The inaugural

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was held in 2007. The tournament was held before the start of the S.League season that year. Prior to this tournament, there is another tournament with the same name that was held until in 1997 where the

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had defeated

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by 1-0 in the final. However that old Singapore League Cup was subsequently renamed into present

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and evolved to be the major cup competition in Singapore football. In recent years, invitational foreign teams participated in the

along with the local clubs. The League Cup, however, is solely reserved for domestic clubs. The 2007 competition was sponsored by

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, and officially titled the SingTel League Cup. A direct knockout format was used, with the first round being the quarter-final stage as only eight out of the twelve S.League teams participated in the competition. The 4 teams who withdrew due to prior pre-season commitments were: *

* Liaoning Guangyuan *

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* Young Lions The winners received a prize of S$20,000 with the runners-up and second runners-up taking home S$10,000 and S$5,000 respectively. Woodlands Wellington defeated

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4-0 in the final to win the first Singapore League Cup.

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defeated

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in the third-place match 9-8 on penalties following a 1-1 draw.

Results

Round one

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Semifinals

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Third Place Playoff

Final

References

External links

RSSSF: Singapore 2007
{{DEFAULTSORT:Singapore League Cup 2007

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