The Honduran Supercup is a
Honduran football
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competition held yearly as a preseason match between the reigning champions of the
Liga Nacional and the
Honduran Cup
The Honduran Cup was the top knock-out Association football, football tournament in Honduras.
The first tournament was played in 1968 Honduran Cup, 1968, four years later the second tournament took the name ''Copa Presidente'' () in honor of Dr. R ...
. The competition started unofficially in 1997, but was discontinued after just two seasons. In
2015
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, it was intended to be reactivated, but the match between
F.C. Motagua and
Club Deportivo Olimpia
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was scheduled but not played. One year later, a
new Supercup edition was finally reestablished after 17 years of dormancy. The Honduran football authorities however, did not consider the competition official until
2017
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.
Winners
Titles by club
Re-launch
In January 2015, the Honduran Secretary of State for Culture, Arts and Sports gathered with the
Honduran League to discuss a possible reactivation of the competition in 2016. An official Super Cup has not been played since 1999.
Other versions
In 2014 and 2016, there were three exhibition versions of the tournament re-branded as ''Supercopa Diez'', sponsored by local daily sports newspaper ''Diario Deportivo Diez''.
LaPrensa.hn – Olimpia, campeón de campeones de Honduras
– 19 July 2014 These unofficial editions faced the champions of the Liga Nacional against the champions of the Liga de Ascenso
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Basketball
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* Liga Femenina de Baloncesto, women's professional basketball league in Spain
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See also
* Honduran League
* Honduran Cup
The Honduran Cup was the top knock-out Association football, football tournament in Honduras.
The first tournament was played in 1968 Honduran Cup, 1968, four years later the second tournament took the name ''Copa Presidente'' () in honor of Dr. R ...
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References
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Honduras
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Recurring sporting events established in 1997