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Hellenic Cup
The Hellenic Cup ( el, Ελληνικό Κύπελλο, translit=Ellinikό Kypello) is an Australian football (soccer) tournament contested by Greek Australian clubs, mostly from Melbourne, Victoria . Starting in 1983, it was an attempt to formalise the previously scattered approach to holding such tournaments in the 1960s and 1970s. The Hellenic Cup Tournament trophy is housed in the Museum of National Centre for Hellenic Studies & Research at La Trobe University, Bundoora. History of Tournaments Winners *6 Bentleigh Greens (1991, 1996, 1997, 2002, 2003, 2010) *4 South Melbourne FC (1984, 2007, 2009, 2011) *4 Oakleigh Cannons (1987, 1990, 2001, 2006) *3 Northcote City SC (1985, 1986, 1999) *3 Altona East Phoenix (1992, 2004, 2013) *2 Port Melbourne Sharks (1994, 1995) *2 Kingston City FC (1984, 1993) *1 Heidelberg United (2008) *1 Yarraville Glory (2000) *1 Caufield Citys (1983) *1 Western Suburbs SC (2012) Ladies *Heidelberg United Champions 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 201 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is to score more goals than the opposition by moving the ball beyond the goal line into a rectangular framed goal defended by the opposing side. Traditionally, the game has been played over two 45 minute halves, for a total match time of 90 minutes. With an estimated 250 million players active in over 200 countries, it is considered the world's most popular sport. The game of association football is played in accordance with the Laws of the Game, a set of rules that has been in effect since 1863 with the International Football Association Board (IFAB) maintaining them since 1886. The game is played with a football that is in circumference. The two teams compete to get the ball into the other team's goal (between the posts and under t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
