Iyini iNdebe kaSpengler
Context:ISpengler Cup ngumqhudelwano waminyaka yonke wokumenywa we-hockey eqhweni obanjelwa eDavos, eSwitzerland. I-Spengler Cup, eyaqala ukubanjwa ngo-1923, ivame ukubizwa ngokuthi umqhudelwano omdala we-ice hockey emhlabeni. Lo mcimbi ubanjwa yiqembu laseSwitzerland i-HC Davos futhi udlalwa minyaka yonke eDavos kusukela ngomhlaka 26 kuya ku-31 kuDisemba. Njengamanje, yonke imidlalo ibanjelwa e-Eisstadion Davos.  Ekuqaleni yaqanjwa uDkt. Carl Spengler njengendlela yokukhuthaza amaqembu avela emazweni akhuluma isiJalimane aseYurophu, okungenzeka ukuthi ayexoshwa ngemva kweMpi Yezwe I. Ekugcineni, lo mqhudelwano wakhula kakhulu kunalokho obekulindelekile. Kuye kwavela amakilabhu amaningi adumile kakhulu aseYurophu nezinhlelo zezwe, kuhlanganise namaqembu anamandla aseSoviet, eCzechoslovakia, eSweden, eJalimane naseFinland. Kuwo wonke umlando wayo, amakilabhu noma amaqembu kazwelonke avela emazweni ayi-13 awine lo mqhudelwano, neqembu laseCanada eliwina izinkomishi eziningi njengeklabhu (16) ngenkathi amaqembu ahlukahlukene aseSwitzerland ethole izinkomishi eziningi zezwe elilodwa (20).  Phakathi kwezinhlangano ezingezona ezaseYurophu, iThimba laseCanada, iThimba lase-USA, amaqembu asekolishi ase-US abekwe kuzwelonke, ababusa i-AHL Calder Cup kanye ne-Ontario Hockey Association champions, kanye neThimba laseJapan (ngo-1971, bakha ulwazi lwamazwe omhlaba ngaphambi kokudlala njengabanikazi bama-Olimpiki asebusika ka-1972 eSapporo) baye bancintisana ngeSpengler Cup. Okungenani kusukela ngo-1990, iThimba laseCanada kube ukuphela komhlanganyeli ovela eNyakatho Melika, ngaphandle kweRochester Americans ye-AHL ngo-1996 nango-2013 (bheka i-AHL ukubamba iqhaza eSpengler Cup).  Emqhudelwaneni ka-2018, iqembu leqembu laseFinland i-KalPa elivela edolobheni laseKuopio lahlula iQembu laseCanada ngo-2<unk>1 ekugcineni. Umdlalo wanqunywa emzuliswaneni wesi-8 wokudubula, uchungechunge lokuqala lokudubula okuwina umdlalo emlandweni womqhudelwano owanquma onqobayo weSpengler Cup.  Umqhudelwano we-Spengler Cup awuzange udlalwe ngo-2020 noma ngo-2021 ngenxa yobhadane lwe-COVID-19. Emqhudelwaneni ka-2022, iqembu laseSwitzerland i-HC Ambrì-Piotta lahlula iSparta Prague ngo-3<unk>2 emdlalweni wokugcina; umdlalo wanqunywa emzuliswaneni wesi-5 wokudubula.
ISpengler Cup ngumqhudelwano waminyaka yonke wokumenywa we-hockey eqhweni obanjelwa eDavos, eSwitzerland. I-Spengler Cup, eyaqala ukubanjwa ngo-1923, ivame ukubizwa ngokuthi umqhudelwano omdala we-ice hockey emhlabeni. Lo mcimbi ubanjwa yiqembu laseSwitzerland i-HC Davos futhi udlalwa minyaka yonke eDavos kusukela ngomhlaka 26 kuya ku-31 kuDisemba. Njengamanje, yonke imidlalo ibanjelwa e-Eisstadion Davos.  Ekuqaleni yaqanjwa uDkt. Carl Spengler njengendlela yokukhuthaza amaqembu avela emazweni akhuluma isiJalimane aseYurophu, okungenzeka ukuthi ayexoshwa ngemva kweMpi Yezwe I. Ekugcineni, lo mqhudelwano wakhula kakhulu kunalokho obekulindelekile. Kuye kwavela amakilabhu amaningi adumile kakhulu aseYurophu nezinhlelo zezwe, kuhlanganise namaqembu anamandla aseSoviet, eCzechoslovakia, eSweden, eJalimane naseFinland. Kuwo wonke umlando wayo, amakilabhu noma amaqembu kazwelonke avela emazweni ayi-13 awine lo mqhudelwano, neqembu laseCanada eliwina izinkomishi eziningi njengeklabhu (16) ngenkathi amaqembu ahlukahlukene aseSwitzerland ethole izinkomishi eziningi zezwe elilodwa (20).  Phakathi kwezinhlangano ezingezona ezaseYurophu, iThimba laseCanada, iThimba lase-USA, amaqembu asekolishi ase-US abekwe kuzwelonke, ababusa i-AHL Calder Cup kanye ne-Ontario Hockey Association champions, kanye neThimba laseJapan (ngo-1971, bakha ulwazi lwamazwe omhlaba ngaphambi kokudlala njengabanikazi bama-Olimpiki asebusika ka-1972 eSapporo) baye bancintisana ngeSpengler Cup. Okungenani kusukela ngo-1990, iThimba laseCanada kube ukuphela komhlanganyeli ovela eNyakatho Melika, ngaphandle kweRochester Americans ye-AHL ngo-1996 nango-2013 (bheka i-AHL ukubamba iqhaza eSpengler Cup).  Emqhudelwaneni ka-2018, iqembu leqembu laseFinland i-KalPa elivela edolobheni laseKuopio lahlula iQembu laseCanada ngo-2<unk>1 ekugcineni. Umdlalo wanqunywa emzuliswaneni wesi-8 wokudubula, uchungechunge lokuqala lokudubula okuwina umdlalo emlandweni womqhudelwano owanquma onqobayo weSpengler Cup.  Umqhudelwano we-Spengler Cup awuzange udlalwe ngo-2020 noma ngo-2021 ngenxa yobhadane lwe-COVID-19. Emqhudelwaneni ka-2022, iqembu laseSwitzerland i-HC Ambrì-Piotta lahlula iSparta Prague ngo-3<unk>2 emdlalweni wokugcina; umdlalo wanqunywa emzuliswaneni wesi-5 wokudubula.