Euro Hockey Tour 2009-10 is the 14th edition of Euro Hockey Tour

Euro Hockey Tour

The Euro Hockey Tour is an annual ice hockey tournament only open to the national men's teams of the Czech Republic, Finland, Russia, and Sweden. Most of the teams use the competition as a preparation for the upcoming World Championships or Olympics, allowing less experienced players to collect...

. There are only four teams: Czech Republic

Czech national ice hockey team

The Czech men's national ice hockey team is the national ice hockey team of the Czech Republic. It is one of the most successful national ice hockey teams in the world, currently ranked fifth by the IIHF, behind Finland. It is controlled by the Czech Ice Hockey Association...

, Finland

Finnish national men's ice hockey team

The Finnish men's national ice hockey team, or Leijonat / Lejonen , as it is called in Finland, is governed by the Finnish Ice Hockey Association...

, Russia

Russian national ice hockey team

The Russian men's national ice hockey team is the national ice hockey team of Russia and are controlled by the Ice Hockey Federation of Russia. They are currently rated number one in the IIHF World Ranking; with 3980 points...

 and Sweden

Swedish national men's ice hockey team

The Swedish men's national ice hockey team, or Tre Kronor , as it is called in Sweden, is one of the most successful ice hockey teams in the world...

 are competing.

Format

The tournament consists of four stages: Czech Hockey Games in Czech Republic

Czech Republic

The Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest....

, Karjala Tournament

Karjala Tournament

Karjala Tournament, also known as Karjala Cup, is an annual ice hockey event held in Finland. The name comes from the sponsoring beer brand Karjala ....

 in Finland

Finland

Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...

, Channel One Cup in Russia

Russia

Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

 and LG Hockey Games

LG Hockey Games

Sweden Hockey Games is an annual ice hockey event held in Sweden.Since season 1996–97, the tournament is part of the Euro Hockey Tour in which the Czech Republic, Finland, Russia and Sweden participate...

 in Sweden

Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

. The intervals between stages are usually from 1 month to 3 months. In each phase teams played six games.

Czech Hockey Games

Team 1	Score	Team 2
	8 : 3 (4:1, 0:1, 4:1)
	3 : 2 (OT) (1:1, 0:1, 1:0 - 0:0)
	3 : 2 (1:1, 1:0, 1:1)
	2 : 5 (1:1, 0:3, 1:1)
	3 : 4 (OT) (1:2, 1:1, 1:0 - 0:0)
	2 : 0 (0:0, 1:0, 1:0)

Karjala Tournament

Team 1	Score	Team 2
	7 : 0 (2:0, 5:0, 0:0)
	3 : 4 (OT) (2:0, 0:2, 1:1 - 0:1)
	4 : 3 (OT) (0:3, 1:0, 2:0 - 0:0)
	4 : 3 (1:1, 3:0, 0:2)
	4 : 1 (2:1, 0:0, 2:0)
	1 : 2 (1:1, 0:0, 0:1)

Channel One Cup

Team 1	Score	Team 2
	3 : 3 (0:1, 2:1, 1:1)
	3 : 3 (0:1, 2:1, 1:1)
	2 : 3 (0:1, 1:0, 1:2)
	3 : 3 (0:0, 0:2, 3:1)
	4 : 3 (1:0, 2:2, 1:1)
	1 : 1 (1:1, 0:0, 0:0)

LG Hockey Games

Team 1	Score	Team 2
	4 : 5 (SO) (2:1, 2:2, 0:1, 0:0, 1:0)
	1 : 2 (SO) (0:1, 1:0, 0:0, 0:0, 0:1)
	1 : 4 (1:0, 0:1, 0:3)
	2 : 4 (0:1, 0:2, 2:1)
	4 : 2 (0:1, 2:0, 2:1)
	3 : 2 (2:1, 1:1, 0:0)