Tie Cup

Tie Cup Competition

The trophy given to champions.
Founded	1900
Abolished	1919
Region	Buenos Aires, Rosario, Uruguay
Most successful team(s)	Alumni (6 titles)

The Tie Cup is a defunct international football tournament played between representatives of the Argentina, Rosario and Uruguay football associations. It was one of the earliest international football tournaments played between members of different national football associations.

The cup was donated by Francis Hepburn Chevallier Boutell, the president of Argentine Association Football League, in 1900. The tournament was played on an annual basis until 1919.^[1]

Rules

Between 1900 and 1906 qualifiers from the three associations contested the semi-finals 2 from the Argentine football association, 1 from Rosario and one from the Uruguayan football association.

From 1907 to 1919 only the final match was international, contested between one represenatative each from Argentina and Uruguay. The participants were determined via qualification cups, Copa de Competencia Jockey Club in Argentina).

Finals

The following list includes all the editions of the Tie Cup Competition:^[2]

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score	Venue	City/District
1900	Belgrano AC	Rosario AC	2-0	Flores AC	Flores
1901	Alumni	Rosario AC	2-1 (aet)	Lomas AC	Lomas de Zamora
1902	Rosario AC	Alumni	1-1 (aet)	Soc. Sportiva Argentina	Palermo
			1-1 (aet)
			2-1 (aet)
1903	Alumni	Rosario AC	3-2 (aet)	Soc. Sportiva Argentina	Palermo
1904	Rosario AC	CURCC	3-2 (aet)	Flores AC	Flores
1905	Rosario AC	CURCC	4-3 (aet)	Soc. Sportiva Argentina	Palermo
1906	Alumni	Belgrano AC	10-1	Quilmes	Quilmes
1907	Alumni	CURCC	3-1	Ferro Carril Oeste	Caballito
1908	Alumni	Wanderers	4-0	Belgrano AC	Belgrano
1909	Alumni	CURCC	4-0	Gimnasia y Esgrima	Palermo
1910	not completed [3]
1911	Wanderers	San Isidro	2-0	C.A. San Isidro	San Isidro
1912	San Isidro	Nacional	1-0	n/e	Buenos Aires
1913	Nacional	San Isidro	1-0	n/e	Buenos Aires
1914	River Plate	Bristol	1-0	Ferro Carril Oeste	Caballito
1915	Nacional	Porteño	2-0	n/e	Buenos Aires
1916	Peñarol	Rosario Central	3-0	Racing	Avellaneda
1917	Wanderers	Independiente	4-0	n/e	Buenos Aires
1918	Wanderers	Porteño	2-1	Gimnasia y Esgrima	Palermo
1919	Boca Juniors	Nacional	2-0	Sportivo Barracas	Barracas

Titles by team

Team	Titles	Years won
Alumni	6	1901, 1903, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909
Rosario AC	3	1902, 1904, 1905
Wanderers	3	1911, 1917, 1918
Nacional	2	1913, 1915
Belgrano AC	1	1900
San Isidro	1	1912
River Plate	1	1914
Peñarol	1	1916
Boca Juniors	1	1919

Titles by nation

References