History
From 1979 to 1987 it was known as Torneo delle Quattro Nazioni per Rappresentative di Lega, and was originally competed for by Scotland Semi-Pro, England Semi-Pro, Netherlands Amateurs and Italy Serie C U-21s. The tournament was cancelled in 1986 and was scrapped from 1988 to 2001. [1]
When the tournament returned in 2002, the semi-pro teams of England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales competed. The Gibraltar full national team replaced Ireland in 2008. [1] [2]
The tournament was won seven times by England, three times by Wales and Scotland, and twice by Italy. [1]
The 2009 tournament was supposed to be held in England. [3] There were rumours of a Scotland withdrawal and in turn being replaced by a Northern Ireland semi professional team. [3] Scotland withdrew from the competition altogether and the team was disbanded in November 2008 because of a lack of funding. [4] Gibraltar also decided against returning in 2009. [5] This left only two teams signed up for the 2009 competition. [5] The 2008 tournament was in fact the last edition.
The first tournament consisted of two semi-finals, a final and a third/fourth play-off. Every other tournament was a group stage with each national side playing each other once in a round robin format. The competition was always hosted as a one-off tournament by one of the competing nations, usually the competition was stage by each competing national side within a period of every four years. [1]
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