| Founded | 1980 |
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| Region |  Kathmandu |
| Current champions | Jhapa XI |
| Most successful club(s) | Nepal  Guangdong (2 titles each) |
| Website | Official website |
 2014 ANFA Cup | |
The ANFA Cup refers to a series of invitational association football knockout tournaments organised by the All Nepal Football Association. Both National football teams as well as football clubs participated in the past. [1]
Although Nepal had been playing football with the teams of various neighboring countries and friendly countries but the necessity to invite countries for competitive matches in Nepal was realized only in 1979 and hence ANFA cup football match was introduced. In the first match of ANFA cup Kathmandu XI team was the winner which was held in Chaitra. To encourage young players Federation of Nepal Football Association started ANFA President shield in the year 1981 in which Three Star Club secured the first position. [2]
| Year | Winner | Runner-up | Score | Comment |
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| 1980 | Kathmandu XI | Unknown | Unknown | 1st ANFA Cup |
| 1981 | Shandong |  Arambagh KS | 5–1 | 2nd ANFA Cup |
| 1982 | Kunming Army Unit | Nepal | 3–1 | Titled as 'ANFA Coca Cola Invitational Tournament' |
| 1983 | Sichuan |  India | 3–0 | |
| 1984 | Guangdong | Nepal | 1–0 | |
| 1985 |  Brooklyn College |  Tibet | 2–0 | |
| 1986 | Guangdong | Nepal | 3–1 | |
| 1987 | Nepal | East-West | 2–2 (a.e.t.) 3–2 (pen.) | |
| 1988 | Not Held | |||
| 1989 |  Uralmash Sverdlovsk | Nepal | 2–0 | |
| 1998 | Titled as 'ANFA Coca Cola Invitational Tournament', sponsored by Bottlers Nepal Ltd (Feb 2–11). | |||
| 1999 | Mahendra Police | Tribhuvan Army | 1–0 | National League Cup |
| 2000 |  Soongsil | Nepal Red* | 2–0 | Titled as 'ANFA Coca Cola Invitational Tournament' |
| 2009 | Nepal Red* |  Sri Lanka | 0–0 (a.e.t.) 4–2 (pen.) | Titled as 'Prime Minister's Invitational Tournament' |
| 2010 | — | — | — | Youth tournament:titled as 'HISSAN Cup' [3] |
| 2014 | Jhapa XI | Sankata Boys SC | 4–0 | Domestic tournament |
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