Tie Cup
 The trophy awarded to champions | |
| Organiser(s) |  AFA  AUF |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1900 |
| Abolished | 1919 |
| Region | Buenos Aires city Greater Buenos Aires |
| Related competitions | Copa Competencia (Arg) Copa Competencia (Uru) |
| Last champions | Boca Juniors (1919) |
| Most championships | Alumni (6 titles) |
The Tie Cup Competition (also known as Copa de Competencia Chevallier Boutell) was an international football tournament played between representatives of the Argentina and Uruguay Associations. It was one of the earliest international football tournaments played between members of different national football associations, played on an annual basis until 1919.[1]
History
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The competition was inspired by English FA Cup,[2] with its trophy donated by Francis Hepburn Chevallier-Boutell, president of the Argentine Football Association (AFA), in 1900.
Initially, the competition included a total of four teams, with two from AFA, one from AUF and one from Liga Rosarina. That format remained until 1907, when the cup was contested between one representative each from Argentina and Uruguay. The participants were determined via qualification cups (Argentine Copa de Competencia Jockey Club and Uruguayan Copa de Competencia).
The Tie Cup was played only by First Division teams until 1918 when the Argentine Association stated that clubs from División Intermedia (the second division by then) were added to the competition.[2]
Format
[edit]The final matches were always played in the Buenos Aires Metropolitan Area (Buenos Aires city and Greater Buenos Aires). From 1900 to 1908, the cup was played under a single-elimination tournament format, contested by clubs from the Buenos Aires metropolitan area and Rosario (Argentina), and Montevideo (Uruguay).
From 1909 until the end of the competition, the Uruguayan representative was the winner of Copa de Competencia (Uruguay), while from 1913 to 1919, the Argentine representative was the winner of Copa de Competencia Jockey Club.[3]
List of champions
[edit]Finals
[edit]The following list includes all the editions of the Tie Cup Competition:[3]
- Keys
- a.e.t.: result/match won after extra time
- Second playoff result
- Notes
- ↑ First playoff
- ↑ Second playoff
- ↑ The football division separated from the club, changing to Club Atlético Peñarol in 1913. Peñarol has been recognized by FIFA as the continuity of CURCC.[4][5] Nevertheless, its main rival, Club Nacional de Football, alleged that CURCC and Peñarol were different clubs which coexisted until 1915, when CURCC was definitely dissolved.
- ↑ Estudiantes (BA) and CURCC played the final that ended in a 2–2 tie. A second game should have to be played after that, but it never happened and the tournament was therefore abandoned without proclaiming a champion.
Titles by team
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| Team | Titles | Years won |
|---|---|---|
| Alumni | 6 | 1901, 1903, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909 |
| Rosario AC | 3 | 1902, 1904, 1905 |
| Wanderers | 3 | 1911, 1917, 1918 |
| Nacional | 2 | 1913, 1915 |
| Belgrano AC | 1 | 1900 |
| San Isidro | 1 | 1912 |
| River Plate | 1 | 1914 |
| Peñarol | 1 | 1916 |
| Boca Juniors | 1 | 1919 |
Titles by country
[edit]| Country | Titles | Teams |
|---|---|---|
| Argentina | 13 | Belgrano AC, Alumni, Rosario AC, San Isidro, River Plate, Boca Juniors |
| Uruguay | 6 | Wanderers, Nacional, Peñarol |
Topscorers
[edit]By year
[edit]Source: [6]
| Year | Player | Goals | Club |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900 | Spencer Leonard | 3 | Alumni |
| 1901 | Spencer Leonard | 2 | Alumni |
| Juan J. Moore | Alumni | ||
| Julian Parr | Rosario AC | ||
| Alberto Le Bas | Rosario AC | ||
| 1902 | Jorge Brown | 4 | Alumni |
| Julian Parr | Rosario AC | ||
| 1903 | Jorge Brown | 5 | Alumni |
| 1904 | Arthur Wells | 4 | Rosario AC |
| 1904 | M.O. Wells | 4 | Rosario AC |
| 1906 | Charles Whaley | 13 | Belgrano AC |
| 1907 | Eliseo Brown | 10 | Alumni |
| 1908 | Charles Whaley | 5 | Belgrano AC |
| 1909 | Maximiliano Susan | 12 | Estudiantes (BA) |
| 1910 | Manuel González | 11 | Newell's Old Boys |
| 1911 | Juan O. Gil | 6 | San Isidro |
| 1912 | Julio Fernández | 5 | San Isidro |
| 1913 | Alberto Marcovecchio | 9 | Racing |
| 1914 | Alberto Marcovecchio | 5 | Racing |
| 1915 | Martín Garat | 5 | Porteño |
| 1916 | Guillermo Dannaher | 4 | Columbian |
| 1917 | Domingo Brisotti | 4 | Banfield |
| Jorge Calandra | Estudiantes (LP) | ||
| Pascual Garré | Independiente | ||
| 1918 | Pascual Polimeni | 5 | Porteño |
| Humberto Libonatti | Gimnasia y Esgrima (R) | ||
| 1919 | Alberto Marcovecchio | 7 | Racing |
| Ennis Hayes | Rosario Central |
See also
[edit]References
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- ↑ Cup Tie Competition[link removed] by José Carluccio at Historia y Fútbol website
- 1 2 Las finales de la Copa Competencia on ViejosEstadios website
- 1 2 Cup Tie Competition - detailed tournaments - RSSSF
- ↑ "Felicita a Peñarol" at FIFA.com, 27 September 2011
- ↑ "Club clásico: Peñarol" at FIFA.com
- ↑ Argentina - List of Topscorers - Domestic Cups by Pablo Kersevan and Pablo Ciullini on the RSSSF
