TV-pucken

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TV-pucken
TV-Pucken bild 01.JPG
Småland winning the 2008 event
Statusactive
Genresporting event
Date(s)varying
Frequencyannual
CountrySweden
Inaugurated1959 (1959)
Websitewww.swehockey.se/Svenskishockey/serierturneringar/TV-pucken Edit this at Wikidata

TV-pucken (English: the TV puck) is a Swedish national ice hockey tournament for district teams of boys under 15 years of age. Since 2019, girls also compete in TV-pucken with their own tournament. It was created on the initiative of Swedish ice hockey player Sven "Tumba" Johansson.

The tournament is named "TV-pucken" because when it was first played in 1959, every game was broadcast on television, 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.

The allowed maximum age of the players was originally 16 years, but reduced to 15 in 1979. During a meeting on Bosön in December 2002 it was decided to increase the age from 15 to 16 from the 2003 tournament, to prevent the "early exclusion" caused by young players giving up ice hockey.[1]

The tournament has also given birth to the expressions of TV-pucken crowd (Swedish: TV-puckshög) and TV-pucken joy (Swedish: TV-pucksglädje) as the entire team throws themself onto the playing surface celebrating goals and victories.

Starting in the year 2000 became allowed to participate with two teams.,[2] following an idea of the Stockholm Ice Hockey Association on its own after claiming to have so many skilled young players.[3] and this concept has also been used later. In 2012 also participated with two teams ("red" and "yellow")[4] and so also in 2013.[5] For the 2016 tournament the Swedish Ice Hockey Association decided to set up a new team, consisting of 22 players who'd been rejected from respective district association teams.[6]

The 1997 edition aired over TV 3 as "TV-cupen".[7]

A girls' tournament was added in 2019, replacing .

Several "spinoff"-variations were later developed, like cross-country skiing's starting in 1965,[8] but never gaining the same popularity as TV-pucken. Even other team sports have similar tournaments, often not airing over TV, where Swedish youth district teams challenge each other.

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.

Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
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[]

Boys[]

Winners since 1986.

Year Winner Runner-up
1986 Stockholm A
1987 Skåne
1988 Ångermanland
1989 Skåne
1990 Småland
1991 Småland
1992 Dalarna
1993 Ångermanland
1994 Ångermanland
1995 Dalarna
1996 Dalarna
1997 Stockholm A
1998 Stockholm A
1999 Stockholm A Göteborg
2000 Värmland Stockholm A
2001 Göteborg
2002 Södermanland Norrbotten
2003 Stockholm A Gästrikland
2004 Stockholm A Västmanland
2005 Värmland Skåne
2006 Göteborg Skåne
2007 Småland Stockholm
2008 Småland Västerbotten
2009 Stockholm Skåne
2010 Stockholm Småland
2011 Västerbotten Dalarna
2012 Stockholm North Gästrikland
2013 Västerbotten Västergötland
2014 Värmland Göteborg
2015 Ångermanland Stockholm North
2016 Stockholm North Stockholm South
2017 Skåne Ångermanland
2018 Göteborg Södermanland
2019 Stockholm North Östergötland
2020 Stockholm North Västerbotten
2021 Stockholm North Stockholm South

Girls[]

Winners since 2019.

Year Winner Runner-up
2019 Dalarna Småland
2020 Småland Stockholm
2021 Småland Dalarna

Statistics[]

Team 1st placed 2nd placed
Stockholm A 13 11
Värmland 8 6
Dalarna 6 6
Västerbotten 6 10
Ångermanland 6 ?
Norrbotten 3 3
Småland 5 1
Södermanland 3 1
Skåne 2 7
Gästrikland 1 6
Göteborg 2 2
Västmanland 0 1

Popular culture[]

In Berts bravader, Bert states that a romance between him and his 56 years old counselor wouldn't work because talking old memories from the past would for Iris mean second world war, and Bert would talk about the TV-pucken final game of the previous year.[9]

References[]

  1. ^ Emil Karlsson (15 December 2005). "Lägg ner TV-pucken" (in Swedish). Dagens Nyheter. Retrieved 15 September 2012.
  2. ^ Mats Wennerholm (13 October 2000). "Robert, 15, svensk hockeys nya stjärna" (in Swedish). Sportbladet. Retrieved 31 August 2011.
  3. ^ Mats Wennerholm (20 March 2000). "En fest där alla vinner" (in Swedish). Sportbladet. Retrieved 8 April 2016.
  4. ^ Hans Andersson (23 March 2012). "Två lag i TV-pucken" (in Swedish). Svenska Ishockeyförbundet. Archived from the original on 4 November 2013. Retrieved 3 November 2013.
  5. ^ Alexander Dypbukt (28 August 2013). "Inför TV-pucken 2013" (in Swedish). Webbsporten. Archived from the original on 4 November 2013. Retrieved 3 November 2013.
  6. ^ Ellen Hellmark (2 May 2016). "Nytt lag får chansen i TV-pucken" (in Swedish). SVT Sport. Retrieved 2 May 2016.
  7. ^ "Samtliga spelplatser i TV-pucken 1959-2013 och TV-cupen 1997" (PDF) (in Swedish). Swedish Ice Hockey Association. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 June 2016. Retrieved 9 September 2011.
  8. ^ "Visuellt" (PDF) (in Swedish). Västerbotten Sport Historical Society. November 2004. Retrieved 31 August 2013.
  9. ^ Anders Jacobsson, Sören Olsson (1991). "27 mars". Berts bravader (in Swedish). p. 37.

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