A super cup is a competition, in

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and

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which often forms the '

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' to a season, and typically involves only two teams who have qualified through success in other competitions during the previous season. It is typically contested on a national level by two competition winners of the previous season: the national knock-out cup winner and the highest level league champion. There are also continental super cups, like the

UEFA Super Cup The UEFA Super Cup is an annual super cup Association football, football match organised by UEFA and contested by the winners of the two main European club competitions: the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League. The competition's offic ...

in football, which puts together winners of the

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and second-tier

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and the

Recopa Sudamericana The CONMEBOL Recopa Sudamericana (), also known as Recopa Sudamericana or CONMEBOL Recopa, and simply as Recopa (, ; "Winners' Cup"), is an annual international club Association football, football competition organized by CONMEBOL since 1988. It ...

between CONMEBOL Libertadores and the Sudamericana winners, and cross-border super cups between champions of neighbouring leagues, such as the

Campeones Cup The Campeones Cup is an annual North American association football match contested between the winners of the previous MLS Cup from Major League Soccer and the winners of the Campeón de Campeones from Liga MX. The competition was established by ...

between the winners of the highest level leagues in the United States and Mexico, and the Champions Cup for the champions of both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. The now-defunct Intercontinental Cup was a super cup played between the continental champions of Europe and South America, with winners retroactively recognised by world governing body

FIFA The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (), more commonly known by its acronym FIFA ( ), is the international self-regulatory governing body of association football, beach soccer, and futsal. It was founded on 21 May 1904 to o ...

as World Champions prior to the creation of the official

FIFA Club World Cup The FIFA Club World Cup (FIFA CWC) is an international men's association football competition organised by the ''Fédération Internationale de Football Association'' (FIFA), the sport's global sports governing body, governing body. The compe ...

and the CONMEBOL-UEFA Cup of Champions between the winners of the European Football Championship and the

Copa América The CONMEBOL Copa América (; known until 1975 as the South American Football Championship), often simply called the Copa America, is the top men's quadrennial association football, football tournament contested among list of men's national ass ...

, which rebranded once again in

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after the 29-year hiatus. Sometimes, these are

two-legged tie In sports (especially association football), a two-legged tie is a contest between two teams which comprises two matches or "legs", with each team as the home team in one leg. The winning team is usually determined by aggregate score, the sum ...

s, with a match played at each side's stadium, but increasingly they are one-off fixtures at a neutral venue, such as a

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. Some Super Cups have even been staged in venues outside their home country, such as the Italian, French, Spanish, Turkish, Mexican, and Egyptian games and increasingly function as publicity events for that league in the global market. If the league champions are also the national cup winners, they may play a selected XI team, or more commonly the runners-up from one of the competitions, typically from the league. The

Finalissima The Finalissima or officially CONMEBOL–UEFA Cup of Champions, formerly known as European/South American Nations Cup and also called Artemio Franchi Cup, is an intercontinental football match organised by CONMEBOL and UEFA and contested by th ...

between the national team continental champions of

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and

CONMEBOL CONMEBOL ( ) or CSF (; ; ), is the continental governing body of football in South America and it is one of FIFA's six continental confederations. The oldest continental confederation in the world, its headquarters are located in Luque, Parag ...

, also known as the CONMEBOL-UEFA Cup of Champions, plus its women's counterpart, are rare examples of 'super cups' between national sides.

Football

National super cups

The following nations have an active super cup competition:

AFC

* Bahraini Super Cup * Bangladesh Challenge Cup * Brunei Super Cup * CNCC Charity Cup * Chinese FA Super Cup * Indian Super Cup *

Iranian Super Cup The Iranian Super Cup (Persian language, Persian: سوپر جام ایران, ''Super Jam-e 'Iran'') is an Iranian association football trophy awarded to the winner of a match between the Persian Gulf Pro League's season champion and the winner of ...

* Iraqi Super Cup *

Japanese Super Cup The , the for sponsorship reasons, is an annual one-match association football competition in Japan organised by J.League and the Japan Football Association. This competition serves as the season opener and is played between the reigning J1 Leag ...

* Jordan Super Cup * Kyrgyzstan Super Cup * Kuwait Super Cup * Lebanese Super Cup, Lebanese Women's Super Cup * Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah Cup * Maldivian FA Charity Shield * Mongolia Super Cup *

MFF Charity Cup The MFF Charity Cup is Football in Myanmar, Myanmar football's annual match contested between the champions of the previous Myanmar National League season and the holders of the General Aung San Shield at Aung San Stadium. If the Myanmar National ...

Oman Super Cup The Oman Super Cup () is an Omani football cup competition. It has been played on and off since the first edition was held in 1999. It is the curtain raiser to the Omani football season. It pairs the previous season's Sultan Qaboos Cup winners aga ...

* Gaza Strip Super Cup, West Bank Super Cup * Qatari Sheikh Jassim Cup,

Qatar Cup The Qatar Cup (formerly known as Qatar Crown Prince Cup) is a tournament in men's football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), go ...

Saudi Super Cup The Saudi Super Cup () is the annual super cup tournament in Saudi Arabian football. Founded in 2013 as a two-team competition, the Super Cup has been contested by four teams since 2022: the winners and runners-up of the King's Cup and the Sa ...

* Singapore Charity Shield * Syrian Super Cup * Tajik Supercup *

Thailand Champions Cup The Thailand Champions Cup (continuing Kor Royal Cup, a different competition from the Thai Super Cup) is a single-game competition between the winners of previous Thai League 1 and Thai FA Cup, organised by the Football Association of Thailand. ...

LFA Super Taça The LFA Super Taça or the ''LFA Super Cup'' is an East Timorese football (soccer), football championship contested by the winners of Liga Futebol Timor-Leste and the Taça 12 de Novembro. In the event that a team wins both Liga Futebol Timor-Les ...

* Turkmenistan Super Cup * Uzbekistan Super Cup *

UAE Super Cup The UAE Super Cup () and Charity Champions Cup in the first edition (1989–90), is the curtain raiser of the United Arab Emirates football season. It is played between the previous season's UAE League, Pro-League winners and UAE President's Cup, P ...

Vietnamese Super Cup Vietnamese National Football Super Cup (), also called the Thaco National Football Super Cup due to sponsorship reasons, is Vietnamese football's annual match contested between the champions of the previous V.League 1 season and the holders of th ...

Yemeni Super Cup The Yemeni Super Cup is a Yemeni association football trophy contested in an annual match between the champions of the Yemeni League and the winners of the Yemeni Cup. Winners &, Runners up By year Championships by team See also * Yemeni ...

CAF

* Algerian Super Cup * Coupe Houphouët-Boigny * Djibouti Super Cup *

Egyptian Super Cup The Egyptian Super Cup is Football in Egypt, Egyptian football's annual match contested between the champions of the Egyptian Premier League season and the holders of the Egypt Cup. If the Egyptian Premier League champions also won the Egypt Cup ...

* Ghana Super Cup, Ghana Women's Super Cup *

Kenyan Super Cup The Kenyan Super Cup is a Kenyan football (soccer), football championship contested by the winners of the Kenyan Premier League and the FKF President's Cup. Having been formed in 2009, it is the Kenyan equivalent to the FA Community Shield of Eng ...

* Libyan Super Cup * Mauritanian Super Cup * Namibia Super Cup * Nigeria Women's Super Cup * Super Coupe du Congo * Senegalese Super Cup * Somalia Super Cup * Tanzania Community Shield * Tunisian Super Cup

CONCACAF

Supercopa de Costa Rica The Supercopa de Costa Rica () is an association football competition held for club football teams in Costa Rica. The Supercopa de Costa Rica is a renewed Champion of Champions tournament in Costa Rica and affirm with the secretary of the Unafu ...

* Salvadoran Supercup * Copa Campeón de Campeones *

Honduran Supercup The Honduran Supercup is a Honduran football competition held yearly as a preseason match between the reigning champions of the Liga Nacional and the Honduran Cup. The competition started unofficially in 1997, but was discontinued after just tw ...

Campeón de Campeones Campeón de Campeones () is an association football competition in Mexico and the domestic super cup between the Liga MX champions of the ''Apertura'' and ''Clausura'' tournaments. It was initially a super cup match between the league and cup cha ...

* Suriname President's Cup *

Trinidad and Tobago Charity Shield The Trinidad and Tobago Charity Shield is the country's annual football match contested between the champions of the previous TT Pro League season and the holders of the Pro Bowl. If the Pro League champions also won the Pro Bowl, then the league ...

NWSL Challenge Cup The NWSL Challenge Cup is an annual supercup competition organized by the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL), a division 1 women's league in the United States soccer league system. The current (2025) cup holder is the Washington Spirit, who ...

CONMEBOL

* Supercopa Argentina * Trofeo de Campeones de la Liga Profesional * Supercopa Internacional *

Supercopa do Brasil The Supercopa do Brasil (), also known as Supercopa Rei (), is a Brazilian association football trophy organized by the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF). It is contested between the champions of the Campeonato Brasileiro and the winners of ...

Supercopa de Chile The Supercopa de Chile (''Supercup of Chile'') is an annual one-match football official competition in Chile organised by the Asociación Nacional de Fútbol Profesional (ANFP). This competition serves as the season opener and is played between t ...

Superliga Colombiana The Superliga Colombiana (''Colombian Superleague''), officially known as Superliga BetPlay Dimayor due to sponsorship by online betting company BetPlay, is an official competition contested between the winners of the Apertura and Finalización t ...

* Supercopa Ecuador * Supercopa Paraguay * Supercopa Peruana * Supercopa Uruguaya

OFC

* Champion versus Champion *

Charity Cup The Charity Cup, also referred to as the NZF Charity Cup (previously known as the ASB Charity Cup for sponsorship reasons), is New Zealand's association football super cup, which takes place on annual basis. The competition was founded in 19 ...

* Tahiti Coupe des Champions

UEFA

* Albanian Supercup *

Andorran Supercup The Andorran Supercup () is the Association football, football Supercup of Andorra. History It has been played since 2003. It is a single match at the beginning of the season between the winners of the Andorran First Division and the Andorran Cu ...

* Armenian Supercup * Belarusian Super Cup * Belgian Supercup * Bosnian Supercup * Bulgarian Supercup * Croatian Supercup *

Cypriot Super Cup The Cypriot Super Cup is a Cypriot football trophy, contested in an annual match between the previous season's Cypriot First Division champions, and the Cypriot Cup winners. The match is contested at the beginning of the football season, and is ...

, Cypriot Women's Super Cup *

FA Community Shield The Football Association Community Shield (formerly the Charity Shield) is Football in England, English football's annual match contested at Wembley Stadium between the champions of the previous Premier League season and the holders of the FA ...

(formerly the Charity Shield),

Women's FA Community Shield The Women's FA Community Shield was an association football competition in England. It was a national super cup, and the equivalent of the FA Community Shield in male football. It was the first competitive match of the football season. The match ...

* Estonian SuperCup, Estonian Women's Supercup * Faroe Islands Super Cup *

Trophée des Champions The Trophée des Champions (, ) is a French association football trophy contested in an annual match between the champions of Ligue 1 and the winners of the Coupe de France. It is equivalent to the Super cup, super cups found in many other count ...

, Trophée des Championnes * Georgian Super Cup *

DFL-Supercup The Franz Beckenbauer Supercup or ''German Super Cup'' is a one-off association football, football match in Germany that features the winners of the Bundesliga championship and the DFB-Pokal. The competition is run by the Deutsche Fußball Liga (E ...

, DFB-Supercup Frauen * Pepe Reyes Cup *

Greek Super Cup The Greek Super Cup (), formerly known as the Friendship and Solidarity Cup () is a Greek association football one-match competition, which is contested annually either between the champions of the previous Super League Greece season and the hold ...

* Icelandic Super Cup * Israel Super Cup *

Supercoppa Italiana The Supercoppa Italiana, also known as the Italian Super Cup, is an annual super cup tournament in Italian football. Founded in 1988 as a two-team competition, it has featured four teams since 2023 (the winners and runners-up of the previous ...

, Supercoppa Italiana (women) * Kazakhstan Super Cup *

Kosovar Supercup The Kosovar Supercup is an annual football match played between the winners of the previous season's Football Superleague of Kosovo, Kosovo Superleague and Kosovar Cup competitions. The match is played since 1992, and is recognized by UEFA since 20 ...

Latvian Supercup The Latvian Supercup () is a one-match annual football competition. The two participating clubs are holders of the Latvian Higher League champions title and the Latvian Football Cup. The fixture is played before the start of the season. The fir ...

* Lithuanian Supercup * Maltese Super Cup *

Moldovan Super Cup The Moldovan Super Cup () is the national football (soccer), football super cup competition in Moldova, officially having the winners of the previous season's Moldovan Liga and Moldovan Cup face-off against each other. In case when the national cu ...

Johan Cruyff Shield The Johan Cruyff Shield (, ) is a football trophy in the Netherlands named after Dutch footballer Johan Cruyff, also often referred to as the Dutch Super Cup. The winner is decided in one match only, played by the winner of the national footbal ...

* Mesterfinalen * NIFL Charity Shield *

Polish SuperCup The Polish Super Cup (, ) is an annually held match between the champions of the Ekstraklasa and the Polish Cup winners or, if the Ekstraklasa champions also win the Polish Cup, the Cup's runners-up. As of 2024, the Polish Super Cup has been p ...

Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira The Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira (; English: Cândido de Oliveira Super Cup, or simply Portuguese Super Cup) is an annual Portuguese association football, football match played since 1979 between the winners of the top-tier league (Primeira L ...

, Supertaça de Portugal Feminina * President's Cup * Romanian Super Cup * Russian Super Cup * Super Coppa Sammarinese *

Supercopa de España The Supercopa de España, also known as the Spanish Super Cup, is a super cup tournament in Football in Spain, Spanish football. Founded in 1982 Supercopa de España, 1982 as a two-team competition, the current version has been contested since 2 ...

, Supercopa de España Femenina *

Turkish Super Cup The Turkish Super Cup, known as Turkcell Super Cup () for sponsorship reasons, is a super cup tournament in Turkish football. Founded in 1966 as a two-team competition, the current version has been contested since 2025 by four teams: the winners ...

* Ukrainian Super Cup

Defunct super cups

* Trofeo de Campeones * Austrian Supercup * Azerbaijan Supercup * Bangladesh Super Cup * BeNe Super Cup * Super Coupe Roger Milla * North American Club Championship * Czech Supercup * Danish Supercup * Baltic Champions Cup * Supercoupe du Gabon * DFV-Supercup * Hong Kong Community Cup * Szuperkupa * Indian Super Cup * Indonesian Community Shield * Supercopa MX * Moroccan Super Cup * Top Four Cup * Macedonian Super Cup * Copa Federación * Slovak Super Cup * Slovenian Supercup * Korean Super Cup * Swiss Super Cup * Supercupen * Thai Super Cup (top 4 places in last season, 2009 only) *

Kor Royal Cup Kor Royal Cup (), known as the Yai Cup () until 1963, was the highest level of club football competition which competed in the tournament in Thailand from 1916 to 1995. It was founded by the Football Association of Thailand in 1916. Department of ...

Sheriff of London Charity Shield The Sheriff of London Charity Shield, also known as the Dewar Shield, was a football competition played annually between the best amateur and best professional club in England, though Scottish amateur side Queen's Park also took part in 1899. Th ...

Soviet Super Cup The USSR Super Cup,, , , also known as the Season's Cup, was an unofficial exhibition game (or game series) not sanctioned by the Football Federation of the Soviet Union and that featured the winners of the previous season's Soviet Top League ...

(also known as the Season's Cup) * Yugoslav Super Cup * Northern Cypriot Super Cup

Cross-border super cups

Copa Aldao The Copa Ricardo Aldao ( English: ''Ricardo Aldao Cup''), popularly called Campeonato Rioplatense and Copa Río de La Plata, was an official AFA- AUF football club competition contested annually, albeit irregularly, between the league champions o ...

(league champions) * Czech-Slovak Supercup (cup winners) * Livonia Cup (league champions) * Champions Cup (league champions) *

(league champions) * Saudi-Egyptian Super Cup (league champions vs. cup champions)

Continental super cups

Some continental football federations also have their own super cups: * AFC: Asian Super Cup (defunct) * CAF:

CAF Super Cup The CAF Super Cup, known as TotalEnergies CAF Super Cup for sponsorship reasons, is an annual African association football competition contested between the winners of the CAF Champions League and the CAF Confederation Cup. The competition was f ...

Regional super cups

* UAFA:

Arab Super Cup The Arab Super Cup () was an Arab football (soccer), football competition, held between four teams (the winners and runners-up of both the Arab Champions Cup, Arab Club Champions Cup and the Arab Cup Winners' Cup) each year. History The Arab Supe ...

(defunct)

Intercontinental super cups

Most of the continental football confederations have jointly held a competition pitting their champions against each other: * CONMEBOL & UEFA: Intercontinental Cup (defunct) *

CONCACAF The Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football, abbreviated as CONCACAF ( ; typeset for branding purposes since 2018 as Concacaf), is one of FIFA's six continental governing bodies for association football. Its 4 ...

& CONMEBOL:

Copa Interamericana The Copa Interamericana () was an international association football, football competition endorsed by CONCACAF (North, Central America and Caribbean) and CONMEBOL (South America). Established in 1969, it was discontinued in 1998 after CONCACAF ...

(defunct) * AFC & CAF: Afro-Asian Club Championship (defunct) All of these competitions are now defunct and have been succeeded by the

and the

FIFA Intercontinental Cup The FIFA Intercontinental Cup is an international men's association football competition organised by FIFA, the sport's global sports governing body, governing body. The first edition took place in 2024 FIFA Intercontinental Cup, 2024. The co ...

, which features the champions of all of the confederations. In 2017, FIFA retroactively recognised the winners of the European/South American Cup as world champions. A similar tournament was held at international level, the

FIFA Confederations Cup The FIFA Confederations Cup was an international association football tournament for men's national teams, held every four years by FIFA. It was contested by the holders of each of the six continental championships ( AFC, CAF, CONCACAF, CONMEBO ...

. It was initially held on a biennial basis, every odd year, from 1993 until 2005 when it became quadrennial, the year before a

World Cup A world cup is a global sporting competition in which the participant entities – usually international teams or individuals representing their countries – compete for the title of world champion. The event most associated with the name is ...

in its host country. It featured the six continental champions, the World Cup winners and the host. The

2017 FIFA Confederations Cup The 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup was the tenth and final edition of the FIFA Confederations Cup, a quadrennial international men's Association football, football tournament organised by FIFA. It was held in Russia, from 17 June to 2 July 2017, ...

was the 10th and last Confederations Cup before FIFA abolished it for an expanded Club World Cup. CONMEBOL and UEFA relaunched the CONMEBOL-UEFA Cup of Champions in 2020, previously held as the European/South American Nations Cup in

1985 The year 1985 was designated as the International Youth Year by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 ** The Internet's Domain Name System is created. ** Greenland withdraws from the European Economic Community as a result of a n ...

and

1993 The United Nations General Assembly, General Assembly of the United Nations designated 1993 as: * International Year for the World's Indigenous People The year 1993 in the Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands had only 364 days, since its ...

, to be contested between the champions of both confederations. The rebooted cup, now branded as the Finalissima, held its first edition in

, with quadrennial editions to follow. The two confederations launched a

Women's Finalissima The Women's Finalissima is an intercontinental women's football super cup organised by CONMEBOL and UEFA and contested by the winners of the Copa América Femenina and UEFA Women's Championship. Played as a quadrennial one-off match, the fi ...

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, involving the most recent winners of the

Copa América Femenina The Copa América Femenina (''Copa América Feminina'' in Portuguese), previously the ''Campeonato Sudamericano de Fútbol Femenino'' (''Campeonato Sul-Americano de Futebol Feminino''), usually shortened to ''Sudamericano Femenino'' (''Sul-America ...

and Women's Euro. It is also planned to be a quadrennial event. Other tournaments like this have been held, including the Intercontinental Champions' Supercup (contested by the past winners of the Intercontinental Cup), the Club Challenge, previously held as Supercopa Euroamericana (pitting the

Copa Sudamericana The CONMEBOL Sudamericana, also known as Copa Sudamericana (; ), is an annual international club football competition organized by CONMEBOL, the governing body of football in South America, since 2002. It is the second-most prestigious club com ...

and

UEFA Europa League The UEFA Europa League (UEL), usually known simply as the Europa League, is an annual association football, football club competition organised since 1971 by the UEFA, Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) for eligible European footb ...

winners), the J.League-Sudamericana Championship (pitting the

and J.League Cup winners), the Copa de Oro (pitting all the most recent CONMEBOL competition winners), and the Copa Iberoamericana (pitting the Copa de Oro and

Copa del Rey The , commonly known as , or (in English) the Spanish Cup or King's Cup, and formerly known as Copa del Presidente de la República (1932–1936) and Copa del Generalísimo (1939–1976), is an annual knockout football competition in Spanis ...

winners).

Basketball

National super cups

* Algeria Basketball Supercup * Austrian Supercup * Belgian Supercup * Dutch Supercup * French Match des Champions * German BBL Champions Cup *

* Israeli Supercup * Italian Supercup * Jordan Basketball Supercup *

Polish Supercup The Polish Super Cup (, ) is an annually held match between the champions of the Ekstraklasa and the Polish Cup winners or, if the Ekstraklasa champions also win the Polish Cup, the Cup's runners-up. As of 2024, the Polish Super Cup has been p ...

* Portuguese SuperCup * Romanian Supercup * Slovenian Supercup * Spanish Supercup * Turkish Presidential Cup

Regional

& * BNXT Supercup (Belgium & the Netherlands) * Adriatic Supercup (former

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)

Continental level

FIBA Europe SuperCup Women The SuperCup Women (or Women SuperCup) is a super cup competition organized by FIBA Europe and contested between the winners of EuroLeague Women and EuroCup Women. History The first edition of the Cup took place on October 20, 2009, and wa ...

: contested between the winners of EuroLeague Women and

EuroCup Women The EuroCup Women (officially ''FIBA EuroCup Women'') is the second-level basketball competition with teams from associate members of FIBA Europe. It succeeds the Ronchetti Cup. Unlike the EuroCup Basketball, EuroCup Men, the competition is entir ...

Water polo

National super cups

* Supercopa de España de Waterpolo: an annual men's

water polo Water polo is a competitive sport, competitive team sport played in water between two teams of seven players each. The game consists of four quarters in which the teams attempt to score goals by throwing the water polo ball, ball into the oppo ...

match contested between the winners of División de Honor de Waterpolo and Copa del Rey de Waterpolo. * Supercopa de España de Waterpolo Femenino: an annual women's water polo match contested between the winners of División de Honor Femenina de Waterpolo and Copa de la Reina de Waterpolo.

Continental super cups

* Men's

LEN Super Cup The European Aquatics Super Cup is an annual water polo match organized by European Aquatics and contested by the reigning champions of the two most important European club competitions, the European Aquatics Champions League and the European A ...

: an annual

match organized by LEN (European Swimming League) and contested by the reigning champions of the two European club competitions, the

LEN Champions League The European Aquatics Champions League is the top-tier European professional water polo club competition with teams from up to 18 countries. It is organized by the Ligue Européenne de Natation. The competition started in 1963 as European Cup. A ...

and the LEN Euro Cup. * Women's LEN Super Cup: an annual water polo match organized by the LEN (European Swimming League) and contested by the reigning champions of the two European club competitions, the LEN Euro League and the LEN Trophy.

Motorsports

* The ADAC Supercup, commonly known as Supercup, was a

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series held between 1986 and 1989. *

Ginetta GT Supercup The Ginetta GT4 Supercup is a one-make racing, Sports car racing series based in the United Kingdom, using identical Ginetta G50 and G55 sports cars. The championship supported the British Touring Car Championship (BTCC) until the end of t ...

, a British 2-class 1-make sports car racing series. *

Porsche Supercup The Porsche Supercup (officially known as Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup, known as Porsche Michelin Supercup prior to 2007 and often abbreviated as PSC) is an international One-design racing, one-make production stock car racing series supporting the ...

, an international one-make racing series for

Porsche 911 The Porsche 911 model series (pronounced ''Nine Eleven'' or in ) is a family of German two-door, high performance Rear-engine design, rear-engine sports cars, introduced in September 1964 by Porsche, Porsche AG of Stuttgart, Germany. Now in it ...

Carreras.

Rugby

* The current format of the rugby league

World Club Challenge The World Club Challenge is an annual rugby league competition between the winners of the Australian National Rugby League and the British Super League, for the de facto club world championship of the sport. Super League sides have won the c ...

sees the winners of the

Super League Super League (also known as the Betfred Super League for sponsorship reasons, and legally Super League Europe Ltd.) is a professional rugby league competition, and the highest level of the British rugby league system, which consists of twelve t ...

from Europe face the

National Rugby League The National Rugby League (also known as the NRL Telstra Premiership for sponsorship reasons) is a professional rugby league competition in Oceania which contains clubs from New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria (state), Victoria, the Austral ...

winners from Australasia, and was last played in

2024 The year saw the list of ongoing armed conflicts, continuation of major armed conflicts, including the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Myanmar civil war (2021–present), Myanmar civil war, the Sudanese civil war (2023–present), Sudane ...

. In

1997 Events January * January 1 – The Emergency Alert System is introduced in the United States. * January 11 – Turkey threatens Cyprus on account of a deal to buy Russian S-300 missiles, prompting the Cypriot Missile Crisis. * January 1 ...

2015 2015 was designated by the United Nations as: * International Year of Light * International Year of Soil __TOC__ Events January * January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes ...

2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

and

2017 2017 was designated as the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development by the United Nations General Assembly. Events January * January 1 – Istanbul nightclub shooting: A gunman dressed as Santa Claus opens fire at the ...

, the game formed part of an expanded tournament that included as few as four and as many as twenty-two teams. * The Charity Shield is a defunct super cup competition in British rugby league, contested by the winners of the RFL Championship First Division and RFL Challenge Cup. * The Super Powers Cup was an annual international

competition contested by national teams from

Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its Provinces and territories of Canada, ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, making it the world's List of coun ...

Japan Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asia, Asian mainland, it is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan and extends from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea ...

Russia Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia. It is the list of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the world, and extends across Time in Russia, eleven time zones, sharing Borders ...

and

United States The United States of America (USA), also known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It is a federal republic of 50 U.S. state, states and a federal capital district, Washington, D.C. The 48 ...

. In 2005, its name was changed to the

Super Cup A super cup is a competition, in association football, basketball, handball, volleyball and rugby union which often forms the 'curtain raiser' to a season, and typically involves only two teams who have qualified through success in other competi ...

Other sports

* IIHF Super Cup, a defunct

ice hockey Ice hockey (or simply hockey in North America) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an Ice rink, ice skating rink with Ice hockey rink, lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. Tw ...

competition.

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