World Military Cup Explained

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. The name changed for the 2001 edition. When the multi-sport Military World Games was set up in 1995, the football championship was incorporated into it, but it is still being held independently every two years.

A women's tournament related to the Cup, World Military Women's Championship, was started in 2001.

History

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]

Format

Since 2013, the world championship has been divided into 2 different competitions. The CISM World Football Cup is a four-year cycle; the 2nd edition of the Cup was played from January to 28 January 2017 in Muscat, Oman.

Additionally, all 4 years at the Military World Games, football tournament - Military World Championship.

Qualifications

Qualifying tournaments are:

ConfederationChampionship
AsiaAsian Military Qualifying Tournament
AfricaAfrican Military Cup
AmericasAmericas Military Cup
EuropeEuropean Military Qualifying Tournament

Results

Men

Military World Championship

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.

YearHostwidth=1% rowspan=47 bgcolor=ffffffFinalwidth=1% rowspan=47 bgcolor=ffffffThird Place Match
ChampionsScoreRunners-UpThird PlaceScoreFourth Place
1946
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Prague
1947
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Hanover
1948
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Copenhagen
1949
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Lille / Paris3–13–1
1950
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The Hague2–14–4
(France win on corners)
1951
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Cairo3–13–1
1952
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Athens3–21–0
1953
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1954
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Brussels5–11–0
1955
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Rome
1956
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Lisbon
1957
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Buenos Aires
1958
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Lisbon2–14–3
1959
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1960
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1961
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Ankara
1962
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Seoul1st leg: 3–1
2nd leg: 1–2
1963
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Athens / Saloniki and
1964
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Ankara / Istanbul and
1965
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Gijón3–02–1
1966
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Rabat1st leg: 2–1
2nd leg: 0–0
and
1967
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Brussels and
1968
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Baghdad4–1 and
1969
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Athensw/o1–1
1972
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Baghdad
1973
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Brazzaville
1975
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Hagen1–06–5
1977
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Damascus0–0
(5–4 p)
3–1
1979
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Kuwait City0–0
(4–3 p)
3–1
1981
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Doha1–02–0
1983
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Kuwait City2–0
1987
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Arezzo2–04–1
1989
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Caserta3–01–0
1991
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Arnhem / Apeldoorn3–3
(5–4 p)
1–0
1993
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Rabat3–2 3–0
1995
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Rome *1–01–0
1997
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Tehran1–03–2 (a.e.t.)
1999
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Zagreb *3–3
(5–4 p)
2–0
2001
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Cairo3–05–0
2003
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Catania *3–23–2
2005
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Warendorf1–03–1
2007
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Hyderabad *2–02–0
2011
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Rio de Janeiro * [2] 1–01–0 (a.e.t.)
2015
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Mungyeong *2–0 (a.e.t.)3–2
2019
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Wuhan *3–14–0

CISM World Football Cup

YearHostwidth=1% rowspan=47 bgcolor=ffffffFinalwidth=1% rowspan=47 bgcolor=ffffffThird Place Match
ChampionsScoreRunners-UpThird PlaceScoreFourth Place
2013
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Baku3–21–0
2017
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Muscat0–0
(4–1 p)
2 – 2
(6–5 p)

Teams reaching the top four

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

Women

YearHost nationwidth=1% rowspan=20 bgcolor=ffffffFinalwidth=1% rowspan=20 bgcolor=ffffffThird Place Match
WinnerScoreSecond PlaceThird PlaceScoreFourth Place
2001
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Netherlands
2002
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Kingston1–04–0
2003
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Warendorf7–31–0
2004
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Fort Eustis3–0 3–1
2006
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Assen2–06–4
2007
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Hyderabad *5–01–0
2008
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Ede3–02–1
2009
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Biloxi1–0 2–1
2010
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Cherbourg-Octeville1–0 2–1
2011
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Rio de Janeiro *5–02–0
2012
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Warendorf1–0 2–0
2015
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Mungyeong *2–1 3–0
2016
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France2–13–3
(4–3 p)
2018
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Fort Bliss3–23–1
2019
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Wuhan *2–13–1
2020 Yaoundé[3] CancelledCancelled
2022
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Spokane2–13–0
2023
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Bunschoten-Spakenburg1–04–0

Teams reaching the top four

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

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: CISM World Football Cup. CISM. 21 November 2016. 23 December 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20161223031035/http://www.milsport.one/cism-world-football-cup. live.
  2. News: 5th Military World Games - Football competition. 24 July 2011. 2011 Military World Games official website. 24 July 2011. 16 July 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130716165203/http://www.rio2011.mil.br/results/ENG/ZZ/ZZS103A_FB@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ENG.htm. live.
  3. News: Cancellation of the 13th World Military Women's Football Championship . CISM official website . CISM Media and Communication Department . 2020 . 2022-07-15 . 2022-07-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220715100336/https://www.milsport.one/news/world-military-championships/cancellation-of-the-13th-world-military-women-s-football-championship . live .