Copa de Competencia La Nación

Football tournament
Copa de Competencia "La Nación"
The trophy awarded to champions
Organising bodyFAF
Founded1913
Abolished1914; 110 years ago (1914)
RegionArgentina
Number of teams26
Last championsIndependiente (1914)
Most successful club(s)Rosario Central
Independiente
(1 title each)

The Copa de Competencia "La Nación" (also called "Concurso por Eliminación") was an official Argentine football cup competition organized by dissident "Federación Argentina de Football" (FAF), being first held in 1913. The tournament only had two editions, the last in 1914.[1]

The trophy took its name from local newspaper La Nación, that donated the cup for the competition. The first edition was played by 22 teams from first and second divisions competing in a single knock-out format. The "Federación Rosarina de Football" (a dissident body from the Liga Rosarina) qualified two teams to semifinal round.[2][3]

The second edition increased the number of teams to 26 with no clubs from Rosario taking part of the competition before the regional body had been dissolved. Independiente and Argentino de Quilmes qualified to play the final but Argentino disafilliated from the FAF to join official body Asociación Argentina de Football shortly before the final match. Therefore, the association crowned Independiente as champion of the tournament.[4][5][6][7]

Champions

Ed. Year Champion Score Runner-up Venue City
1 1913 Rosario Central Argentino (Q) GEBA Buenos Aires
2 1914 Independiente [n 1]
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 Argentino (Q)
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Notes
  1. ^ Recognized as champion due to the other finalist, Argentino de Quilmes, had disjoined the FAF.[4]

References

  1. ^ Concurso por Eliminación - Copa Competencia La Nación on RSSSF
  2. ^ Argentina - Concurso por Eliminación 1913
  3. ^ "Argentina: 1ra. División Federación Argentina - Concurso por Eliminación 1913 by José Carluccio". Archived from the original on 2014-11-02. Retrieved 2014-11-02.
  4. ^ a b Argentina - Concurso por Eliminación 1914
  5. ^ "Campeones de Copas Nacionales" at AFA website
  6. ^ "Todos los ganadores de las Copas Nacionales" on Copa Argentina website, 28 May 2014
  7. ^ "Títulos: Copas domésticas" on C.A. Independiente website Archived 2014-10-06 at the Wayback Machine