| Current: | 2019 Military World Games |
| Founded: | 1946 |
| Region: | International (CISM) |
| Current Champions: | M: (2019) W: (2023) |
| Most Successful Team: | Men: (8 titles) Women: (5 titles) |
The World Military Cup is a football competition for national military teams. It is organized by the International Military Sports Council (CISM). The tournament has been held since 1946 and was originally called the World Military Championship until the name changed for the 2001 edition. When the multi-sport Military World Games were established in 1995, the football championship was incorporated into it; however, it continues to be held independently every two years.
A related tournament for women, World Military Women's Championship, was started in 2001.
The first championship took place in Prague, Czechoslovakia in 1946, under the responsibility of the Armed Forces Sports Council, which in 1948 became the International Military Sports Council (CISM). Great Britain won the first title, and Czechoslovakia was the runner-up.[1]
Since 2013, the World Military Cup has been divided into two different competitions. The CISM World Football Cup follows a four-year cycle; the 2nd edition of the Cup was held from 23 January to 28 January 2017, in Muscat, Oman.
Additionally, every four years at the Military World Games, there is a football tournament known as the Military World Championship.
Qualifying tournaments are:
| Confederation | Championship | |
|---|---|---|
| Asia | Asian Military Qualifying Tournament | |
| Africa | African Military Cup | |
| Americas | Americas Military Cup | |
| Europe | European Military Qualifying Tournament |
In 1995 started a football tournament which is a part of the Military World Games every four years. this competition is counted as a part of the world championship.
| Year | Host | width=1% rowspan=47 bgcolor=ffffff | Final | width=1% rowspan=47 bgcolor=ffffff | Third Place Match | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champions | Score | Runners-Up | Third Place | Score | Fourth Place | ||||||
| 1946 Details |  Prague | ||||||||||
| 1947 Details | Hanover | ||||||||||
| 1948 Details | Copenhagen | ||||||||||
| 1949 Details |  Lille / Paris | 3–1 | 3–1 | ||||||||
| 1950 Details | The Hague | 2–1 | 4–4 (France win on corners) | ||||||||
| 1951 Details |  Cairo | 3–1 | 3–1 | ||||||||
| 1952 Details | Athens | 3–2 | 1–0 | ||||||||
| 1953 Details | |||||||||||
| 1954 Details |  Brussels | 5–1 | 1–0 | ||||||||
| 1955 Details |  Rome | ||||||||||
| 1956 Details | Lisbon | ||||||||||
| 1957 Details |  Buenos Aires | ||||||||||
| 1958 Details | Lisbon | 2–1 | 4–3 | ||||||||
| 1959 Details | |||||||||||
| 1960 Details | |||||||||||
| 1961 Details |  Ankara | ||||||||||
| 1962 Details |  Seoul | 1st leg: 3–1 2nd leg: 1–2 | |||||||||
| 1963 Details | Athens / Saloniki | and | |||||||||
| 1964 Details | Ankara / Istanbul | and | |||||||||
| 1965 Details |  Gijón | 3–0 | 2–1 | ||||||||
| 1966 Details |  Rabat | 1st leg: 2–1 2nd leg: 0–0 | and | ||||||||
| 1967 Details | Brussels | and | |||||||||
| 1968 Details |  Baghdad | 4–1 | and | ||||||||
| 1969 Details | Athens | w/o | 1–1 | ||||||||
| 1972 Details | Baghdad | ||||||||||
| 1973 Details | Brazzaville | ||||||||||
| 1975 Details | Hagen | 1–0 | 6–5 | ||||||||
| 1977 Details |  Damascus | 0–0 (5–4 p) | 3–1 | ||||||||
| 1979 Details | Kuwait City | 0–0 (4–3 p) | 3–1 | ||||||||
| 1981 Details |  Doha | 1–0 | 2–0 | ||||||||
| 1983 Details | Kuwait City | 2–0 | |||||||||
| 1987 Details | Arezzo | 2–0 | 4–1 | ||||||||
| 1989 Details | Caserta | 3–0 | 1–0 | ||||||||
| 1991 Details | Arnhem / Apeldoorn | 3–3 (5–4 p) | 1–0 | ||||||||
| 1993 Details | Rabat | 3–2 | 3–0 | ||||||||
| 1995 Details | Rome * | 1–0 | 1–0 | ||||||||
| 1997 Details |  Tehran | 1–0 | 3–2 (a.e.t.) | ||||||||
| 1999 Details | Zagreb * | 3–3 (5–4 p) | 2–0 | ||||||||
| 2001 Details | Cairo | 3–0 | 5–0 | ||||||||
| 2003 Details | Catania * | 3–2 | 3–2 | ||||||||
| 2005 Details | Warendorf | 1–0 | 3–1 | ||||||||
| 2007 Details |  Hyderabad * | 2–0 | 2–0 | ||||||||
| 2011 Details |  Rio de Janeiro * [2] | 1–0 | 1–0 (a.e.t.) | ||||||||
| 2015 Details | Mungyeong * | 2–0 (a.e.t.) | 3–2 | ||||||||
| 2019 Details |  Wuhan * | 3–1 | 4–0 | ||||||||
| Year | Host | width=1% rowspan=47 bgcolor=ffffff | Final | width=1% rowspan=47 bgcolor=ffffff | Third Place Match | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champions | Score | Runners-Up | Third Place | Score | Fourth Place | ||||||
| 2013 Details |  Baku | 3–2 | 1–0 | ||||||||
| 2017 Details | Muscat | 0–0 (4–1 p) | 2 – 2 (6–5 p) | ||||||||
| Team | Titles | Runners-up | Third place | Fourth place | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 (1950, 1951, 1956, 1959, 1973, 1987, 1989, 1991) | 4 (1955, 1972, 1979, 1997) | 3 (1957, 1977, 2003) | — | 15 | ||
| 6 (1952, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1969, 1997) | 3 (1961, 1999, 2001) | 3 (1953, 1960, 1972) | — | 12 | ||
| 5 (1993, 1999, 2001, 2005, 2007) | 3 (1951, 2003, 2011) | 3 (1955, 1956, 1987) | 2 (2015, 2017) | 13 | ||
| 5 (1948, 1949, 1957, 1964, 1995) | 1 (1958) | 6 (1950, 1951, 1959, 1961, 1963, 1997) | 6 (1954, 1960, 1977, 1981, 1991, 1993) | 18 | ||
| 4 (1955, 1961, 1966, 1967) | 7 (1949, 1953, 1954, 1960, 1964, 1965, 1968) | 2 (1962, 1991) | 4 (1952, 1956, 1963, 1972) | 17 | ||
| 4 (1947, 1953, 1954, 1960) | 6 (1948, 1950, 1952, 1963, 1967, 1983) | 3 (1946, 1949, 1989) | 4 (1951, 1958, 1965, 1987) | 14 | ||
| 4 (1972, 1977, 1979, 2013) | 1 (1973) | — | — | 5 | ||
| 2 (2011, 2015) | 2 (1969, 2005) | 1 (2019) | — | 5 | ||
| 2 (1981, 1983) | 1 (1977) | 3 (1973, 1975, 1979) | — | 6 | ||
| 1 (1975) | 2 (1987, 1991) | 2 (1964, 1993) | 2 (1999, 2005) | 7 | ||
| 1 (1958) | 2 (1956, 1959) | 1 (1954) | — | 4 | ||
| 1 (2017) | 2 (2013, 2015) | — | — | 3 | ||
| 1 (2003) | — | 2 (2001, 2007) | 1 (2019) | 4 | ||
| 1 (1965) | — | — | 2 (1966, 1968) | 3 | ||
| 1 (2019) | — | — | — | 1 | ||
| 1 (1946) | — | — | — | 1 | ||
| — | 3 (1966, 1989, 1993) | 2 (1965, 1967) | — | 5 | ||
| — | 3 (1981, 2017, 2019) | 1 (2005) | 2 (2007, 2011) | 6 | ||
| — | 2 (1947, 1975) | 4 (1952, 1958, 1966, 1968) | 6 (1949, 1950, 1955, 1961, 1964, 1967) | 12 | ||
| — | 1 (1995) | 1 (1969) | — | 2 | ||
| — | 1 (1962) | 2 (1995, 2015) | — | 3 | ||
| — | 1 (2007) | — | 1 (1975) | 2 | ||
| — | 1 (1957) | — | — | 1 | ||
| — | 1 (1946) | — | — | 1 | ||
| — | — | 2 (1947, 1948) | — | 2 | ||
| — | — | 2 (1981, 2017) | — | 2 | ||
| — | — | 1 (2011) | 1 (1957) | 2 | ||
| — | — | 1 (1999) | — | 1 | ||
| — | — | 1 (2013) | — | 1 | ||
| — | — | — | 1 (1979) | 1 | ||
| — | — | — | 1 (1973) | 1 | ||
| — | — | — | 1 (1995) | 1 | ||
| — | — | — | 1 (2001) | 1 | ||
| — | — | — | 1 (2003) | 1 | ||
| — | — | — | 1 (1948) | 1 | ||
| — | — | — | 1 (1989) | 1 | ||
| — | — | — | 1 (1997) | 1 | ||
| — | — | — | 1 (2013) | 1 |
| Year | Host nation | width=1% rowspan=21 bgcolor=ffffff | Final | width=1% rowspan=21 bgcolor=ffffff | Third Place Match | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | Score | Second Place | Third Place | Score | Fourth Place | ||||||
| 2001 Details |  Netherlands | ||||||||||
| 2002 Details |  Kingston | 1–0 | 4–0 | ||||||||
| 2003 Details | Warendorf | 7–3 | 1–0 | ||||||||
| 2004 Details |  Fort Eustis | 3–0 | 3–1 | ||||||||
| 2006 Details | Assen | 2–0 | 6–4 | ||||||||
| 2007 Details | Hyderabad * | 5–0 | 1–0 | ||||||||
| 2008 Details | Ede | 3–0 | 2–1 | ||||||||
| 2009 Details | Biloxi | 1–0 | 2–1 | ||||||||
| 2010 Details | Cherbourg-Octeville | 1–0 | 2–1 | ||||||||
| 2011 Details | Rio de Janeiro * | 5–0 | 2–0 | ||||||||
| 2012 Details | Warendorf | 1–0 | 2–0 | ||||||||
| 2015 Details | Mungyeong * | 2–1 | 3–0 | ||||||||
| 2016 Details | France | 2–1 | 3–3 (4–3 p) | ||||||||
| 2018 Details | Fort Bliss | 3–2 | 3–1 | ||||||||
| 2019 Details | Wuhan * | 2–1 | 3–1 | ||||||||
| 2020 |  Yaoundé[3] | Cancelled | Cancelled | ||||||||
| 2022 Details | Spokane | 2–1 | 3–0 | ||||||||
| 2023 Details | Bunschoten-Spakenburg | 1–0 | 4–0 | ||||||||
| 2025 Details |  Pyongyang | – | – | ||||||||
| Team | Titles | Runners-up | Third place | Fourth place | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 (2009, 2010, 2011, 2015, 2018) | 1 (2016) | 2 (2012, 2019) | — | 8 | ||
| 4 (2001, 2003, 2008, 2012) | 4 (2002, 2004, 2007, 2011) | 1 (2006) | — | 9 | ||
| 2 (2016, 2022) | 3 (2008, 2015, 2023) | 2 (2007, 2010) | 5 (2006, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2018) | 12 | ||
| 2 (2004, 2006) | 2 (2001, 2003) | 4 (2002, 2008, 2009, 2011) | 4 (2007, 2010, 2015, 2023) | 12 | ||
| 2 (2007, 2019) | — | — | — | 2 | ||
| 1 (2023) | 4 (2009, 2010, 2012, 2018) | 3 (2015, 2016, 2022) | 2 (2008, 2019) | 10 | ||
| 1 (2002) | 1 (2006) | 2 (2003, 2004) | 1 (2022) | 5 | ||
| — | 1 (2022) | 1 (2023) | 1 (2016) | 3 | ||
| — | 1 (2019) | 1 (2018) | — | 2 | ||
| — | — | 1 (2001) | — | 1 | ||
| — | — | — | 4 (2001, 2002, 2003, 2004) | 4 |