The 2019-20 Euro Hockey Tour schedule has been revealed to follow a nearly identical cadence to the previous year, with Czechia, Russia, Finland and Sweden starting up this season’s tournament in November.
All four tournaments will return with the same structure as 2018-19, with nearly identical schedules in all four tournaments that act as the lead-up to the 2020 World Championship in Switzerland. As with last year, the Carlson Hockey Games will also act as the final leg of the 2020 Euro Hockey Challenge, with teams looking to gain valuable points to capture the Challenge title. Russia will look to repeat as Tour champions, while Czechia will look to repeat as Challenge champs, with both looking to challenge defending World Champions Finland.
UPDATE (21 March 2020): Due to the global COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020 Carlson Hockey Games have been postponed until 27-30 August 2020.
The schedule for the 2019-20 Euro Hockey Tour is as follows:
2019 KARJALA TOURNAMENT ๐ซ๐ฎ |
2019 CHANNEL ONE CUP ๐ท๐บ |
Thursday, 07 November ๐จ๐ฟ Czechia vs. Sweden ๐ธ๐ช ๐ซ๐ฎ Finland vs. Russia ๐ท๐บ |
Thursday, 12 December ๐จ๐ฟ Czechia vs. Finland ๐ซ๐ฎ ๐ท๐บ Russia vs. Sweden ๐ธ๐ช |
Saturday, 09 November ๐ท๐บ Russia vs. Sweden ๐ธ๐ช ๐จ๐ฟ Czechia vs. Finlandย ๐ซ๐ฎ |
Saturday, 14 December ๐ซ๐ฎ Finland vs. Sweden ๐ธ๐ช ๐จ๐ฟ Czechia vs. Russia ๐ท๐บ |
Sunday, 10 November ๐จ๐ฟ Czechia vs. Russia ๐ท๐บ ๐ซ๐ฎ Finland vs. Sweden ๐ธ๐ช |
Sunday, 15 December ๐จ๐ฟ Czechia vs. Sweden ๐ธ๐ช ๐ซ๐ฎ Finland vs. Russia ๐ท๐บ |
2020 BEIJER HOCKEY GAMES ๐ธ๐ช |
2020 CARLSON HOCKEY GAMES ๐จ๐ฟ |
Thursday, 06 February ๐จ๐ฟ Czechia vs. Sweden ๐ธ๐ช ๐ซ๐ฎ Finland vs. Russia ๐ท๐บ |
Thursday, 27 August (originally 30 April) ๐จ๐ฟ Czechia vs. Finland ๐ซ๐ฎ ๐ท๐บ Russia vs. Sweden ๐ธ๐ช |
Saturday, 08 February ๐จ๐ฟ Czechia vs. Finland ๐ซ๐ฎ ๐ท๐บ Russia vs. Sweden ๐ธ๐ช |
Saturday, 29 August (originally 02 May) ๐ซ๐ฎ Finland vs. Russia ๐ท๐บ ๐จ๐ฟ Czechia vs. Sweden ๐ธ๐ช |
Sunday, 09 February ๐จ๐ฟ Czechia vs. Russia ๐ท๐บ ๐ซ๐ฎ Finland vs. Sweden ๐ธ๐ช |
Sunday, 30 August (originally 03 May) ๐ซ๐ฎ Finland vs. Sweden ๐ธ๐ช ๐จ๐ฟ Czechia vs. Russia ๐ท๐บ |
This year’s Tour will Finland starting the tour with the International Hockey Lineal Championship, ensuring the title will carry through at least to the Beijer Hockey Games, before the incumbent would start April in the Euro Hockey Challenge against a non-Tour competitor. Whether the title will make the Carlson Hockey Games, and who will hold the title into the 2020 Worlds, still remains to be seen!