1987 Canada Cup
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The 1987 Canada Cup was an international ice hockey tournament featuring top national teams, renowned for its high level of competition and memorable performances.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| 1987 Canada Cup canonical | 1 |
| Canada Cup 1987 | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8269971 — 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: 1987 Canada Cup Context triple: [1991 Canada Cup, previousEdition, 1987 Canada Cup]
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A.
1984 Canada Cup
The 1984 Canada Cup was an international best-on-best ice hockey tournament featuring top national teams, held in Canada as part of the prestigious Canada Cup series.
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B.
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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C.
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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D.
1976 Canada Cup
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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E.
Prudential Cup 1979
Prudential Cup 1979 was the second edition of the Cricket World Cup, held in England and featuring One Day International matches played in the 60-overs-per-side format.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: 1987 Canada Cup Target entity description: The 1987 Canada Cup was an international ice hockey tournament featuring top national teams, renowned for its high level of competition and memorable performances.
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A.
1984 Canada Cup
The 1984 Canada Cup was an international best-on-best ice hockey tournament featuring top national teams, held in Canada as part of the prestigious Canada Cup series.
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B.
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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C.
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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D.
1976 Canada Cup
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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E.
Prudential Cup 1979
Prudential Cup 1979 was the second edition of the Cricket World Cup, held in England and featuring One Day International matches played in the 60-overs-per-side format.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | international ice hockey tournament ⓘ |
| champion | Canada national ice hockey team NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryHostedBy | Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| decisiveGoalAssist | Wayne Gretzky NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| decisiveGoalGame | Game 3 of the final ⓘ |
| decisiveGoalGoaltenderBeaten | Sergei Mylnikov NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| decisiveGoalOpponent | Soviet Union national ice hockey team NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| decisiveGoalScorer | Mario Lemieux NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| decisiveGoalTimeRemaining | 1:26 ⓘ |
| endDate | 1987-09-15 ⓘ |
| finalSeriesFormat | best-of-three ⓘ |
| finalSeriesResult | Canada won 2–1 over Soviet Union ⓘ |
| followedBy | 1991 Canada Cup NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| game1FinalScore | Canada 6–5 Soviet Union ⓘ |
| game2FinalScore | Soviet Union 6–5 Canada (OT) ⓘ |
| game3FinalScore | Canada 6–5 Soviet Union ⓘ |
| hostArenas |
Copps Coliseum
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Le Colisée NERFINISHED ⓘ Montreal Forum NERFINISHED ⓘ Olympic Saddledome NERFINISHED ⓘ Winnipeg Arena NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hostCities |
Calgary
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Hamilton NERFINISHED ⓘ Montreal NERFINISHED ⓘ Quebec City NERFINISHED ⓘ Winnipeg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mostValuablePlayer | Wayne Gretzky NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
Gretzky–Lemieux combination
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
high level of competition ⓘ offensive play and high-scoring games ⓘ |
| notableLine | Wayne Gretzky–Mario Lemieux–Michele Goulet line NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfTeams | 6 ⓘ |
| organizedBy | Hockey Canada 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 ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | Canada Cup NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precededBy | 1984 Canada Cup NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| runnerUp | Soviet Union national ice hockey team NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sanctionedBy | International Ice Hockey Federation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sport | ice hockey ⓘ |
| startDate | 1987-08-28 ⓘ |
| topScorer | Wayne Gretzky NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| tournamentFormat | round-robin preliminary round followed by best-of-three final ⓘ |
| year | 1987 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: 1987 Canada Cup Description of subject: The 1987 Canada Cup was an international ice hockey tournament featuring top national teams, renowned for its high level of competition and memorable performances.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Canada Cup 1987