Honduran Cup

The Honduran Cup is the top knock-out football tournament in Honduras. The first tournament was played in 1968, four years later the second tournament took the name Copa Presidente (English: President's Cup) in honor of Dr. Ramón Cruz; later, General Oswaldo López changed the name and called it Copa Jefe de Estado (English: Head of State Cup). Twenty years later the third tournament was played. From 1992 to 1994, the Cup tournament was played as a separate tournament from the league (played from June to August). From 1995 to 1999, the winner of the first stage of the league tournament was declared Cup champions.[1] In 2015, the tournament was yet again re-launched and re-branded as Copa Presidente. Since 2015, the Honduran Cup serves as a qualifier to the Supercopa Centroamericana.

Honduran Cup
Honduran Cup logo
Founded1968
Region Honduras
Number of teams64
Qualifier forSupercopa Centroamericana
Current championsPlatense
Most successful club(s)Olimpia (3)
Platense (3)
Websitecopapresidente.hn
2018 Honduran Cup

Re-launch

In May 2013, the National League and the Liga de Ascenso proposed to reactive the tournament in the near future. The new Cup would consist of 64 clubs from the first, second and third division.[2] The tournament hasn't been played since 1998. The new cup will run for an entire year starting 2015.[3] Beginning in the 2015–16 edition, the tournament will run from August to May.

Champions
SeasonChampionRunner-up
1968MotaguaEspaña
1969–1971Not held
1972EspañaMarathón
1973–1991Not held
1992Real EspañaVictoria
1993Real MayaMotagua
1994MarathónReal Maya
1995OlimpiaMotagua
1996PlatenseVictoria
1997PlatenseMotagua
1998OlimpiaMotagua
1999–2014Not held
2015OlimpiaPlatense
2015–16JuticalpaReal España
2017MarathónGimnástico
2018PlatenseReal España
2019TBDTBD

Titles by club
Club Champion Runners-up
Platense 3 1
Olimpia 3 0
Real España 2 2
Marathón 2 1
Motagua 1 4
Real Maya 1 1
Juticalpa 1 0
Victoria 0 2
Gimnástico 0 1

See also

References
  1. The Introduction Page of the RSSSF -- The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. - Honduras - List of Cup Winners
  2. LNP Honduras – TORNEO DE COPA YA TOMA FORMA Archived 2014-01-01 at the Wayback Machine – 15 May 2013
  3. Roca, Gustavo (14 November 2014). "Se define la primera ronda de la Copa Presidente". Diez. Retrieved 15 November 2014.
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