The VBET Armenian Cup ( hy, Հայաստանի Անկախության Գավաթ) is the main football cup competition of

Armenia Armenia (), , group=pron officially the Republic of Armenia,, is a landlocked country in the Armenian Highlands of Western Asia.The UNbr>classification of world regions places Armenia in Western Asia; the CIA World Factbook , , and ' ...

. In its original form as the Armenian Cup, it started in 1939, when Armenia was a republic of the

Soviet Union The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, ...

. It served as a qualification tournament for the

Soviet Cup The Soviet Cup, or USSR Cup (russian: Кубок СССР),, be, Кубак СССР, uz, СССР Кубоги, kk, КСРО Кубогы, ka, სსრკ თასი, az, ССРИ кубоку, lt, TSRS taurė, ro, Cupa URSS ( Moldov ...

, and it was not disputed by Armenian teams in the Soviet League pyramid. After Armenia gained

independence Independence is a condition of a person, nation, country, or state in which residents and population, or some portion thereof, exercise self-government, and usually sovereignty, over its territory. The opposite of independence is the statu ...

in 1992, the cup became known as Independence Cup, and the final is held every year on 9 May. Since 2019, it has been known as the VBET Armenian Cup after its headline sponsor.

Finals

Soviet

*1939 Dinamo Leninakan *1940 Dinamo Yerevan *1941–44 ''not played'' *1945 Dinamo Yerevan *1946 Dinamo Yerevan *1947 ''not played'' *1948 DO Yerevan *1949 DO Yerevan *1950 Karmir Drosh Leninakan *1951 Karmir Drosh Leninakan *1952 Shinarar Yerevan *1953 Himik Kirovokan *1954 Himik Kirovokan *1955 Karmir Drosh Leninakan *1956

FIMA Yerevan FIMA Yerevan ( hy, ՖԻՄԱ Երևան) or ( hy, Ֆիզիկուլտուրայի Ինստիտուտի Մարզական Ակումբ Երևան; ''Fizkulturayi instituti marzakan akumb Yerevan''), meaning ''Physical-culture Institute Sports Club of ...

*1957

*1958 Tekstilschik Leninakan *1959 Tekstilschik Leninakan *1960 Shinarar Yerevan *1961 Himik Kirovokan *1962 Motor Yerevan *1963 Lernagorts Kapan *1964 Aeroflot Yerevan *1965 Motor Yerevan *1966 Himik Yerevan *1967 Elektrotehnik Yerevan *1968 Araks Yerevan *1969 Motor Yerevan *1970 Motor Yerevan *1971

*1972

*1973 Aragats Leninakan *1974

*1975 Kotayk Abovyan *1976 Kotayk Abovyan *1977 Kotayk Abovyan *1978 Kanaz Yerevan *1979

*1980 Metroschin Yerevan *1981 MBVD Yerevan *1982 Metroschin Yerevan *1983

*1984 Motor Yerevan *1985 Impuls Dilijan *1986 Schweinik Spitak *1987 Iskra Yerevan *1988 Kumairi Leninakan *1989 Almast Yerevan *1990 not known *1991 not known

Armenian

Winners and finalists

Results by team

Since its establishment, the Armenian Cup has been won by 9 different teams. Teams shown in ''italics'' are no longer in existence.

Consecutive winners

Two clubs have won consecutive Armenian Cups on more than one occasion:

Ararat Yerevan Football Club Ararat Yerevan ( hy, Ֆուտբոլային Ակումբ Արարատ Երևան), commonly known as Ararat Yerevan, is an Armenian football club based in Yerevan that plays in the Armenian Premier League. Since 1999, the club is ...

(1993, 1994, 1995) and Pyunik (2013, 2014, 2015), .

References

External links

List of Armenian Cup Finals (with links to full results)
from

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Armenian Cup finals between 1992 and 1999
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