Colombo Cup

The Colombo Cup was an annual football tournament first held in Colombo, Ceylon. It was also known as Former Colonial India Quadrangular Tournament. Established in 1952 by the Ceylon Football Association as a part of the Colombo Fair, teams from India, Pakistan, Ceylon and Burma played each other in a round robin tournament. The tournament was last played in 1955. In 1953 it was hosted in Rangoon, Burma, in 1954 at Calcutta, India, and finally at Lahore, Pakistan.[1][2]

YearHostWinnerRunner-up3rd Place
1952
Details
Colombo, Ceylon
Pakistan

India (Title shared)
None  Ceylon
 Burma
1953
Details
Rangoon, Burma
India

Pakistan

Burma
1954
Details
Calcutta, India
India

Pakistan

Ceylon
1955
Details
Dacca, East Pakistan
India

Pakistan

Burma

Total Wins

WinsNationsYear
3 times India1953, 1954, 1955
1 times Pakistan1952

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