Betway Cup

The Betway Cup is an annual pre-season friendly competition hosted by Premier League club West Ham United. It is sponsored by betting company Betway, who also serve as West Ham United's principal sponsors.

Betway Cup
Founded2015 (2015)
Number of teams2
Current champions Bournemouth
(1st title)
Most successful club(s) Werder Bremen
(2 titles)

The inaugural tournament was held in 2015 at West Ham's previous home Upton Park, with the second tournament taking place at the London Stadium in 2016.

Background

Prior to Betway's sponsorship of West Ham United, the club hosted the Out Performance Display Cup, sponsored by the Essex-based signage company of the same name,[1] at Southend United's Roots Hall ground, beating Dutch club 1–0 Vitesse on 9 August 2002.[2] On 1 August 2003, West Ham played PSV Eindhoven at the Boleyn Ground in the second edition of the Out Performance Display Cup, losing 2–1.[3] The pre-season cup ran for two more seasons. In 2008, West Ham played Villarreal in the Bobby Moore Cup in aid of the Bobby Moore Fund for Cancer Research UK.[4] During SBOBET's sponsorship of the club, the bookmaker sponsored West Ham's pre-season tournament ahead of the 2010–11 season.[5] In 2014, Marathonbet sponsored West Ham's annual pre-season home cup game, a 3–2 win against Sampdoria, before Betway's sponsorship of the club.[6]

2015
2 August 2015 (2015-08-02) Betway Cup West Ham United 1–2 Werder Bremen London
15:00 BST Sakho  19' Report Ujah  20', 31' Stadium: Boleyn Ground
Attendance: 9,919[7]
Referee: Graham Scott

2016
7 August 2016 Betway Cup West Ham United 2–3 Juventus Stratford, London
13:00 BST
Report[8]
Stadium: London Stadium
Attendance: 53,966
Referee: Anthony Taylor

2017

First leg
28 July 2017 Betway Cup Werder Bremen 1–0 West Ham United Schneverdingen, Germany
18:30 CEST Eggestein  12' Report Stadium: Osterwald-Stadion
Attendance: 3,350

Second leg
29 July 2017 Betway Cup Werder Bremen 2–2
(3–2 agg.)		 West Ham United Lohne, Germany
15:30 CEST
Report
Stadium: Heinz-Dettmer
Attendance: 3,646

2018
31 July 2018 Betway Cup Mainz 05 1–1
(6–7 p)		 West Ham United Schwaz, Austria
17:30 BST Quaison  79' Report Martínez  69' Stadium: Silberstadt Arena
Penalties

2019
3 August 2019 Betway Cup West Ham United 2–2
(2–4 p)		 Athletic Bilbao Stratford, London
15:00 BST
Report
Stadium: London Stadium
Attendance: 38,873
Referee: Michael Oliver (England)
Penalties

2020
5 September 2020 Betway Cup West Ham United 3–5 Bournemouth Stratford, London
15:00 BST
Report
Stadium: London Stadium
Attendance: 0

References
  1. "Fobbing, Maldon: Philip's an instant millionaire!". Daily Gazette. 2 May 2002. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
  2. "2002-03 Friendlies". West Ham United Football Programmes. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
  3. "2003-04 Friendlies". West Ham United Football Programmes. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
  4. "2008-09 Friendlies". West Ham United Football Programmes. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
  5. "2010-11 Friendlies". West Ham United Football Programmes. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
  6. "2014-15 Friendlies". West Ham United Football Programmes. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
  7. "Ujah hits brace as Werder beat West Ham". werder.de. Archived from the original on 5 February 2016. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
  8. "West Ham vs Juventus 2-3 Friendly Betway Cup 2016 Highlights Dybala Mandzukic Carroll Goals Video". Soccer Blog|Football News, Reviews, Quizzes. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
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