Turin is ready for the Italian Cup - preview

At the presentation of the tournament were the Sports Assessor of the City of Turin Stefano Gallo, the Director of the Office of Sport of the Piedmont Region Franco Ferraresi, the President of the Italian Ice Sports Federation (FISG) Giancarlo Bolognini, the President of the Ice Hockey League Tommaso Teofoli, as well as the Valpellice club boss Marco Cogno and the President of the FISG Piedmont Marco Bellion were present.

“For the city of Turin, this is an important event that we have been trying to organize for a long time,” emphasizes Stefano Gallo, adding: “We have been chosen as 'Europe's Capital of Sport' for 2015. The organization of this competition fits perfectly into the picture.” FISG President Giancarlo Bolognini agrees: “The Italian Cup is just one of many major winter sports events that will soon be held in Turin.” For LIHG boss Tommaso Teofoli, Turin is the location for the final Four has been well thought out: “The ice hockey league has chosen this city to offer our sport to new markets and to cause a stir far away from the usual ice surfaces.”

Marco Cogno, President of Valpellice, is looking forward to the start of the tournament: “We have taken all the precautions to experience a spectacular Final Four. We've done a lot of advertising and achieved our first success with 2.400 tickets already sold. There is great anticipation in Turin and the surrounding area.”

The Italian Cup program

The final round of the Italian Cup, in which Pustertal, Alleghe, Ritten and Valpellice take part, will take place on January 12th and 13th, 2013 at the PalaTazzoli in Turin. The Final Four is returning to Turin after five years.

The four finalists were determined after the first round of Serie A. Pustertal was in first place in the table, ahead of Alleghe, Ritten and Valpellice. In the semi-finals of the Italian Cup, Pustertal will meet Valpellice (this game will kick off on Saturday, January 12th at 21 p.m.), while Alleghe and Ritten will take to the ice at 17.30:13 p.m. The final will take place on Sunday, January 18th at 2 p.m. and will be broadcast live on television (RaiSport XNUMX).

Of the four clubs that qualified for the Final Four, only the two South Tyrolean teams, Pustertal and Ritten, have ever won the cup once. The Pusterers prevailed in the 2010/2011 season, while the Rittners won the year before.

Final Four, PalaTazzoli Turin, January 12th and 13th, 2013

Saturday, January 12, 2013 17.30 p.m.: Alleghe Tegola Canadese - Ritten Sport Renault Trucks 21.00 p.m.: Fiat Professional Wolves - Valpellice Bodino Engineering

Sunday, January 13, 2013 18.00:2 p.m.: Final (live RaiSport XNUMX)

The history of the Italian Cup

The origins of the Italian Cup competition date back to the 1973/1974 and 1975/1975 seasons, when this form of tournament was first used in domestic ice hockey. In the years that followed, the Italian Cup was never played regularly. After two editions in 1991 and 1998, the competition only regained its reputation at the turn of the millennium. From then on, the cup winner was determined annually.

The game mode has also been changed several times over the years. Until 2006, the four best-placed teams were eligible to participate in the “Final Four” after the first round of Serie A (or the first round if several rounds were played).

From the 2006/07 season onwards, all teams in the first two ice hockey leagues were allowed to take part in the cup. Since 2010, the competition has once again been reserved exclusively for four teams. First, the three best-placed Serie A teams and the leader from Serie A2 competed, before the first four teams from the top league were chosen after the first round of the 2011/12 season. This selection mode was also used this year.

The record winners in the Italian Cup are sometimes Asiago, Bozen, Cortina and Milan, all of which have been able to record three tournament victories.

The Italian Cup honor roll

1973/74: SG Cortina Doria 1974/75: SG Cortina Doria 1991/92: Asiago Hockey 1998/99: Lions Courmaosta 2000/01: Asiago Hockey 2001/02: Asiago Hockey 2002/03: HC Milano Vipers

2003/04: HC Bozen Forst Günther Hell (Thomas Commisso); Michael Rigo, Christian Alderucci, Luca Scardoni, Alexander Avancini, Jeff Sebastian, Shayne McCosh; Alexander Egger, Manuel Basso, Stefan Zisser, Christian Walcher, Enrico Dorigatti, Daniel Peruzzo, Mike Omicioli, Mirko Ceschini, Fredrik Näsvall, Roland Ramoser, Ruggero Rossi de Mio, Christian Timpone, Bryan Belcastro, Enrico Chelodi, Andrew Omicioli, Denis Somadossi, Mathias Bosson; Coach: Mikhail Vassiliev

2004/05: HC Milano Vipers Magnus Eriksson (Mark Demetz), Armin Helfer, Marc Savard, Rikku-Petteri Lehtonen, Matt Smith, Tomi Kallarsson, Lauri Kinos; Daniel Tkaczuk, Niklas Sundstrom, Craig Adams, Ryan Savoia, Dino Felicetti, Jörgen Rickmo, Brian Chitarroni, Laszek Laszkiewicz, Giuseppe Busillo, Jani Tuominen, Justin Peca, Max Oberrauch, Andrea Molteni, Sasha Meneghetti; Coach Adolf Insam

2005/06: HC Milano Vipers Magnus Eriksson (Paolo Della Bella); Armin Helfer, Chris Joseph, Michele Strazzabosco, Rikku-Petteri Lehtonen, Justin Peca, Christian Borgatello, Maurizio Mansi; Daniel Tkaczuk, Ryan Christie, Brian Chitarroni, Ryan Savoia, Giuseppe Busillo, Brett Lysak, Andrea Molteni, Matteo Molteni, Dino Felicetti, Mike Di Stefano; Coach Adolf Insam

2006/07: HC Villani Bozen Sergejs Naumovs (Günther Hell); Jan Nemecek, Leo Insam, Florian Ramoser, Jon Coleman, Chris Bahen, Alex Avancini, Florian Hell; Carlyle Lewis, Jeff Nelson, Drew Omicioli, Enrico Dorigatti, Flavio Faggioni, Rolly Ramoser, Christian Walcher, Stefan Zisser, Rupert Stampfer, Christian Pircher; Coach: Morgan Samuelsson

2007/08: SG Generali FVG Pontebba Andrea Carpano (Jean-Baptiste Dell'Olio); Andrea Ambrosi, Radoslav Hecl, Fabio Armani, David Cooper, Andreas Lutz, Kimmo Eronen, Federico Betti; Nick Romano, David Burgess, Michele Ciresa, Stefano Margoni, Ivan Demetz, Anthony Aquino, Luca Rigoni, Dan Cavanaugh, Giulio Vernaccini, Konstantin Kalmikov; Coach: Misha Vassiliev

2008/09: HC Interspar Bozen Pasi Hakkinen (Andreas Bernard); Carl Johan Johansson, David Ceresa, Alex Egger, Sergei Durdin, Christian Borgatello, Florian Ramoser; Stefan Zisser Kenny Corupe, Luca Ansoldi, Anton Bernard, Jonathan Pittis, Ryan Jardine, Rolly Ramoser, Jamie Schaafsma, Christian Walcher, Enrico Dorigatti, Stefan Unterkofler; Coach: Jari Helle

2009/10: Ritten Sport Renault Trucks Frederic Cloutier (Benjamin Saurer); Jan Nemecek, Ziga Pavlin, Ingemar Gruber, Benjamin Bregenzer, Fritz Ploner, Markus Hafner, Stephan Ramoser; Dan Tudin, Greg Jacina, Scott May, Luca Ansoldi, Ashley Tait, Mathias Johansson, Lorenz Daccordo, Matteo Rasom, Emanuel Scelfo, Alex Rottensteiner, Daniel Vigl; Coach: Ron Ivany

2010/11: HC Kronplatz Pustertal Mikko Strömberg (Hannes Hopfgartner); Matt Kelly, Fredric Persson, Armin Helfer, Armin Hofer, Christian Willeit, Christian Mair, Daniel Glira; Rob Sirianni, Taggrt Desmet, Max Oberrauch, Joe Jensen, Joe Cullen, Lynn Loyns, Nate DiCasmirro, Thomas Pichler, Patrick Bona, Lukas Tauber, Alex Frei; Coach: Stefan Mair

2011/12: Hafro SG Cortina Jean-Philippe Levasseur (Renè Baur); David Bowman, Mark Isherwood, Luca Zandonella, Jan Öberg, Luca Zanatta; Curtis Fraser, Rob Hennigar, Jonas Johansson, Luca Felicetti, Giorgio De Bettin, Ryan Menei, Francesco Adami, Andrea Moser, Denis Soravia, Andrea Baldo, Christian Menardi; Coach: Stefan Mair

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Turin is ready for the Italian Cup - preview

The Final Four of the Italian Cup was officially presented on Thursday in the “Sala delle Colonne” in Turin. This will take place next Saturday and Sunday in the PalaTazzoli. 2.400 tickets have already been sold. Gallo: “It’s a big event for the city.”

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