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TUL Cup is the present name of the football championship of
Finnish Workers' Sports Federation The Finnish Workers' Sports Federation (, ''TUL'', , ''AIF'') is a Finland, Finnish amateur sports organization founded in 1919. In addition to the competitive sports, TUL focuses on youth activities and youth education as well as offering activit ...
(TUL). It has been played in different formations since 1920. In the last two decades TUL Cup has been played as a pre-season competition. Final tournament is held in different city each year. The 2013 and 2015 TUL Cup finals were cancelled due to lack of participants and the 2020 finals due to the
COVID-19 pandemic The COVID-19 pandemic (also known as the coronavirus pandemic and COVID pandemic), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), began with an disease outbreak, outbreak of COVID-19 in Wuhan, China, in December ...
. Between 1920 and 1947 the Workers' Sports Federation's clubs did not play in the same series as the teams of Finnish Football Association. In 1945—1947 the winners of TUL's series and Football Association's
Mestaruussarja Mestaruussarja (Championship series) was the top division of Finnish football from 1930 to 1989. It was replaced by Veikkausliiga in 1990. In 1930 league format was used for the first time to decide the Finnish champion. Before that (1908-1929) ...
were playing for the Finnish championship title.


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Finnish Workers' Sports Federation football team Finnish Workers' Sports Federation football team () was an association football team representing the Finnish Workers' Sports Federation (TUL) in 1921–1950. At the time, the sport in Finland was divided as the leftist TUL was isolated from the r ...


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