Afghanistan Republic Day Festival Cup

Afghanistan Republic Day Festival Cup

Organising body	Afghanistan Football Federation
Founded	1974;51 years ago (1974)
Abolished	1977;48 years ago (1977)
Region	Asia

The Afghanistan Republic Day Festival Cup was an annual football tournament held in Ghazi Stadium, Afghanistan. The football tournament was part of a festival of sporting and cultural events staged annually in Kabul from 1974 till 1977 to commemorate the anniversary of the Republic of Afghanistan, following its foundation on 17 July 1973 when Mohammad Daoud Khan came to power following the 1973 Afghan coup d'état. It was stopped following Daoud's assassination on 28 April 1978 during a coup d'état (the Saur Revolution) which formed the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan. The anniversary of the Saur Revolution was also celebrated with a similar Jashn festival later on in 1979, which was won by Pamir Dushanbe for the fifth consecutive time. ^[1] The 1976 edition also featured the official national teams of India and Pakistan. ^{[2] [3]}

Etymology

The festival was referred to as Jashn-e-Jamhouriat (lit. 'Republic festival'), Jashn-e-Kabul, or simply Jashn. It was also referred to in the Kabul Times newspaper as the Jame-Jamhouriat Cup (lit. 'Republic Day Cup'), or as Jamhouriat Cup. ^[1]

Results

Year	Winner	Runner-up	Third Place	Fourth place	Teams
1974 Details	CSKA Pamir	Naft Tehran	Afghanistan	India XI	4
1975 Details	CSKA Pamir	Iran XI	Turkey XI	Afghanistan	5
1976 Details	CSKA Pamir	Afghanistan A	India	Iran XI	6
1977 Details	CSKA Pamir	Iran XI	India	Afghanistan A	6

See also

• Football in Asia
• Football in Afghanistan

References

1. "Afghanistan Republic Day Festival Cup (Kabul, Afghanistan)". www.rsssf.org. Retrieved 2024-07-15.
2. "The Senior National Team at 1976 Jasson Cup". indiafootball.de. IndiaFootball. Archived from the original on 12 January 2019. Retrieved 30 September 2018.
3. Latifi, Ali M. "Politics kicked aside in Afghan football game". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 2024-07-15.