Marianas Cup

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Marianas Cup
Founded2007;17 years ago (2007)
Region East Asia (EAFF)
Number of teams2
Current championsFlag of the Northern Mariana Islands.svg  Northern Mariana Islands (4th title)
Most successful team(s)Flag of Guam.svg  Guam (7 titles)
Soccerball current event.svg 2028

The Marianas Cup is an association football competition between neighboring Mariana Islands, Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands. Since the first edition in 2007, the tournament has been played between the national teams of varying age groups from the under-12 to senior level. The only exception was the 2013 edition of the tournament in which Guam fielded Quality Distributors, the reigning champions of the Guam Soccer League, against Northern Marianas U19 team in addition to a match between two national sides. Although it is intended as an annual competition, it has been played inconsistently, including hiatuses from 2011 to 2012, 2014 to 2016 and 2020 to 2022. [1]

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Winners

EditionYearHostsChampionsResultRunners-up
12007
details
Flag of the Northern Mariana Islands.svg  Northern Mariana Islands
Flag of Guam.svg  Guam
Flag of Guam.svg
Guam
3–2Flag of the Northern Mariana Islands.svg
Northern Mariana Islands
9–0 [2]
22008
details
Flag of the Northern Mariana Islands.svg  Northern Mariana Islands Flag of Guam.svg
Guam
3–2 [2] Flag of the Northern Mariana Islands.svg
Northern Mariana Islands
32009
details
Flag of Guam.svg  Guam Flag of Guam.svg
Guam
2–1Flag of the Northern Mariana Islands.svg
Northern Mariana Islands
42010
details
Flag of the Northern Mariana Islands.svg  Northern Mariana Islands Flag of the Northern Mariana Islands.svg
Northern Mariana Islands
1–1 [3] Flag of Guam.svg
Guam
(shared)
52013
details
Flag of the Northern Mariana Islands.svg  Northern Mariana Islands Flag of the Northern Mariana Islands.svg
Northern Mariana Islands U-12
4–0
[4]
Flag of Guam.svg
Guam U-12
62017
details
Flag of Guam.svg  Guam Flag of Guam.svg
Guam U-18 All stars
1–0
[5]
Flag of the Northern Mariana Islands.svg
Northern Mariana Islands U-18
72018
details
Flag of the Northern Mariana Islands.svg  Northern Mariana Islands Flag of Guam.svg
Guam U-17
4–4
(5–3 p.)
[6]
Flag of the Northern Mariana Islands.svg
Northern Mariana Islands U-17
82019
details
Flag of Guam.svg  Guam Flag of Guam.svg
Guam U-23
6–2
[7]
Flag of the Northern Mariana Islands.svg
Northern Mariana Islands U-23
92023
details
Flag of the Northern Mariana Islands.svg  Northern Mariana Islands Flag of the Northern Mariana Islands.svg
Northern Mariana Islands U-23
0–1 [8] Flag of Guam.svg
Guam U-23
3–0
102024
details
Flag of the Northern Mariana Islands.svg  Northern Mariana Islands Flag of the Northern Mariana Islands.svg
Northern Mariana Islands
2–2Flag of Guam.svg
Guam
2–1 [9]

Records

TeamGoldSilver
Flag of Guam.svg  Guam 7 (2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2017, 2018, 2019)3 (2013, 2023, 2024)
Flag of the Northern Mariana Islands.svg  Northern Mariana Islands 4 (2010, 2013, 2023, 2024)6 (2007, 2008, 2009, 2017, 2018, 2019)

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