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| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Venue(s) | John Labatt Centre London, Ontario |
| Dates | May 21–29, 2005 |
| Teams | 4 |
| Host team | London Knights (OHL) |
| TV partner(s) | Rogers Sportsnet |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | London Knights (OHL) (1st title) |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Games played | 8 |
| Attendance | 71,240 (8,905 per game) |
The 2005 Memorial Cup (branded as the 2005 Mastercard Memorial Cup for sponsorship reasons) was held May 21–29, 2005 at the John Labatt Centre in London, Ontario. It was the 87th annual Memorial Cup competition and determined the major junior ice hockey champion of the Canadian Hockey League (CHL). The Cup tournament featured the champions from the Western Hockey League (WHL), the Kelowna Rockets; the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL), the Rimouski Océanic; the Ottawa 67's representing the Ontario Hockey League (OHL); and the host team. Since the host team, the London Knights, won the Ontario Hockey League championship against the Ottawa 67's, the 67's earned the right to represent the OHL as the League runner-up.
The Knights had never won the Memorial Cup, unlike the other three teams, despite having a franchise for longer than any of the other three teams (40 seasons). The year 2005 marked both London's first-ever OHL championship and first Memorial Cup victory in its 40-year history.