POMIS Cup

POMIS Cup

Organiser(s)	Football Association of Maldives
Founded	1987
Region	Maldives
Teams	6
Current champions	PDRM FA
Most championships	New Radiant SC Club Valencia

The POMIS Cup (known fully as President of Maldives Invitational Soccer Cup) used to be an international club football tournament kicked off in 1987 to promote the standards of football in the Maldives. ^[1]

In 2003, two foreign clubs from India and Sri Lanka competed in the cup, Mahindra United and Negombo Youth. ^[2] On 22 December 2014, the Football Association of Maldives (FAM) normalisation committee decided to restart POMIS Cup. ^[3] On 19 January 2015, POMIS Cup committee rebranded the President of Maldives Invitational Soccer Cup to the People of Maldives Invitational Soccer Cup.

Previous winners

• 1987: Renown Sports Club
• 1988: York SC
• 1989: Victory Sports Club
• 1990: Indian Youth Team
• 1991: York FC
• 1992: Club Valencia ^[4]
• 1993: Kerala SC
• 1994: New Radiant SC
• 1995: New Radiant SC
• 1996: Club Valencia
• 1997: New Radiant SC
• 1998: Thailand Youth Team
• 1999: Hurriyya SC
• 2000: Hurriyya SC
• 2001: Club Valencia
• 2003: Mahindra United ^[5]
• 2015: PDRM FA

Peoples Cup (2015) teams

• Maziya S&RC
• New Radiant SC
• PDRM FA
• Singapore LionsXII

Number of titles

Rank	Number of titles	Club	Year(s) won
1	3	New Radiant SC	1994, 1995, 1997
1	3	Club Valencia	1992, 1996, 2001
2	2	Hurriyya SC	1999
3	1	Renown Sports Club	1987
3	1	Victory Sports Club	1989
3	1	Kerala SC	1993
3	1	Mahindra United	2003
3	1	PDRM FA	2015

References

1. Hoodh Ali; Mikael Jönsson; Hans Schöggl (1997). "Maldives — List of Cup Winners: POMIS Cup (President of Maldives Invitational Soccer Cup)". RSSSF . Archived from the original on 25 June 2018. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
2. Shahyb, Mohamed (21 September 2003). "Local teams struggle while foreign teams confirm participation in POMIS Cup". Haveeru Daily . Archived from the original on 3 March 2016.
3. "PDRM accepts POMIS Cup invitation". Maldives Soccer. Archived from the original on 3 January 2015. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
4. Das, Shibashis (7 March 2022). "I-League 2: Looking back at when Dempo SC dominated Indian Football". Football Express India. Goa. Archived from the original on 22 July 2023. Retrieved 2022-03-07.
5. Majumder, Raunak (3 April 2020). "Reliving the title run of Mumbai's only national champions – Mahindra United 2005–06 season". Football Counter. Archived from the original on 18 May 2020. Retrieved 26 January 2022.

External links

• POMIS Cup history at RSSSF