The Tie Cup Competition (also known as Copa de Competencia Chevallier Boutell) was an international

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tournament played between representatives of the

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and

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Associations. It was one of the earliest international football tournaments played between members of different national football associations, played on an annual basis until 1919.

History

The competition was inspired by English

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,Las finales de la Copa Competencia
on ViejosEstadios website with its trophy donated by

Francis Hepburn Chevallier-Boutell Sir Francis Hepburn Chevallier-Boutell F.R.G.S (8 June 1851 in Aspall, Suffolk, Aspall – 19 February 1937 in Paignton, United Kingdom) was a British engineer and sports manager, who served as President of the Argentine Football Association (AF ...

, president of the

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(AFA), in 1900. Initially, the competition included a total of four teams, with two from AFA, one from AUF and one from Liga Rosarina. That format remained until 1907, when the cup was contested between one representative each from Argentina and Uruguay. The participants were determined via qualification cups (Argentine

Copa de Competencia Jockey Club The Copa de Competencia Jockey Club was an official Argentine football cup competition contested between 1907 and 1933. The winner of this Cup was allowed to play the Tie Cup against the Uruguayan champion of Copa de Competencia. Alumni and Sa ...

and Uruguayan Copa de Competencia). The Tie Cup was played only by First Division teams until 1918 when the Argentine Association stated that clubs from División Intermedia (the second division by then) were added to the competition.

List of champions

Finals

The following list includes all the editions of the Tie Cup Competition:Cup Tie Competition - detailed tournaments - RSSSF
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Titles by team

Titles by country

Topscorers

By year

Source:
by Pablo Kersevan and Pablo Ciullini on the RSSSF

References

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