World Military Cup

The World Military Cup is a football competition for national military teams. It is organized by the International Military Sports Council (CISM). The tournament has been held since 1946 and was originally called the World Military Championship. The name changed for the 2001 edition. When the multi-sport Military World Games was set up in 1995, the football championship was incorporated into it, but it is still being held independently every two years.

World Military Cup
Founded1946
RegionInternational (CISM)
Current championsM:  Bahrain (2019)
W:  North Korea (2019)
Most successful team(s)Men:
 Italy (8 titles)
Women:
 Brazil (5 titles)
2019 Military World Games

A women's tournament, World Military Women's Championship, was started in 2001.

History

The first championship took place in Prague, Czechoslovakia in 1946 under the responsibility of the Armed Forces Sports Council, which in 1948 became the International Military Sports Council (CISM). Great Britain won the first title and Czechoslovakia was the runner-up. In 1995, was created the first Military World Games where football competition take place in this games.[1]

Format

Since 2013, the world championship is divided in 2 different competitions. The CISM World Football Cup is a four years cycle, the 2nd edition of the Cup was played from 15 to 28 January 2017 in Muscat, Oman.

Additionally all 4 years at the Military World Games, football tournament - Military World Championship.[1]

Qualifications

Qualifying tournaments are:

Confederation Championship
Asia Asian Military Qualifying Tournament
Africa African Military Cup
Americas Americas Military Cup
Europe European Military Qualifying Tournament

Results

Military World Championship

In 1995 started a football tournament which is a part of the Military World Games every four years. this competition is counted as a part of the world championship.

Year Host Final Third Place Match
Champions Score Runners-Up Third Place Score Fourth Place
1946
Details
Prague
England

Czechoslovakia

Belgium
1947
Details
Hanover
Belgium

Netherlands

Denmark
1948
Details
Copenhagen
France

Belgium

Denmark

Luxembourg
1949
Details
Lille / Paris
France
3 – 1
Turkey

Belgium
3 – 1
Netherlands
1950
Details
Den Haag
Italy
2 – 1
Belgium

France
4 – 4
(France win on corners)

Netherlands
1951
Details
Cairo
Italy
3 – 1
Egypt

France
3 – 1
Belgium
1952
Details
Athens
Greece
3 – 2
Belgium

Netherlands
1 – 0
Turkey
1953
Details
Ankara / Istanbul 1
Belgium
n/a
Turkey

Greece
1954
Details
Brussels
Belgium
5 – 1
Turkey

Portugal
1 – 0
France
1955
Details
Rome
Turkey
n/a
Italy

Egypt
n/a
Netherlands
1956
Details
Lisbon
Italy
n/a
Portugal

Egypt
n/a
Turkey
1957
Details
Buenos Aires
France
n/a
Argentina

Italy
n/a
Brazil
1958
Details
Lisbon
Portugal
2 – 1
France

Netherlands
4 – 3
Belgium
1959
Details
Florence 1
Italy
n/a
Portugal

France
1960
Details
Oran 2
Belgium
n/a
Turkey

Greece
n/a
France
1961
Details
Ankara
Turkey
n/a
Greece

France
n/a
Netherlands
1962
Details
Seoul
Greece
1st leg: 3 – 1
2nd leg: 1 – 2

South Korea

Turkey
1963
Details
Athens / Saloniki
Greece
n/a
Belgium
 France
 Turkey
1964
Details
Ankara / Istanbul
France
n/a
Turkey
 West Germany
 Netherlands
1965
Details
Gijón
Spain
3 – 0
Turkey

Morocco
2 – 1
Belgium
1966
Details
Rabat
Turkey
1st leg: 2 – 1
2nd leg: 0 – 0

Morocco
 Netherlands
 Spain
1967
Details
Brussel
Turkey
n/a
Belgium
 Morocco
 Netherlands
1968
Details
Baghdad
Greece
4 – 1
Turkey
 Netherlands
 Spain
1969
Details
Athens
Greece
w/o
Algeria

Iran
1 – 1
South Korea
1972
Details
Baghdad
Iraq
n/a
Italy

Greece
n/a
Turkey
1973
Details
Brazzaville
Italy
n/a
Iraq

Kuwait
n/a
Congo
1975
Details
Hagen
West Germany
1 – 0
Netherlands

Kuwait
6 – 5
aet

Cameroon
1977
Details
Damascus
Iraq
0 – 0
Pens: 5 – 4

Kuwait

Italy
3 – 1
aet

France
1979
Details
Kuwait City
Iraq
0 – 0
Pens: 4 – 3

Italy

Kuwait
3 – 1
Austria
1981
Details
Doha
Kuwait
1 – 0
Qatar

Syria
2 – 0
France
1983
Details
Kuwait City
Kuwait
2 – 0
Belgium
1987
Details
Arezzo
Italy
2 – 0
West Germany

Egypt
4 – 1
Belgium
1989
Details
Caserta
Italy
3 – 0
Morocco

Belgium
1 – 0
United Arab Emirates
1991
Details
Arnhem / Apeldoorn
Italy
3 – 3 aet
Pens: 5 – 4

Germany

Turkey
1 – 0
France
1993
Details
Rabat
Egypt
3 – 2
aet

Morocco

Germany
3 – 0
France
1995
Details
Rome *
France
1 – 0
Iran

South Korea
1 – 0
Cyprus
1997
Details
Tehran
Greece
1 – 0
Italy

France
3 – 2
aet

Burkina Faso
1999
Details
Zagreb *
Egypt
3 – 3
Pens: 5 – 4

Greece

Croatia
2 – 0
Germany
2001
Details
Cairo
Egypt
3 – 0
Greece

North Korea
5 – 0
Guinea
2003
Details
Catania *
North Korea
3 – 2
Egypt

Italy
3 – 2
Lithuania
2005
Details
Warendorf
Egypt
1 – 0
Algeria

Qatar
3 – 1
Germany
2007
Details
Hyderabad *
Egypt
2 – 0
Cameroon

North Korea
2 – 0
Qatar
2011
Details
Rio de Janeiro * [2]
Algeria
1 – 0
Egypt

Brazil
1 – 0
aet

Qatar
2015
Details
Mungyeong *
Algeria
2 – 0
aet

Oman

South Korea
3 – 2
Egypt
2019
Details
Wuhan *
Bahrain
3 – 1
Qatar

Algeria
4 – 0
North Korea

CISM World Football Cup

Year Host Final Third Place Match
Champions Score Runners-Up Third Place Score Fourth Place
2013
Details
Baku
Iraq
3 – 2
Oman

Ivory Coast
1 – 0
Azerbaijan
2017
Details
Muscat
Oman
0 – 0
Pens: 4 – 1

Qatar

Syria
2 – 2
Pens: 6 – 5

Egypt

Teams reaching the top four

TeamTitlesRunners-upThird placeFourth placeTotal
 Italy 8 (1950, 1951, 1956, 1959, 1973, 1987, 1989, 1991) 4 (1955, 1972, 1979, 1997) 3 (1957, 1977, 2003) 15
 Greece 6 (1952, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1969, 1997) 3 (1961, 1999, 2001) 3 (1953, 1960, 1972) 12
 Egypt 5 (1993, 1999, 2001, 2005, 2007) 3 (1951, 2003, 2011) 3 (1955, 1956, 1987) 2 (2015, 2017) 13
 France 5 (1948, 1949, 1957, 1964, 1995) 1 (1958) 6 (1950, 1951, 1959, 1961, 1963, 1997) 6 (1954, 1960, 1977, 1981, 1991, 1993) 18
 Turkey 4 (1955, 1961, 1966, 1967) 7 (1949, 1953, 1954, 1960, 1964, 1965, 1968) 2 (1962, 1991) 4 (1952, 1956, 1963, 1972) 17
 Belgium 4 (1947, 1953, 1954, 1960) 6 (1948, 1950, 1952, 1963, 1967, 1983) 3 (1946, 1949, 1989) 4 (1951, 1958, 1965, 1987) 14
 Iraq 4 (1972, 1977, 1979, 2013) 1 (1973) 5
 Algeria 2 (2011, 2015) 2 (1969, 2005) 1 (2019) 5
 Kuwait 2 (1981, 1983) 1 (1977) 3 (1973, 1975, 1979) 6
 Germany 1 (1975) 2 (1987, 1991) 2 (1964, 1993) 2 (1999, 2005) 7
 Portugal 1 (1958) 2 (1956, 1959) 1 (1954) 4
 Oman 1 (2017) 2 (2013, 2015) 3
 North Korea 1 (2003) 2 (2001, 2007) 1 (2019) 4
 Spain 1 (1965) 2 (1966, 1968) 3
 Bahrain 1 (2019) 1
 England 1 (1946) 1
 Morocco 3 (1966, 1989, 1993) 2 (1965, 1967) 5
 Qatar 3 (1981, 2017, 2019) 1 (2005) 2 (2007, 2011) 6
 Netherlands 2 (1947, 1975) 4 (1952, 1958, 1966, 1968) 6 (1949, 1950, 1955, 1961, 1964, 1967) 12
 Iran 1 (1995) 1 (1969) 2
 South Korea 1 (1962) 2 (1995, 2015) 3
 Cameroon 1 (2007) 1 (1975) 2
 Argentina 1 (1957) 1
 Czechoslovakia 1 (1946) 1
 Denmark 2 (1947, 1948) 2
 Syria 2 (1981, 2017) 2
 Brazil 1 (2011) 1 (1957) 2
 Croatia 1 (1999) 1
 Ivory Coast 1 (2013) 1
 Austria 1 (1979) 1
 Congo 1 (1973) 1
 Cyprus 1 (1995) 1
 Guinea 1 (2001) 1
 Lithuania 1 (2003) 1
 Luxembourg 1 (1948) 1
 United Arab Emirates 1 (1989) 1
 Burkina Faso 1 (1997) 1
 Azerbaijan 1 (2013) 1

Women

Year Host nation Final Third Place Match
Winner Score Second Place Third Place Score Fourth Place
2001
Details
 Netherlands
Germany
n/a
Netherlands

England
n/a
Canada
2002
Details
Kingston
United States
1 – 0
Germany

Netherlands
4 – 0
Canada
2003
Details
Warendorf
Germany
7 – 3
Netherlands

United States
1 – 0
Canada
2004
Details
Fort Eustis
Netherlands
3 – 0
aet

Germany

United States
3 – 1
Canada
2006
Details
Assen
Netherlands
2 – 0
United States

Germany
6 – 4
aet

France
2007
Details
Hyderabad *
North Korea
5 – 0
Germany

France
1 – 0
Netherlands
2008
Details
Ede
Germany
3 – 0
France

Netherlands
2 – 1
South Korea
2009
Details
Biloxi
Brazil
1 – 0
South Korea

Netherlands
2 – 1
France
2010
Details
Cherbourg-Octeville
Brazil
1 – 0
South Korea

France
2 – 1
Netherlands
2011
Details
Rio de Janeiro *
Brazil
5 – 0
Germany

Netherlands
2 – 0
France
2012
Details
Warendorf
Germany
1 – 0
South Korea

Brazil
2 – 0
France
2015
Details
Mungyeong *
Brazil
2 – 1
aet

France

South Korea
3 – 0
Netherlands
2016
Details
France
France
2 – 1
Brazil

South Korea
3 – 3
(a.e.t.) (4–3 p)

Cameroon
2018
Details
Fort Bliss
Brazil
3 – 2
South Korea

China PR
3 – 1
France
2019
Details
Wuhan *
North Korea
2 – 1
China PR

Brazil
3 – 1
South Korea

Teams reaching the top four

TeamTitlesRunners-upThird placeFourth placeTotal
 Brazil 5 (2009, 2010, 2011, 2015, 2018) 1 (2016) 2 (2012, 2019) 8
 Germany 4 (2001, 2003, 2008, 2012) 4 (2002, 2004, 2007, 2011) 1 (2006) 9
 Netherlands 2 (2004, 2006) 2 (2001, 2003) 4 (2002, 2008, 2009, 2011) 3 (2007, 2010, 2015) 11
 North Korea 2 (2007, 2019) 2
 France 1 (2016) 2 (2008, 2015) 2 (2007, 2010) 5 (2006, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2018) 10
 United States 1 (2002) 1 (2006) 2 (2003, 2004) 4
 South Korea 4 (2009, 2010, 2012, 2018) 2 (2015, 2016) 2 (2008, 2019) 8
 England 1 (2001) 1
 China PR 1 (2019) 1 (2018) 2
 Canada 4 (2001, 2002, 2003, 2004) 4
 Cameroon 1 (2016) 1

See also

References

  1. "CISM World Football Cup". CISM. Retrieved 21 November 2016.
  2. "5th Military World Games - Football competition". 2011 Military World Games official website. 24 July 2011.
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