--- title: "Canada Cup belongs to which sports?" description: "Canada Cup belongs to which sports?" author: "Lily Chitlangiya" published: 2021-11-22 updated: 2021-11-22 canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/94184/canada-cup-belongs-to-which-sports category: "sports" tags: ["sports"] reading_time: 2 minutes --- # Canada Cup belongs to which sports? Canada [Cup belongs](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/94185/westchester-cup-belongs-to-which-game) to which [sports](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/23590/youth-in-sports)? \ ## Answers ### Answer by Harshal Vispute **Between 1976 and 1991**, the **[Canada](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/62197/who-won-the-men-s-singles-title-of-canada-open-badminton) Cup** was an invited **international ice hockey** event staged **five times**. The event was developed in response to a need for a truly **global championship** that would enable the greatest players from participating countries to participate regardless of their professional or amateur status. The **International Ice Hockey Federation**, **Hockey [Canada](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/62197/who-won-the-men-s-singles-title-of-canada-open-badminton)**, and the **National Hockey League** all approved it. **[Canada](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/62197/who-won-the-men-s-singles-title-of-canada-open-badminton)**has won the competition **four times**, and the **Soviet Union** has won it **once**. In **1996**, the **World Cup of Hockey** took its place. The **[Canada](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/62197/who-won-the-men-s-singles-title-of-canada-open-badminton) Cup trophy** is made of **pure nickel** and **weighs 120 pounds**. It is designed like half of a **maple leaf**. In **1976, D. Scott McCann, President of Teledyne [Canada](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/62197/who-won-the-men-s-singles-title-of-canada-open-badminton)**, commissioned it to be processed at the Inco nickel smelter in **Sudbury, Ontario. Donna Scott (Queen's University, Bachelor of Fine Arts, 1985**) was inspired by **Pink Floyd's The Dark Side of the Moon album cover** when she designed the cup. In **1976, Canada** won the first **[Canada](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/62197/who-won-the-men-s-singles-title-of-canada-open-badminton) Cup**, beating **Czechoslovakia**, the **1976 World Championship gold medalists**, in a best-of-three final. The game was won by a 5–4 score in overtime, with **Darryl Sittler** scoring the game-winner. The Soviets won their first and only Canada Cup five years later, defeating Canada 8–1 in a one-game final. In the third edition of the event in 1984, the Canadians reclaimed the title. **Canada won its second Canada Cup with a victory against Sweden** in the final after Canadian Mike Bossy scored an overtime game-winner to overcome the Soviets in the semi-finals. --- Original Source: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/94184/canada-cup-belongs-to-which-sports Copyright © MindStick Software Pvt. Ltd. This Markdown version is provided for developers, AI systems, and offline reading.