Challenge International du Nord

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Chanllenge International du Nord
Founded1898
Abolished1914
Region Europe
Last championsCASG Paris (1st title)
Most successful club(s) Royale Union Saint-Gilloise (3 titles)

The Challenge international du Nord (Northern International Challenge) was an annual football tournament featuring clubs from Northern France and Belgium as they could not play in the French Championship. Later teams from Switzerland, Netherlands and England were invited to play. It was hosted in the Lille area (Roubaix, Tourcoing and Lille) between 1898 and 1914 in different formats.

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The Tournament

The tournament format changed over the years, originally being played between a French group of teams and a Belgium group, with the semi-finals being played between a French and a Belgian team.

From 1905, the tournament was opened to clubs from the Netherlands, Prinses Wilhelmina en 1905 and GVC Wageningen. Also from Switzerland, BSC Old Boys and Grasshoppers. Between 1909 and 1914, the tournament was exclusively played between French clubs and amateur clubs from England .

Awards

With the exception of Le Havre AC in 1900, the clubs from Belgium won trophies between 1898 and 1908 . Royale Union Saint-Gilloise being the most successful reaching four finals in five years and winning three of them (1904, 1905, 1907).

Tournament History
EditionYearWinnerFinalistScoreNotes
11898 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Léopold Club de Bruxelles (1) Flag of France.svg RC Roubaix 3–1
21899 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Léopold Club de Bruxelles (2) Flag of Belgium (civil).svg FC Bruges 4–1
31900 Flag of France.svg Le Havre AC (1) Flag of France.svg Club français 3–2
41901 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Beerschot AC (1) Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Léopold Club de Bruxelles 2–0
51902 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Antwerp FC (1) Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Beerschot AC 4–2
61903 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Racing Club de Bruxelles (1) Flag of France.svg RC Roubaix 4–0
71904 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Union Saint-Gilloise (1) Flag of France.svg United Sports Club 5–0
81905 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Union Saint-Gilloise (2) Flag of the Netherlands.svg Enschedese Football Club Prinses Wilhelmina3–1
91906 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Antwerp FC (2) Flag of France.svg US Tourcoing 3–2
101907 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Union Saint-Gilloise (3) Flag of France.svg Olympique Lillois 4–0
111908 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Racing Club de Bruxelles (2) Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Union Saint-Gilloise 1–0
121909 Flag of England.svg Eastbourne FC (1) Flag of France.svg RC Roubaix 5–1
131910 Flag of England.svg Reigate Priory F.C. (1) Flag of France.svg CA Paris 3–0
141911 Flag of France.svg US Tourcoing (1) Flag of England.svg Cambridge Town F.C. 2–1
151912 Flag of England.svg Cambridge Town F.C. (1) Flag of France.svg US Tourcoing 4–1
161913 Flag of France.svg US Tourcoing (2) Flag of France.svg Club français Unknown
171914 Flag of France.svg CASG Paris (1) Flag of France.svg Club français 7–0

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