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World Military Cup
Founded1946
RegionInternational (CISM)
Current championsM:  Bahrain (2019)
W:  South Korea (2023)
Most successful team(s)Men:
 Italy (8 titles)
Women:
 Brazil (5 titles)
2019 Military World Games

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.

A women's tournament related to the Cup, World Military Women's Championship, was started in 2001.

History

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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.[1]

Format

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

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

Qualifications

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Qualifying tournaments are:

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

Results

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Men

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Military World Championship

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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
Czech Republic Prague
United Kingdom

Czechoslovakia

Belgium
1947
Details
Germany Hanover
Belgium

Netherlands

Denmark
1948
Details
Denmark Copenhagen
France

Belgium

Denmark

Luxembourg
1949
Details
France Lille / Paris
France
3–1
Turkey

Belgium
3–1
Netherlands
1950
Details
Netherlands The Hague
Italy
2–1
Belgium

France
4–4
(France win on corners)

Netherlands
1951
Details
Egypt Cairo
Italy
3–1
Egypt

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

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

Greece
1954
Details
Belgium Brussels
Belgium
5–1
Turkey

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

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

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

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

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

France
1960
Details
France Oran 2
Belgium
n/a
Turkey

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

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

South Korea

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

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

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

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

Greece
n/a
Turkey
1973
Details
Republic of the Congo Brazzaville
Italy
n/a
Iraq

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

Kuwait
6–5 (a.e.t.)
Cameroon
1977
Details
Syria Damascus
Iraq
0–0
(5–4 p)

Kuwait

Italy
3–1 (a.e.t.)
France
1979
Details
Kuwait Kuwait City
Iraq
0–0
(4–3 p)

Italy

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

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

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

Belgium
1–0
United Arab Emirates
1991
Details
Netherlands Arnhem / Apeldoorn
Italy
3–3 (a.e.t.)
(5–4 p)

Germany

Turkey
1–0
France
1993
Details
Morocco Rabat
Egypt
3–2 (a.e.t.)
Morocco

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

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

France
3–2 (a.e.t.)
Burkina Faso
1999
Details
Croatia Zagreb *
Egypt
3–3
(5–4 p)

Greece

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

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

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

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

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

Brazil
1–0 (a.e.t.)
Qatar
2015
Details
South Korea Mungyeong *
Algeria
2–0 (a.e.t.)
Oman

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

Algeria
4–0
North Korea
  • ^n/a A round-robin tournament determined the final standings
  • ^n1 Only three teams in final group
  • ^n2 Tournament held in French Algeria
  • * Held as part of the Military World Games

CISM World Football Cup

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

Ivory Coast
1–0
Azerbaijan
2017
Details
Oman Muscat
Oman
0–0
(4–1 p)

Qatar

Syria
2 – 2
(6–5 p)

Egypt

Teams reaching the top four

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Team Titles Runners-up Third place Fourth place Total
 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

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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
Canada Kingston
United States
1–0
Germany

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

United States
1–0
Canada
2004
Details
United States Fort Eustis
Netherlands
3–0 (a.e.t.)
Germany

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

Germany
6–4 (a.e.t.)
France
2007
Details
India Hyderabad *
North Korea
5–0
Germany

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

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

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

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

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

Brazil
2–0
France
2015
Details
South Korea Mungyeong *
Brazil
2–1 (a.e.t.)
France

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

South Korea
3–3 (a.e.t.)
(4–3 p)

Cameroon
2018
Details
United States Fort Bliss
Brazil
3–2
South Korea

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

Brazil
3–1
South Korea
2020 Cameroon Yaoundé[3] Cancelled Cancelled
2022
Details
United States Spokane
France
2–1
Cameroon

South Korea
3–0
United States
2023
Details
Netherlands Bunschoten-Spakenburg
South Korea
1–0
France

Cameroon
4–0
Netherlands

Teams reaching the top four

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Team Titles Runners-up Third place Fourth place Total
 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
 France 2 (2016, 2022) 3 (2008, 2015, 2023) 2 (2007, 2010) 5 (2006, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2018) 12
 Netherlands 2 (2004, 2006) 2 (2001, 2003) 4 (2002, 2008, 2009, 2011) 4 (2007, 2010, 2015, 2023) 12
 North Korea 2 (2007, 2019) 2
 South Korea 1 (2023) 4 (2009, 2010, 2012, 2018) 3 (2015, 2016, 2022) 2 (2008, 2019) 10
 United States 1 (2002) 1 (2006) 2 (2003, 2004) 1 (2022) 5
 Cameroon 1 (2022) 1 (2023) 1 (2016) 3
 China 1 (2019) 1 (2018) 2
 England 1 (2001) 1
 Canada 4 (2001, 2002, 2003, 2004) 4

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "CISM World Football Cup". CISM. Archived from the original on 23 December 2016. Retrieved 21 November 2016.
  2. ^ "5th Military World Games – Football competition". 2011 Military World Games official website. 24 July 2011. Archived from the original on 16 July 2013. Retrieved 24 July 2011.
  3. ^ "Cancellation of the 13th World Military Women's Football Championship". CISM official website. CISM Media and Communication Department. 2020. Archived from the original on 2022-07-15. Retrieved 2022-07-15.
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