Inter Island Cup Explained

Indonesian Inter Island Cup (IIC)
Organiser:	PSSI
Founded:	2009
Abolished:	2015
Number Of Teams:	6 (2010) 12 (2011) 16 (2012) 22 (2014–15)
Current Champions:	Arema Cronus
Most Successful Club:	Sriwijaya FC (2 titles)

The Indonesian Inter Island Cup (IIC; Indonesian: Piala Antar Pulau) was a national level football tournament held in Indonesia and organized by PSSI as a pre-season tournament during the Indonesia Super League season break. The tournament involved best clubs representing 5 large islands in Indonesia: Sumatra, Java, Kalimantan, Sulawesi and Papua.

The first edition was originally scheduled in 2009^[1] but was cancelled due to many reasons.^{[2] [3]}

The second edition of the tournament was held in August - September 2010.^[4] Malang, the home city of Arema Malang (2009–10 ISL champion) and Palembang, the home base of Sriwijaya FC (2010 Piala Indonesia champion) hosted the event.^[5]

Format

The 2010 Inter Island Cup was held with a half-competition system, where the 6 participating teams were divided into 2 groups.^[5] In 2011, the group stage featured 4 groups of 3 clubs each, and each game was played for 3 x 45 minutes and had to produce a winner (no draw).^[6]

Result

Season	Final				Third place match
	Champions	Score	Runners-up	Venue	Third place	Score	Fourth place	Venue
2010	Sriwijaya^[7]	2–0	Persiwa	Gelora Sriwijaya, Palembang
2011	Persipura^[8]	2–0	Persisam	Mandala, Jayapura	Pelita	4–2	Persela	Mandala, Jayapura
2012	Sriwijaya^[9]	2–2 aet (7–6) pen	Persisam	Manahan, Solo	Persib Bandung and Arema Indonesia
2014	Arema^[10]	2–1 aet	Persib	Gelora Sriwijaya, Palembang

Indonesian Inter Island Cup records

By Club

The following table lists clubs by number of winners and runners-up in Indonesian Inter Island Cup.

Team	Winners	Runners-up	Years Won	Years Runners-up
	2	0	2010, 2012
	1	0	2011
	1	0	2014–15
	0	2		2011, 2012
	0	1		2010
	0	1		2014–15

By Island

The following table lists islands by number of winners and runners-up in Indonesian Inter Island Cup.

	Island	Winners	Runners-up
1	Sumatera	2	0
2	Papua	1	1
3	Java	1	1
4	Kalimantan	0	2

Broadcasters

Year	Broadcaster
2010^[11]	RCTI
2011	ANTV
2012^[12]	ANTV and tvOne
2014^[13]	Indosiar

Notes and References

1. News: Kepastian IIC 2009 Masih Gelap. Ruriansyah. Edwan. 26 August 2009. VIVA.co.id. id.
2. News: Turnamen IIC Resmi Dibatalkan. Ruriansyah. Edwan. 28 August 2009. VIVA.co.id. id.
3. Web site: PTLI Kembali Berencana Gelar Turnamen Antar Pulau . 2010-07-01 . id . 2010-08-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100806134915/http://simamaung.com/2010/07/01/ptli-kembali-berencana-gelar-turnamen-antar-pulau/ . 2010-08-06 . dead .
4. Web site: Malang Tuan Rumah Piala Antar Pulau (IIC). 15 August 2010. id. https://web.archive.org/web/20100819052915/http://www.supporter-indonesia.com/2010/08/15/malang-tuan-rumah-piala-antar-pulau-iic. 19 August 2010. dead.
5. News: Inter Island Cup Digelar di Dua Tempat. 20 August 2010. VIVA.co.id. id. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20100823082100/http://bola.vivanews.com/news/read/172368-inter-island-cup-digelar-di-dua-tempat. 23 August 2010.
6. News: ANTV Akan Siarkan Langsung Inter Island Cup 2011. 8 November 2011. Bola.net. id.
7. News: Sriwijaya Juara Inter Island Cup 2010. 6 September 2010. Liputan6.com. id.
8. News: Persipura juara Inter Island Cup. 26 November 2011. Antara. id.
9. News: INTER ISLAND CUP 2012: Lewat Adu Penalti, Sriwijaya Pertahankan Gelar. 23 December 2012. Solopos.com. id.
10. News: Tekuk Persib, Arema Juara Inter Island Cup 2014. 1 February 2015. CNN Indonesia. id.
11. News: Liga Gelar Turnamen Antarpulau. 22 August 2010. Tempo.co. id.
12. News: Inter Island Cup Digelar di Empat Kota. 11 November 2012. Bola.net. id.
13. News: Indosiar Siarkan Langsung 30 Laga Inter Island Cup 2014. 9 January 2014. TribunNews.com. id.