The Copa Presidente de la Nación , also known as Campeonato Argentino Interligas , was an official Argentine football cup competition established by dissident body Asociación Amateurs de Football in 1920. After the AAmF dissolved, the competition continued being organised by current Argentine Football Association , although the body has not officially included this competition in its list of national cups yet.
11-505: The Copa Estímulo was an official Argentine football cup competition organized by the Argentine Football Association and first held in 1920. The tournament was contested twice between 1920 and 1926. Although some versions state the cup had a third edition in 1929, it was indeed played under the 1929 Primera División season format (being Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP) the winner). The Association only officialized
22-512: A current competition, having been established in 1896, three year after the Association was created, and played without interruption until 1926. The Cup received several names, such as "Championship Cup", "Copa Campeonato", "Challenge Cup", and "Copa Alumni", due to the association offered legendary team Alumni to keep the Cup definitely for having won it three consecutive times (1900–02), but
33-466: The "Copa Comité Olímpico Argentino" trophy was given to the team placed third (from 1929). Another trophy, the "Copa Adrián Beccar Varela" (not to be confused with Copa Beccar Varela ) trophy was awarded to the best team outside Buenos Aires . Between 1942 and 1958, the champion qualified to play Copa Ibarguren facing the Primera División champion. In the 1956-57 edition, the champion
44-543: The 1920 and 1926 Copa Estímulo editions, considering the 1929 championship as a Primera División title. In 1920, the Argentina national team travelled to Chile to play the South American Championship held in that country therefore the Association interrupted the Primera División championship while the international competition was being played. With the purpose of keeping local teams active,
55-555: The Football Association. For the third edition, the trophy would be awarded by the 1929 Primera División champion. Unlike the previous season , the 35 teams participating were split into two groups in a round-robin tournament format. Teams finishing first of each zone at the end of the season played a final match, therefore Gimnasia y Esgrima de La Plata won the tournament after defeating Boca Juniors by 2–1. List of Argentine football national cups Since
66-418: The association created a new tournament to be played during the recess, named "Copa Estímulo". Ten teams took part of the competition, divided into two groups where teams played each other in a round-robin tournament . Before finishing the first stage, the cup was abandoned and never went back. Huracán (leading the group "Norte") was declared winner due to Banfield (first in the other zone) disaffiliated from
77-560: The club from Belgrano declined the honour to keep the trophy under dispute. In June 2013, the association decided to put the trophy back into circulation with the creation of a new competition, named "Superfinal" that consisted in a single match between winners of Torneo Inicial and Torneo Final, played in a neutral venue. Current cup competitions held in Argentina are Copa Argentina , Supercopa Argentina , Copa de la Liga Profesional , Trofeo de Campeones de la Liga Profesional , and
88-474: The creation of the first league in 1891 , several official cups have been played in Argentina apart from the main competition, the Primera División championship . The first cup held in the country was the Copa de Honor Municipalidad de Buenos Aires ; launched in 1905, it was played until 1920. The Copa Campeonato , originally awarded to Primera División champion, is the oldest trophy of Argentine football for
99-498: The list of national cups by the Argentine Association although they were official competitions. Copa Presidente de la Naci%C3%B3n Teams from regional leagues of Argentina took part of the tournament. The champion was awarded the trophy, donated by then President of Argentina, Hipólito Yrigoyen . From 1925, the runner-up was awarded with "Copa Intendente Municipal de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires" trophy while
110-666: The most recent Supercopa Internacional . The following is a list with all the national cups held in Argentina until present days. Only competitions where Primera División clubs took part are included. Apart from the cups mentioned, there were other competitions such as Copa Bullrich (contested from 1903 to 1934 by teams of lower divisions) and Copa Presidente de la Nación (contested from representatives of regional leagues ), originally organised by dissident Asociación Amateurs de Football (1920–26) and then continued by AFA from 1927 to 1989). Because of not having been contested by Primera División clubs, these cups are not included in
121-635: Was eligible to play the "Copa Carlos Bottaro" vs. the Uruguay regional leagues champion. By mid 1970s, the Copa Presidente de la Nación lost interest due to the addition of teams indirectly affiliated to AFA to the Primera División tournaments, with the establishment of both, Torneo Nacional in 1967 and Primera B Nacional in 1986. The Copa Presidente de la Nación last edition was held in 1988-89. Since then, only youth teams have played
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