Copa Campeonato

Originally awarded to Primera División champions, the trophy is the oldest in Argentine football, having been awarded for the first time in 1896,[http://www.copaargentina.org/es/noticias/2948_El-trofeo-mas-anejo-del-futbol-argentino.html "El trofeo más añejo del fútbol argentino"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160915202341/http://www.copaargentina.org/es/noticias/2948_El-trofeo-mas-anejo-del-futbol-argentino.html |date=2016-09-15 }} on Copa Argentina website, 26 Jun 2013 three years after the Argentine Football Association was established,[https://web.archive.org/web/20141130034740/http://www.afa.org.ar/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=7793&Itemid=128 Orígenes: El fútbol, una pasión argentina] on AFA website (Archive, 30 Nov 2014) and played without interruption until 1926.{{Cite web |url=http://biblioteca.afa.org.ar/libros/libro_12/ |title=Memoria y Balance 1935 - Argentine Football Association Library |access-date=2014-10-28 |archive-date=2014-04-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407120250/http://biblioteca.afa.org.ar/libros/libro_12/ |url-status=live }} The Cup received several names, such as "Championship Cup", "Copa Campeonato", "Challenge Cup" and "Copa Alumni",[http://www.espndeportes.com/news/story?id=1834058&s=arg&type=story "Presentaron Superfinal Vélez-Newell's"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141029160901/http://www.espndeportes.com/news/story?id=1834058&s=arg&type=story |date=2014-10-29 }} on ESPN due to the association offered legendary team Alumni to keep the Cup definitely for having won it three consecutive times (1900–02), but the club from Belgrano declined the honour to keep the trophy under dispute.[http://www.diariouno.com.ar/deportes/Un-Copa-con-mucha-historia-20130627-0024.html "Una Copa con mucha historia", Diario Uno] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714131938/http://www.diariouno.com.ar/deportes/Un-Copa-con-mucha-historia-20130627-0024.html |date=2014-07-14 }}, 27 Jun 2013

In June 2013, the association decided to put the trophy back into circulation with the creation of a new competition, named "Superfinal" that consisted in a single match between winners of Torneo Inicial and Torneo Final, played in a neutral venue.

The first edition of the competition was awarded as a Primera División league title so Vélez Sársfield achieved its 10th league championship after defeating Newell's Old Boys,[http://canchallena.lanacion.com.ar/1596722-vivo-superfinal-velez-newells "Súper campeón: Vélez venció a Newell's y sumó un nuevo título oficial" on CanchaLlena.com] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151006035211/http://canchallena.lanacion.com.ar/1596722-vivo-superfinal-velez-newells |date=2015-10-06 }}, 29 Jun 2013[http://www.clarin.com/deportes/Supercampeon_0_946705641.html "Vélez venció a Newell's y es el Supercampeón"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141030021004/http://www.clarin.com/deportes/Supercampeon_0_946705641.html |date=2014-10-30 }}, Clarín, 29 Jun 2013 but the association then changed the rules, deciding that the competition would not count as a Primera División title but a domestic cup since its second edition.[http://www.minutouno.com/notas/293465-velez-sera-el-unico-supercampeon-la-historia-del-futbol-argentino "Vélez será el único supercampeón de la historia del fútbol argentino" on MinutoUno.com] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141227214400/http://www.minutouno.com/notas/293465-velez-sera-el-unico-supercampeon-la-historia-del-futbol-argentino |date=2014-12-27 }}, 18 Jul 2013{{Cite web |url=http://canchallena.lanacion.com.ar/1695307-la-afa-homologo-la-superfinal-de-river-como-una-copa-nacional |title="La AFA homologó la Superfinal de River como una Copa Nacional" on CanchaLlena.com |access-date=2014-10-29 |archive-date=2016-03-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304003108/http://canchallena.lanacion.com.ar/1695307-la-afa-homologo-la-superfinal-de-river-como-una-copa-nacional |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |url=http://www.afa.com.ar/institucional/campeones-primera-division.php |title=Campeones de Copas Nacionales on AFA website |access-date=2019-04-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150617061659/http://www.afa.com.ar/institucional/campeones-primera-division.php |archive-date=2015-06-17 |url-status=dead}}[http://mundod.lavoz.com.ar/futbol/superfinal-river-le-gano-san-lorenzo-y-se-quedo-con-la-copa-campeonato "Superfinal: River le ganó a San Lorenzo y se quedó con la Copa Campeonato", LaVoz] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141029174308/http://mundod.lavoz.com.ar/futbol/superfinal-river-le-gano-san-lorenzo-y-se-quedo-con-la-copa-campeonato |date=2014-10-29 }}, 24 May 2014

Due to the 2015 and 2016 seasons were played as single tournaments with only one champion per season, the Copa Campeonato has not held since then.

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