Lebanese Challenge Cup

The Lebanese Challenge Cup (Arabic: كأس التحدي اللبناني‎) is a Lebanese football annual cup competition contested by the teams placed between 7th and 10th in the previous season of the Lebanese Premier League and the two newly promoted teams from the Lebanese Second Division. Founded in 2013, the most successful clubs in the competition are Tadamon Sour, Shabab Sahel and Racing Beirut, all with two titles each.[1]

Lebanese Challenge Cup
Organizing bodyLebanese Football Association
Founded2013 (2013)
RegionLebanon
Number of teams6
Current champion(s)Bourj (1st title)
Most successful club(s)Tadamon Sour
Shabab Sahel
Racing Beirut (2 titles)
2020 Lebanese Challenge Cup

Format

The teams placed between 7th and 10th in the previous season of the Lebanese Premier League and the two newly promoted teams from the Lebanese Second Division are split into two groups of three. The first two placed teams in each group qualify to the knock-out stages, where two one-legged semi-finals are disputed. The two winners from the previous round play the final, with the winner being crowned champion of the competition.

Round Clubs

remaining

 Clubs

involved

 Winners from

previous round

 New entries

this round

 Leagues entering

at this round

Group stage 6 6 none 6 6 Lebanese Premier League teams
Semi-finals 4 4 4 none none
Final 2 2 2 none none

Winners and finalists

Winners by year

Results by team
Club Wins Runners-up Total final appearances
Tadamon Sour 2 1 3
Shabab Sahel 2 0 2
Racing Beirut 2 0 2
Bourj 1 0 1
Egtmaaey 0 2 2
Salam Zgharta 0 2 2
Nabi Chit 0 1 1
Chabab Ghazieh 0 1 1

See also

References
  1. "Lebanese Challenge Cup's history". www.goalzz.com. Retrieved 28 May 2019.


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