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Coupe D.O.M.
Coupe D.O.M. was a trophy, cup played by clubs from French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Mayotte and Réunion. D.O.M. stands for Départements d'Outre-Mer, which includes French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Réunion and Mayotte. The other D.O.M., Saint Pierre and Miquelon, did not enter as the standard of their football was too low. In 2004 the competition was reorganised as the Éliminatoires Antilles-Guyane. Since then, teams from French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Martinique played in a league format, with the top two teams qualifying for the Outremer Champions Cup. The champions of Réunion do not enter Éliminatoires Antilles-Guyane anymore, but play off with the Mayotte champions for the right to enter the Outremer Champions Cup. The tournament is likely to be reorganised in future years following a June 2007 announcement by the French Football Federation. Fre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trophy
A trophy is a tangible, durable reminder of a specific achievement, and serves as a recognition or evidence of merit. Trophies are often awarded for sporting events, from youth sports to professional level athletics. In many sports medals (or, in North America, rings) are often given out either as the trophy or along with more traditional trophies. Originally the word trophy, derived from the Greek ''tropaion'', referred to arms, standards, other property, or human captives and body parts (e.g., headhunting) captured in battle. These war trophies commemorated the military victories of a state, army or individual combatant. In modern warfare trophy taking is discouraged, but this sense of the word is reflected in hunting trophies and human trophy collecting by serial killers. Etymology Trophies have marked victories since ancient times. The word ''trophy'', coined in English in 1550, was derived from the French ''trophée'' in 1513, "a prize of war", from Old French ''trophee' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
