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Stanley Cup

championship trophy awarded annually in the National Hockey League
Event sports_competition Q211872
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Summary

Stanley Cup is a sports competition[1]. It ranks in the top 0.081% of sports competition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (17,357 views/month, #2 of 2,475).[2]

Key Facts

  • Country: Canada[3], United States[4]
  • Instance of: sports award[5]
  • Named after: Frederick Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby[6]
  • Subclass of: ice hockey competition[7]
  • Commons category: Stanley Cup[8]
  • Inception: 1893[9]
  • Sport: ice hockey[10]
  • Official website: http://www.nhl.com/ice/page.htm?id=25426[11]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Stanley Cup[12]
  • Commons gallery: Stanley Cup[13]
  • Conferred by: Frederick Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby[14]
  • Donated by: Frederick Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby[15]
  • Number of participants: 16[16]
  • Native label: Stanley Cup[17]
  • Related category: Category:Stanley Cup champions[18]
  • Social media followers: 197,076[19]

Why It Matters

Stanley Cup has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20] It is known by 43 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]

Related Entities

Alexander Ovechkin Canada Henry Samueli Joe Sakic Mark Messier Martin Brodeur Maurice Richard Pavel Datsyuk Peter Forsberg Sidney Crosby Teemu Selänne United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [21] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 8w ago · NeverDoING · 2026-08-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Category for recipients of this award → Q6399889
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Category for recipients of this award: Category:Stanley Cup champions"
  2. 16w ago · J 1982 · 2026-06-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Named after → Frederick Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby
    Donated by → Frederick Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby
    Inception → —
    Conferred by → Frederick Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby
    + 16 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|1 */ Fandom article id: icehockey:Stanley_Cup"
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