Ethlorek Cup

Ethlorek Cup

The Ethlorek Cup
Founded	1976 (1976)
Region	Trellinese Empire
Number of teams	10
Current champions	Arimathea (3rd title)
Most successful team(s)	Cadenza (4 titles)

The Ethlorek Cup (Trellinese: Lekürn Ethlorek) is the main association football tournament organised by the Ethlorek Football Federation. It is contested every four years by the senior men's football teams from the Ethlorek nations and partner nations of the Ethlorek Community, under whose aegis the tournament is run: Arimathea, Azmir, Berique, Cadenza, Étlaurlande, Hysera, Isles of Velar, Kur'zhet, Trellin and Txekrikar.

The most successful team in the competition's history is the Cadenza national football team, which has won it on four occasions — 1984, 1988, 2000 and 2016 — and been runners-up on four further occasions. The current champions are Arimathea, who won the tournament for the third time in 2020.

History

The Ethlorek Cup was first contested in 1976 by eight national teams from within the Trellinese Empire. Hosted by Trellin, on this occasion it was won by Arimathea, who were then hosts to the next tournament, which was won by Trellin. This system of having the winner host continued until Cadenza's two-in-a-row in 1984 and 1988. Complaints had been lodged by several teams after the 1982 Astyrian Cup and during the 1988 Ethlorek Cup that the grounds in Cadenza were inadequate: one pitch was too small for a regulation football match, and matches arranged for it in 1988 had to be held elsewhere. Trellin therefore was assigned host duties for the 1992 Ethlorek Cup, and the hosting system was replaced with a bidding process.

The 1996 tournament saw it expanded to ten teams, with the addition of Berique and Étlaurlande.

Results

Year	Host		Final				Number of teams
			Winners	Score and Venue	Runners-up
1976	Trellin		Arimathea	2–1 Emla Spires Stadium, Bara ti'Emla	Trellin		8
1980	Arimathea		Trellin	4–3 Kaedroth Park, Arimathea	Txekrikar		8
1984	Trellin		Cadenza	3–1 Kresaaz Stadium, Mar'theqa	Arimathea		8
1988	Cadenza		Cadenza	2–1 (a.e.t.) Cadenza City Stadium, Cadenza	Arimathea		8
1992	Trellin		Txekrikar	2–1 (a.e.t.) Kresaaz Stadium, Mar'theqa	Isles of Velar		8
1996	Isles of Velar		Hysera	2–2 (a.e.t.) (3–2 p) Azinto Salakon Stadium, Txir	Txekrikar		10
2000	Txekrikar		Cadenza	5–2 Beshas Park, Onostada	Azmir		10
2004	Trellin		Berique	1–0 Weavery Stadium, Zarthalin	Cadenza		10
2008	Hysera		Trellin	2–1 Pamareza, Hyser	Cadenza		10
2012	Trellin		Arimathea	2–0 Kresaaz Stadium, Mar'theqa	Berique		10
2016	Arimathea		Cadenza	3–1 Kaedroth Park, Arimathea	Trellin		10
2020	Arimathea		Arimathea	1–1 (a.e.t.) (5–4 p) Kaedroth Park, Arimathea	Cadenza		10

Summary

Team	Winners	Runners-up
Cadenza	4 (1984, 1988, 2000, 2016)	4 (1992, 2004, 2008, 2020)
Arimathea	3 (1976, 2012, 2020)	2 (1984, 1988)
Trellin	2 (1980, 2008)	2 (1976, 2016)
Txekrikar	1 (1992)	2 (1980, 1996)
Berique	1 (2004)	1 (2012)
Hysera	1 (1996)	—
Isles of Velar	—	1 (1992)
Azmir	—	1 (2000)