockholm A	Västmanland
2003	Stockholm A	Gästrikland
2002	Södermanland	Norrbotten
2001	Göteborg
2000	Värmland	Stockholm A
1999	Stockholm A	Göteborg
1998	Stockholm A
1997	Stockholm A
1996	Dalarna
1995	Dalarna
1994	Ångermanland
1993	Ångermanland
1992	Dalarna
1991	Småland
1990	Småland
1989	Skåne
1988	Ångermanland
1987	Skåne
1986	Stockholm A

Statistics

Team	1st placed	2nd placed
Stockholm A	13	11
Värmland	7	0
Dalarna	6	6
Västerbotten	5	9
Ångermanland	5	?
Norrbotten	3	3
Småland	5	1
Södermanland	3	1
Skåne	2	7
Gästrikland	1	5
Göteborg	2	1
Västmanland	0	1