Ethlorek Cup

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Ethlorek Cup
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The Ethlorek Cup
Founded1976; 48 years ago (1976)
RegionTrellinese Empire
Number of teams10
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 national football teams from the Ethlorek nations and partner nations of the Ethlorek Community, under whose aegis the tournament is run. As of 2024, the competing nations are Aquitayne, Arimathea, Azmir, Berique, Cadenza, Étlaurlande, Fyngaria, 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. Aquitayne and Fyngaria joined the competition from 2024.

Format

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, Martheqa
 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, Martheqa
 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, Martheqa
 Berique 10
2016  Arimathea  Cadenza 3–1
Kaedroth Park, Arimathea
 Trellin 10
2020  Arimathea  Arimathea 1–1 (a.e.t.)
(4–2 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)