Scissors Cup

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{{Short description|Indian association football tournament}}

{{Infobox football tournament

|name = Scissors Cup

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|organiser = All India Football Federation (AIFF)

|founded = {{Start date and age|1992}}

|region = India

|number of teams = Various

|current champions = West Riffa Club (1997)

|most successful club = Dempo (3 titles)

|broadcasters =

|website =

|abolished = 1997

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The Scissors Cup was an Indian football tournament held in Kerala, organized by the All India Football Federation (AIFF). It was instituted in 1992 and abolished in 1997.{{Cite web |title=JCT Football :: Scissors Cup |url=http://www.jctfootball.com/aboutUs/recordsAndStats/listofWinners/scissorsCupListOfWinners.aspx?a=5 |access-date=2023-04-16 |website=www.jctfootball.com |archive-date=21 April 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170421201511/http://www.jctfootball.com/aboutUs/recordsAndStats/listofWinners/scissorsCupListOfWinners.aspx?a=5 |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |title=India's football past gasping for survival |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/football/india-s-football-past-gasping-for-survival/story-8cGyA03MIB3ay2LCflkcWJ.html |date=25 March 2018 |website=hindustantimes.com |publisher=Hindustan Times |last=Sarkar |first=Dhiman |location=Kolkata |access-date=16 April 2023 |archive-date=6 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220106201153/https://www.hindustantimes.com/football/india-s-football-past-gasping-for-survival/story-8cGyA03MIB3ay2LCflkcWJ.html }} It was organised in various stadiums in Kochi.

Results

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!Year

!Winners

!Score

!Runners-up

!Notes

1992

|Dempo

|2–1

|ITI

|{{Cite web |title=JCT Football :: Scissors Cup |url=http://www.jctfootball.com/aboutUs/recordsAndStats/listofWinners/scissorsCupListOfWinners.aspx?a=5#A |access-date=2023-04-16 |website=www.jctfootball.com |archive-date=21 April 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170421201511/http://www.jctfootball.com/aboutUs/recordsAndStats/listofWinners/scissorsCupListOfWinners.aspx?a=5#A |url-status=live }}

1993

|Mohun Bagan

|1–0

|Kerala Police

|{{Cite web |last=Technologies |first=Sancoale |date=2020-08-03 |title=Scissors Cup 1994 |url=https://www.demposportsclub.com/scissors-cup-1994/ |access-date=2023-04-16 |website=Dempo Sports Club |language=en-GB |archive-date=16 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230416084655/https://www.demposportsclub.com/scissors-cup-1994/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite news |date=2021-07-05 |title=A HAT-TRICK TO REMEMBER |work=The Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/a-hat-trick-to-remember/articleshow/84126527.cms |access-date=2023-04-16 |issn=0971-8257 |archive-date=23 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210923154928/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/a-hat-trick-to-remember/articleshow/84126527.cms |url-status=live }}

1994

|Dempo

|3–0

|Mohun Bagan

|{{Cite news |date=2021-07-05 |title=A HAT-TRICK TO REMEMBER |work=The Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/a-hat-trick-to-remember/articleshow/84126527.cms |access-date=2023-04-16 |issn=0971-8257 |archive-date=23 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210923154928/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/a-hat-trick-to-remember/articleshow/84126527.cms |url-status=live }}

1995

|JCT

|1–0

|{{flagicon|Malaysia}} Perlis

|

1996

|Dempo

|1–0

|Indian Bank

|{{Cite web |last=Technologies |first=Sancoale |date=2020-08-03 |title=Scissors Cup 1996 |url=https://www.demposportsclub.com/scissors-cup-1996/ |access-date=2023-04-16 |website=Dempo Sports Club |language=en-GB |archive-date=4 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221004123805/https://www.demposportsclub.com/scissors-cup-1996/ |url-status=live }}

1997

|{{flagicon|Bahrain}} West Riffa

|–

|Kochin

|{{small|Riffa won by toss as power cut in Stadium}}{{cite web|author=Arunava Chaudhary|url=http://www.indianfootball.de/data/scissorscup.html|title=List of Winners/Runners-Up of the Scissors Cup: Kerala|website=indianfootball.de|publisher=Indian Football Network|access-date=15 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201024223324/http://www.indianfootball.de/data/scissorscup.html|archive-date=24 October 2020|url-status=dead}}{{Cite web |title=Sports Goods Foundation of India |url=https://www.sgfi.org/newsdetail.php?id=43 |access-date=2023-04-16 |website=www.sgfi.org |archive-date=18 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230418175111/https://www.sgfi.org/newsdetail.php?id=43 |url-status=live }}

See also

References