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Sports tournament type
For the North American club tournament, see
Leagues Cup
.
In several sports, most prominently
association football
, a
league cup
or
secondary cup
generally signifies a
cup
competition for which entry is restricted only to teams in a particular league.
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The first national association football tournament to be called "League Cup" was held in Scotland in 1946?47 and was entitled the
Scottish League Cup
. However, in the Republic of Ireland the now-defunct
League of Ireland Shield
was the first national league-only tournament of its kind (played first in 1921); this was subsequently replaced by the
League of Ireland Cup
in 1983.
The creation of a league cup marked the difference from the
domestic cup
(or primary cup), which is generally also open to teams from multiple leagues, often as far down as regional amateur leagues, and who are also members of the country's football association. League cups are less prevalent than domestic cups.
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The creation of a tournament of this kind exclusively for the top national-level league teams, in addition to the two main domestic association football tournaments of the league and association cup, also created a new national footballing achievement called the domestic "
treble
". The first national league treble of this kind was won by
Shamrock Rovers
of the Republic of Ireland in 1925.
League cups were generally introduced after the
Second World War
? for example, the
Football League Cup
in England in 1960 ? although in other countries they were created following a rise in the number of floodlit stadiums, allowing regular midweek matches.
In certain countries, the league cup had, or in some cases still has, group stages in the early stages. These often opened the season before the main league season began.
List of league cups and secondary cups in association football
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Men's league cups
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Africa
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Asia
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Europe
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North America
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South America
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Women's league cups
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Europe
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Asia
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North America
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Defunct league cups and secondary cups
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Men's league cups
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Europe
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- Belgian League Cup
- Spar Cup
,
Danish League Cup
,
Viasat Cup
- Olympia-Pokal
(1964),
Fuwo-Pokal
(1972),
DFV-Toto-Sonderrunde
(1974 and 1976)
- Full Members Cup
(tiers 1?2),
Super Cup
,
Centenary Trophy
(tier 1),
Conference League Cup
(tier 5)
- Coupe Charles Drago
- Coupe de la Ligue
- DFL-Ligapokal
(1997?2007)
- Gibraltar Premier Cup
- Greek League Cup
(tier 1),
Gamma Ethniki Cup
(tier 3),
Greek Football Amateur Cup
(tiers 3?6)
- Ulster Cup
(1949?2003),
Floodlit Cup
(1987?1998),
Gold Cup
(1911?2001)
- Virsligas Winter Cup
- Norwegian League Cup
(1992 and 1993)
- Young Leaders Rally Cup
(1952),
League Cup
(1977 and 1978),
Polish League Cup
(1999?2002),
Ekstraklasa Cup
(2006?2009)
- Federation Cup
- Cupa Ligii
- Russian Premier League Cup
- Saint Mungo Cup
,
Summer Cup
(tier 1),
War Emergency Cup
(tier 1),
Supplementary Cup
(tier 2),
C Division
League Cup (tier 3),
Southern League Cup
- All-Union Committee of Physical Culture and Sports Tournament
(1952),
USSR Federation Cup
- Copa de la Liga
- Swiss League Cup
- Spor Toto Cup
- Ukrainian Second League Cup
(a preliminary tournament for the
Ukrainian Cup
that involved third-tier teams along with best teams of
Ukrainian Amateur Cup
; the
Ukrainian League Cup
was a single season supplemental tournament for the third-tier teams of
2009?10 Ukrainian Second League
and involved participation of some reserve and amateur teams)
- FAW Premier Cup
North America
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South America
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Women's league cups
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Asia
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North America
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League cups and secondary cups in other sports
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Basketball
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Men's league cups
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Women's league cups
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References
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