World Military Cup

World Military Cup
Founded 1946
Region International (CISM)
Number of teams 18
Current champions M:  Iraq (2013)
W:  Brazil (2011)
Most successful team(s) M: Italy (8 titles)
M: Greece (6)
M: France (5)
M: Egypt (5)
W: Iraq (4)
W: Brazil (3)
W: Germany (3)
2013 World Men's Military Cup

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, World Military Women's Championship, was started in 2001.

Qualifications

Qualifying tournaments are:

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

Results

Men

Year Host Final Third Place Match
Champions Score Runners-Up Third Place Score Fourth Place
1946
Details
Czech Republic Prague
England

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 Den Haag
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
 Turkey
1964
Details
Turkey Ankara / Istanbul
France
n/a
Turkey
 West Germany
 Netherlands
1965
Details
Spain Madrid
Spain

Turkey

Morocco

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

Morocco
 Netherlands
 Spain
1967
Details
Belgium Brussel
Turkey
n/a
Belgium
 Morocco
 Netherlands
1968
Details
Iraq Baghdad
Greece

Turkey
 Netherlands
 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
aet

Cameroon
1977
Details
Syria Damascus
Iraq
0 – 0
Pens: 5 – 4

Kuwait

Italy
3 – 1
aet

France
1979
Details
Kuwait Kuwait City
Iraq
0 – 0
Pens: 4 – 3

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 aet
Pens: 5 – 4

Germany

Turkey
1 – 0
France
1993
Details
Morocco Rabat
Egypt
3 – 2
aet

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
aet

Burkina Faso
1999
Details
Croatia Zagreb *
Egypt
3 – 3
Pens: 5 – 4

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 * [1]
Algeria
1 – 0
Egypt

Brazil
1 – 0
aet

Qatar
2013
Details
Azerbaijan Baku
Iraq
3 – 2
Oman

Ivory Coast
1 – 0
Azerbaijan
2015
Details
South Korea Mungyeong *
Algeria
2 – 0
aet

Oman

South Korea
3 – 2
Egypt

Teams reaching the top four

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) 1 (2015) 12
 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) 4
 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
 North Korea 1 (2003) 2 (2001, 2007) 3
 Spain 1 (1965) 2 (1966, 1968) 3
 England 1 (1946) 1
 Morocco 3 (1966, 1989, 1993) 2 (1965, 1967) 5
 Netherlands 2 (1947, 1975) 4 (1952, 1958, 1966, 1968) 6 (1949, 1950, 1955, 1961, 1964, 1967) 12
 Oman 2 (2013, 2015) 2
 Qatar 1 (1981) 1 (2005) 2 (2007, 2011) 4
 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
 Brazil 1 (2011) 1 (1957) 2
 Croatia 1 (1999) 1
 Syria 1 (1981) 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

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
Germany Fort Eustis
Netherlands
3 – 0
aet

Germany

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

Germany
6 – 4
aet

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

Netherlands
5 – 1
United States
2015
Details
South Korea Mungyeong *
Brazil
2 – 1
aet

France

South Korea
3 – 0
Netherlands

Titles by team

Teams reaching the top four

Team Titles Runners-up Third place Fourth place Total
 Germany 4 (2001, 2003, 2008, 2012) 4 (2002, 2004, 2007, 2011) 1 (2006) 9
 Brazil 4 (2009, 2010, 2011, 2015) 4
 Netherlands 2 (2004, 2006) 2 (2001, 2003) 5 (2002, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012) 3 (2007, 2010, 2015) 12
 United States 1 (2002) 1 (2006) 2 (2003, 2004) 1 (2012) 5
 North Korea 1 (2007) 1
 South Korea 3 (2009, 2010, 2012) 1 (2015) 1 (2008) 5
 France 2 (2008, 2015) 2 (2007, 2010) 3 (2006, 2009, 2011) 7
 England 1 (2001) 1
 Canada 4 (2001, 2002, 2003, 2004) 4

See also

References

  1. "5th Military World Games - Football competition". 2011 Military World Games official website. 24 July 2011.

External links

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