1976 Canada Cup
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The 1976 Canada Cup was the inaugural international best-on-best ice hockey tournament featuring top players from major hockey nations, held in Canada and organized by the NHL and Hockey Canada.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| 1976 Canada Cup canonical | 3 |
| 1976 Canada Cup games | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5020154 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: 1976 Canada Cup Context triple: [Darryl Sittler, participatedIn, 1976 Canada Cup]
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A.
1981 Canada Cup
The 1981 Canada Cup was an international ice hockey tournament featuring top national teams and many of the era’s greatest NHL stars, held in Canada and won by the Soviet Union.
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B.
1991 Canada Cup
The 1991 Canada Cup was an international ice hockey tournament featuring top national teams, held as the final edition of the Canada Cup series before it was replaced by the World Cup of Hockey.
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C.
1976 IIHF World Championship
The 1976 IIHF World Championship was an international ice hockey tournament notable for being held in Katowice, Poland, and for featuring strong performances from European national teams during the Cold War era.
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D.
Summit Series 1974
Summit Series 1974 was a historic eight-game ice hockey series between a team of Canadian professionals and the Czechoslovak national team, serving as a follow-up to the famed 1972 Canada–Soviet Union showdown.
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E.
1975 Stanley Cup Finals
The 1975 Stanley Cup Finals was the NHL championship series in which the Philadelphia Flyers defeated the Buffalo Sabres to win their second consecutive Stanley Cup.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
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Target entity: 1976 Canada Cup Target entity description: The 1976 Canada Cup was the inaugural international best-on-best ice hockey tournament featuring top players from major hockey nations, held in Canada and organized by the NHL and Hockey Canada.
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A.
1981 Canada Cup
The 1981 Canada Cup was an international ice hockey tournament featuring top national teams and many of the era’s greatest NHL stars, held in Canada and won by the Soviet Union.
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B.
1991 Canada Cup
The 1991 Canada Cup was an international ice hockey tournament featuring top national teams, held as the final edition of the Canada Cup series before it was replaced by the World Cup of Hockey.
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C.
1976 IIHF World Championship
The 1976 IIHF World Championship was an international ice hockey tournament notable for being held in Katowice, Poland, and for featuring strong performances from European national teams during the Cold War era.
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D.
Summit Series 1974
Summit Series 1974 was a historic eight-game ice hockey series between a team of Canadian professionals and the Czechoslovak national team, serving as a follow-up to the famed 1972 Canada–Soviet Union showdown.
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E.
1975 Stanley Cup Finals
The 1975 Stanley Cup Finals was the NHL championship series in which the Philadelphia Flyers defeated the Buffalo Sabres to win their second consecutive Stanley Cup.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Canada Cup
ⓘ
international ice hockey tournament ⓘ |
| bestOnBest | true ⓘ |
| captainOfChampionTeam | Bobby Clarke NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| champion | Canada national ice hockey team NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Canada ⓘ |
| edition | inaugural Canada Cup tournament ⓘ |
| endDate | 1976-09-15 ⓘ |
| featuredPlayersFrom |
National Hockey League
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
World Hockey Association NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| finalGameScore |
Canada 5–0 Czechoslovakia (Game 2)
ⓘ
Canada 5–4 Czechoslovakia (Game 1) ⓘ |
| finalSeriesResult | Canada 2–0 Czechoslovakia ⓘ |
| followedBy | 1981 Canada Cup NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gameType | full NHL rules ⓘ |
| governingBodyInvolvement | International Ice Hockey Federation not directly organizing ⓘ |
| hostArena |
Maple Leaf Gardens
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Montreal Forum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hostCity |
Montreal
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Toronto NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hostCountry | Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| iceSurface | North American-sized rink ⓘ |
| mostValuablePlayer | Bobby Orr NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notablePlayer |
Bobby Orr
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Boris Mikhailov NERFINISHED ⓘ Darryl Sittler NERFINISHED ⓘ Guy Lafleur NERFINISHED ⓘ Phil Esposito NERFINISHED ⓘ Vladimír Dzurilla NERFINISHED ⓘ Vladimír Martinec NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfTeams | 6 ⓘ |
| organizer |
Hockey Canada
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
National Hockey League NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| participatingTeam |
Canada national ice hockey team
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Czechoslovakia national ice hockey team NERFINISHED ⓘ Finland national ice hockey team NERFINISHED ⓘ Soviet Union national ice hockey team NERFINISHED ⓘ Sweden national ice hockey team NERFINISHED ⓘ United States national ice hockey team NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precededBy | Summit Series NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| runnerUp | Czechoslovakia national ice hockey team NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| significance | first major international tournament with full participation of NHL professionals ⓘ |
| sport | ice hockey ⓘ |
| startDate | 1976-09-02 ⓘ |
| topScorer | Vladimír Martinec NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| tournamentFormat |
best-of-three final
ⓘ
round-robin preliminary round ⓘ |
| trophy | Canada Cup trophy ⓘ |
| year | 1976 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: 1976 Canada Cup Description of subject: The 1976 Canada Cup was the inaugural international best-on-best ice hockey tournament featuring top players from major hockey nations, held in Canada and organized by the NHL and Hockey Canada.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
1976 Canada Cup games