Gagarin Cup

 ( Monuments And Memorials To Yuri Gagarin ) 

The Gagarin Cup () is the trophy presented to the winner of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) playoffs, and is named after Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, the first human in space. The Cup was supposedly named after Gagarin because the last possible game of the inaugural KHL season took place on April 12, the Cosmonautics Day.

After the end of the KHL's regular season, sixteen teams participate in the . The round of 16 and were a best-of-five series during the first season, and the semi-finals and finals were a best-of-seven series during the first season. Conferences were established for the second season. Conference quarter-finals are a best-of-five series while the conference semi-finals, conference finals and Gagarin Cup finals are a best-of-seven series. The winner of the final best-of-seven series receives the Gagarin Cup. It has been reported that the Cup weighs 18 kg (40 lbs), making it heavier than the NHL's Stanley Cup.

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Naming history According to league president Alexander Medvedev, the Cup was named after Yuri Gagarin because Russian citizens associate his name with the achievement of great accomplishments, and the man himself has been described as a symbol of the nation.

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Series results

+ Key to colors
	Win for eventual play-off winner
	Loss for eventual play-off winner
W	Western Conference champion
E	Eastern Conference champion
N/A	N/A, KHL conferences established during the second season of competition

2008–09	N/A	Ak Bars Kazan	0–3	4–3 OT			2–3		1–0	4	Alexei Morozov (50:04)
	N/A	Lokomotiv Yaroslavl			3–0	2–5		2–3 OT		3
2009–10	E	Ak Bars Kazan			2–3	1–2		7–1		4	Nikita Alexeev (21:18)
	W	HC MVD	2–3	1–4			3–2		0–2	3
2010–11	E	Salavat Yulaev Ufa	2–1 OT	3–1			3–2			4	Alexander Svitov (55:48)
	W	Atlant Moscow Oblast			2–3	4–0				1
2011–12	E	Avangard Omsk	2–1	1–2			2–3		0–1	3	Jakub Klepiš (52:03)
	W	Dynamo Moscow			0–1	1–2 OT		5–2		4
2012–13	E	Traktor Chelyabinsk			3–1	0–1		2–3 OT		2	Alexei Tsvetkov (65:57)
	W	Dynamo Moscow	2–1	3–2			3–4			4
2013–14	E	Metallurg Magnitogorsk	0–3	4–1			2–1 OT		7–4	4	Sergei Mozyakin (43:10)
	W	Lev Prague			3–2	3–5		5–4 OT		3
2014–15	E	Ak Bars Kazan	2–4	0–1			1–6			1	Roman Červenka (58:57)
	W	SKA Saint Petersburg			1–2	3–2				4
2015–16	E	Metallurg Magnitogorsk			2–3 OT	1–0		2–3 OT		4	Chris Lee (38:57)
	W	CSKA Moscow	5–1	1–2			1–2 OT		1–3	3
2016–17	E	Metallurg Magnitogorsk	4–5	3–1			3–5			1	Ilya Kovalchuk (40:09)
	W	SKA Saint Petersburg			2–1 OT	3–2				4
2017–18	E	Ak Bars Kazan			2–3 OT	3–1				4	Rob Klinkhammer (41:06)
	W	CSKA Moscow	1–2	1–2			0–1			1
2018–19	E	Avangard Omsk			0–2	2–3 OT				0	Maxim Mamin (77:44)
	W	CSKA Moscow	5–2	3–0						4
2019–20	E	–
	W	–
2020–21	W	Avangard Omsk			1–2	4–3 OT		1–0		4	Sergey Tolchinsky (19:28)
	E	CSKA Moscow	1–4	3–0			0–2			2
2021–22	E	Metallurg Magnitogorsk	1–3	6–4			2–3		1–4	3	Alexander Popov (09:29)
	W	CSKA Moscow			0–4	0–1		2–1		4
2022–23	E	Ak Bars Kazan	4–1	0–3			2–1		2–3	3	Darren Dietz (31:28)
	W	CSKA Moscow			3–2	2–1		0–3		4
2023–24	E	Metallurg Magnitogorsk	2–1	1–0						4	Daniil Vovchenko (51:10)
	W	Lokomotiv Yaroslavl			2–1	2–1				0
2024–25	E	Traktor Chelyabinsk			2–5	1–3				1	Maxim Shalunov (68:01)
	W	Lokomotiv Yaroslavl	1–2	4–1			2–1 OT			4

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Appearances In the table, the teams are sorted by the number of appearances in the Gagarin Cup finals, then by the number of wins. Italicized marks now non-existent (not playing in the KHL) teams. In the "Years of appearance" column, bold years indicate winning Gagarin Cup Finals appearances.

CSKA Moscow	6	3	3	.500	2016, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023
Ak Bars Kazan	5	3	2	.600	2009, 2010, 2015, 2018, 2023
Metallurg Magnitogorsk	5	3	2	.600	2014, 2016, 2017, 2022, 2024
Avangard Omsk	3	1	2	.333	2012, 2019, 2021
Lokomotiv Yaroslavl	3	1	2	.333	2009, 2024, 2025
Dynamo Moscow	2	2	0	1.000	2012, 2013
SKA Saint Petersburg	2	2	0	1.000	2015, 2017
Traktor Chelyabinsk	2	0	2	.000	2013, 2025
Salavat Yulaev Ufa	1	1	0	1.000	2011
HC MVD	1	0	1	.000	2010
Atlant Moscow Oblast	1	0	1	.000	2011
Lev Praha	1	0	1	.000	2014

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