The Hallenstadion ( German : Zürcher Hallenstadion , Zürich Indoor Stadium ) is a multi-purpose facility in the Oerlikon quarter of northern Zürich . It has a capacity of 11,200 spectators. Designed by Bruno Giacometti , it opened on November 4, 1939, and was renovated in 2004–05.
22-708: The Hallenstadion was home to the ZSC Lions of the National League (NL) from 1950 to 2022. The Lions moved out of the Hallenstadion at the end of the 2021/22 season to a new 12,000-seat arena a few kilometers away in the Altstetten area. Construction for the new Swiss Life Arena officially began on 6 March 2019 and was completed towards the end of 2022, with the ZSC Lions playing their first game in
44-481: A budget of CHF 11 million in 2016. About 40% of the total tournament budget amount comes from corporate sponsors. Since 1985, UBS has been the main sponsor and presenting partner of the Spengler Cup. Other current major sponsors are Würth , Schenker Storen, Škoda , Calanda , and Hostpoint.ch – each of whom, along with UBS, are the main tournament sponsor of one of the six teams each year. The Spengler Cup
66-592: A professional ice hockey team located in Zürich , Switzerland , playing in the National League (NL). Their home arena is the 12,000-seat Swiss Life Arena . The team was founded in 1930 and played at the Dolder-Kunsteisbahn from its establishment until 1950. Between 1950 and 2022 they played at the Hallenstadion . ZSC Lions were formed in 1997 as a result of the merger of the two local teams:
88-491: The 2004–05 NHL lockout . From its inception until 1978, the tournament was played on an outdoor rink . The outdoor rink still exists outside the indoor arena, and is one of the largest outdoor rinks in the world. Starting in 1978, all tournament games have been played indoors. The Spengler Cup was cancelled in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic . While the tournament was scheduled to return in 2021, Team Canada withdrew from
110-1007: The Diners Club Arena in Rapperswil-Jona , Switzerland. ZSC Lions won the game and the Silver Stone Trophy with a 5–0 victory. With their victory in the Champions Hockey League, the ZSC Lions qualified to play the Chicago Blackhawks of the National Hockey League for the 2009 edition of the Victoria Cup challenge. Playing at their home arena, the Lions upset the Blackhawks with a 2–1 victory, winning
132-487: The Ice Hockey World Championships in 1998, along with Basel , and was the home stadium of the ZSC Lions ice hockey team. In February 2006, it hosted semi-finals and the final of the 2006 European Men's Handball Championship . It had been the home of the annual Zürich Open , a WTA Tour tennis tournament that was discontinued after 25 years in 2008. On 21 December 2010, tennis returned to
154-688: The Oxford University Ice Hockey Club , composed of Canadians studying at the University of Oxford . The first 24 tournaments were dominated by host HC Davos (7 wins, 12 runners-up) and the Czechoslovak club team LTC Prague (7 wins, 2 runners-up). The LTC Prague team was shut down by the Czechoslovak communist authorities after players defected at the 1948 Spengler Cup tournament . Between 1965 and 1983,
176-595: The Deutweg Arena in Winterthur . Among many others, in August 2005 the 14th Dalai Lama gave several teachings and initiations as well as a public talk on "The Art of Happiness" open for everyone for 10 days. The 61st FIFA Congress was held at the Hallenstadion on 31 May and 1 June 2011, and the 65th FIFA Congress was held there on 28 May and 29 May 2015. The 2016 FIFA Extraordinary Congress took place at
198-603: The arena with an exhibition featuring Roger Federer against Rafael Nadal , for the benefit of Federer's foundation. On September 29, 2009, the Hallenstadion hosted the 2009 Victoria Cup . The game pit the NHL 's Chicago Blackhawks against the Champions Hockey League title-holder, the Zurich Lions . In April 2011, the 2011 IIHF Women's World Championship top division were held at the arena and also at
220-594: The competition due to problems scheduling a quarantine isolation period before the start of play, and HC Ambrì-Piotta withdrew from the competition due to COVID-19 cases among the club's players. The 2021 event was ultimately cancelled on 25 December due to COVID-19 cases within HC Davos. The Spengler Cup is the second-largest sporting event in Switzerland, after tennis' Swiss Indoors in Basel. The tournament had
242-473: The highly popular Zürcher Schlittschuh Club ( German for "Zürich Skating Club"), who were struggling financially in National League A , and the ice hockey section of Grasshopper Club Zürich of the National League B , backed by entrepreneur and billionaire Walter Frey. ZSC was the first Swiss team to play in an indoor arena (Hallenstadion). They won the Swiss championship in the years 1936, 1949 and 1961 and
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#1732772320088264-418: The most cups for one country (21). Among non-European organizations, Team Canada, Team USA , nationally ranked U.S. collegiate teams , reigning AHL Calder Cup and Ontario Hockey Association champions, and even Team Japan (in 1971, building international experience before playing as hosts of the 1972 Sapporo Winter Olympics ) have competed for the Spengler Cup. Since at least 1990, Team Canada has been
286-427: The new arena on 18 October 2022. Bicycle race events were held in the Hallenstadion in its first year of service, 1939, and most years since then. The classic Zürcher 6-Tagerennen (Zürich 6-day race) began there in 1954, running on its characteristic oval of wooden boards, until the arena closed temporarily for renovation in 2004. The event is run there again now, in a more modern atmosphere. The Hallenstadion hosted
308-542: The oldest invitational ice hockey tournament in the world. The event is hosted by the Swiss team HC Davos and played each year in Davos from 26 December to 31 inclusively. Currently, all games are held at the Eisstadion Davos . It was originally devised by Dr. Carl Spengler as a means to promote teams from German-speaking Europe , who might have suffered ostracism in the aftermath of World War I . Eventually,
330-515: The only participant from North America, with the exception of the AHL's Rochester Americans in 1996 and 2013 . Future participation of the AHL has been discussed by tournament organisers and the league. In the 2018 tournament , Finnish club team KalPa from the city of Kuopio defeated Team Canada 2–1 in the final. The game was decided in the 8th round of a shootout , the first series of game-winning shots in tournament history that determined
352-570: The prestigious Spengler Cup in 1944 and 1945. After the merger, the ZSC Lions won the Swiss Championship in 2000, 2001, 2008, 2012, 2014 and 2018, and moreover won the IIHF Continental Cup in 2001 and 2002. During the 2008–09 Season, the ZSC Lions participated in the first ever Champions Hockey League . For the group stage, they were placed in group D with HC Slavia Praha and Linköpings HC . The Lions qualified for
374-560: The semi-finals with a 3–1 record, first place in the group. With their defeats of the Finnish Espoo Blues , 6–3 and 4–1 respectively, they qualified for the tournament final. The first leg of the final was held on January 21, 2009 in the Magnitogorsk Arena where the Lions came back from a 0–2 deficit to Metallurg Magnitogorsk to end with a 2–2 tie. The second leg was played a week later, on January 28, 2009, in
396-409: The tournament grew well beyond expectations. Many of Europe's most prestigious clubs and national programs have appeared, including Soviet, Czechoslovak, Swedish, German, and Finnish powerhouses. Through its history, club or national teams from 13 countries have won the tournament, with HC Davos tied with Team Canada in winning the most cups as a club (16) while various teams from Switzerland have won
418-458: The tournament was dominated by various Czechoslovak and Soviet teams. Since joining the tournament in 1984, Team Canada has been the dominant participant, with 16 wins and 10 runners-up. Team Canada is made up of Canadians predominantly playing in Europe, as the tournament occurs during the NHL and AHL seasons, though active NHL stars Joe Thornton and Rick Nash played for HC Davos during
440-467: The trophy. It was the first time since 1991 that the Blackhawks had lost to a club in Europe. Updated 19 August 2024 Spengler Cup 46°47′54.4″N 9°49′35″E / 46.798444°N 9.82639°E / 46.798444; 9.82639 The Spengler Cup is an annual invitational ice hockey tournament held in Davos , Switzerland . First held in 1923, the Spengler Cup is often cited as
462-399: The venue on 26 February 2016. Monster Jam will make its debut at the venue on 19–21 April 2024. Hallenstadion has been a top venue for entertainment in Switzerland as many international artists have performed at the venue, spanning a wide range of genres. [REDACTED] Media related to Hallenstadion at Wikimedia Commons ZSC Lions The Zürcher Schlittschuh Club Lions are
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#1732772320088484-404: The winner of the Spengler Cup. The Spengler Cup tournament was not played in 2020 or 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic . In the 2023 tournament , HC Davos defeated Czech club team Dynamo Pardubice 5–3 in the final. Many participating teams are club teams, rather than national teams, where a club team might have players from many nations on the roster. The first tournament was won in 1923 by
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