ANFA Cup

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ANFA Cup
Founded1980
Region Flag of Nepal.svg Kathmandu
Current champions Flag of Nepal.svg Jhapa XI
Most successful club(s)Flag of Nepal.svg    Nepal
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Guangdong (2 titles each)
Website Official website
Soccerball current event.svg 2025 ANFA Cup

The ANFA Cup refers to a series of invitational association football knockout tournaments organised by the All Nepal Football Association (ANFA). Both National football teams as well as football clubs participated in the past. [1]

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History

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]

Series

YearWinnerRunner-upScoreComment
1980 Flag of Nepal.svg Kathmandu XIUnknownUnknown1st ANFA Cup
1981 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Shandong Flag of Bangladesh.svg Arambagh KS 5–12nd ANFA Cup
1982 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Kunming Army UnitFlag of Nepal.svg    Nepal 3–1Titled as 'ANFA Coca Cola Invitational Tournament'
1983 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Sichuan Flag of India.svg  India 3–0
1984 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Guangdong Flag of Nepal.svg    Nepal 1–0
1985 Flag of the United States.svg Brooklyn College Flag of Tibet.svg  Tibet 2–0
1986 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Guangdong Flag of Nepal.svg    Nepal 3–1
1987 Flag of Nepal.svg    Nepal Flag of the United States.svg East-West2–2 (a.e.t.)
3–2 (pen.)
1988 Not Held
1989 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Uralmash Sverdlovsk Flag of Nepal.svg    Nepal 2–0
1998 Titled as 'ANFA Coca Cola Invitational Tournament', sponsored by Bottlers Nepal Ltd (Feb 2–11).
1999 Flag of Nepal.svg Mahendra Police Flag of Nepal.svg Tribhuvan Army 1–0National League Cup
2000 Flag of South Korea.svg Soongsil Flag of Nepal.svg Nepal Red*2–0Titled as 'ANFA Coca Cola Invitational Tournament'
2009 Flag of Nepal.svg Nepal Red*Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  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 Flag of Nepal.svg Jhapa XI Flag of Nepal.svg Sankata Boys SC 4–0Domestic tournament
2025 [4] TBDTBDTBDTBD
*Selection of Nepalese players. Effectively a full national team.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "ANFA Invitational Tournament (Nepal)". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 16 November 2013. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
  2. ↑ "FOOTBALL HISTORY IN NEPAL". the-anfa.com. Archived from the original on 11 January 2012. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
  3. ↑ "HISSAN to provide scholarship". The Himalayan Times . Retrieved 28 August 2014.
  4. ↑ "2025 ANFA Cup" (PDF). Retrieved 10 May 2025.

 

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