The Lebanese Elite Cup () is a Lebanese football annual cup competition contested by the top six teams of the previous

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season. Founded in 1996 as the Super League Cup, the first edition was contested by the top five finishers of the league and the

Lebanese FA Cup The Lebanon Cup (), commonly known as the Lebanese FA Cup, is a Lebanese football annual cup competition. The first edition, held in 1937, was won by Nahda. The most successful club in the competition is Ansar with 15 titles, followed by Nejmeh ...

winners. The most successful club in the competition is

Nejmeh Nejmeh Sporting Club ( ar, نادي النجمة الرياضي, lit=The Star Sporting Club) is a football club based in Manara, a district in Ras Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon, that competes in the . The club was established in Beirut in 1945, and ...

with 12 titles, followed by Ahed with six.

History

The competition was first played in 1996 and was contested by the top five of the league and the

winners; it was known as the Super League Cup. The following season it was known as the Super Cup and expanded to feature the top six teams of the previous season. From 1998 until 2002 it was known as the Viceroy Cup, and in 2003 it changed again to the Prime Cup, but has always been known locally as the Elite Cup, the current name of the competition. The competition was not played in 2006 and 2007, due to the

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Format

The top six placed teams from the previous

season are split into two groups of three. The first two placed teams in each group qualify to the knock-out stages, where two one-legged semi-finals are disputed. The two winners from the previous round play the final, with the winner being crowned champion of the competition.

Winners and finalists

Winners by year

Results by team

References

External links

* (in Arabic)
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Elite In political and sociological theory, the elite (french: élite, from la, eligere, to select or to sort out) are a small group of powerful people who hold a disproportionate amount of wealth, privilege, political power, or skill in a group. D ...

Recurring sporting events established in 1996 1990s establishments in Lebanon Lebanese Premier League