World Military Cup

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The World Military Cup is an international association football competition contested by national military teams. Organized by the International Military Sports Council (CISM), the tournament was first held in 1946 under the title World Military Championship. The name was changed to the World Military Cup ahead of the 2001 edition.

In 1995, the Military World Games—a multi-sport event for military personnel—was established, and the football championship became an integrated discipline within the Games. Despite this integration, the football tournament continues to be organized as a standalone biennial event under CISM governance.

A counterpart competition for women, the World Military Women's Championship, was established in 2001. Both tournaments remain key fixtures in CISM's sporting calendar, promoting camaraderie and sportsmanship among armed forces globally.

History

The inaugural World Military Championship was hosted in Prague, Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic) in 1946, organized by the Armed Forces Sports Council (AFSC). In 1948, the AFSC was restructured and renamed the International Military Sports Council (CISM), which has governed the competition since. Great Britain won the first title, defeating host nation Czechoslovakia in the final, where the latter finished as runners-up.[1]

Format

Since 2013, the World Military Cup has been restructured into two distinct competitions. The CISM World Football Cup, held on a four-year cycle, debuted in its current format in 2013. Its second edition took place from 23 to 28 January 2017 in Muscat, Oman.

Separately, the Military World Games—a multi-sport event organized by the International Military Sports Council (CISM)—features a football tournament branded as the Military World Championship. This competition also follows a four-year cycle, running concurrently with the Games.[1]

Qualifications

Teams qualify for the World Military Cup through continental tournaments organized by each confederation under CISM governance. The qualifying competitions are as follows:

Confederation Championship
Asia Asian Military Qualifying Tournament
Africa African Military Cup
Americas Americas Military Cup
Europe European Military Qualifying Tournament

These tournaments determine the regional representatives for the final World Military Cup event.

Results

Men

Military World Championship

A football tournament has been held as part of the Military World Games every four years since 1995. This competition is recognized as part of the World Military Championship.

Year Host Final Third Place Match
Champions Score Runners-Up Third Place Score Fourth Place
1946
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1947
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1948
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1949
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1950
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(France win on corners)
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1951
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1952
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1953
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1954
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1955
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1956
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1957
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1958
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1959
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1960
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1961
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1962
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2nd leg: 1–2
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1963
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1964
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1965
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1966
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2nd leg: 0–0
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1967
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1968
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1969
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1972
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1973
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1975
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Template:Flagicon Hagen Template:Fbm-big 1–0 Template:Fbm-big Template:Fbm-big 6–5 Template:Aet Template:Fbm-big
1977
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(5–4 p)
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1979
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(4–3 p)
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1981
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1983
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1987
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1989
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1991
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(5–4 p)
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1993
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1995
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1997
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1999
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2001
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2003
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2005
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2007
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2011
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2015
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2019
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CISM World Football Cup

Year Host Final Third Place Match
Champions Score Runners-Up Third Place Score Fourth Place
2013
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2017
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(6–5 p)
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Teams reaching the top four

Team Titles Runners-up Third place Fourth place Total
Template:Fbm 8 (1950, 1951, 1956, 1959, 1973, 1987, 1989, 1991) 4 (1955, 1972, 1979, 1997) 3 (1957, 1977, 2003) 15
Template:Fbm 6 (1952, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1969, 1997) 3 (1961, 1999, 2001) 3 (1953, 1960, 1972) 12
Template:Fbm 5 (1993, 1999, 2001, 2005, 2007) 3 (1951, 2003, 2011) 3 (1955, 1956, 1987) 2 (2015, 2017) 13
Template:Fbm 5 (1948, 1949, 1957, 1964, 1995) 1 (1958) 6 (1950, 1951, 1959, 1961, 1963, 1997) 6 (1954, 1960, 1977, 1981, 1991, 1993) 18
Template:Fbm 4 (1955, 1961, 1966, 1967) 7 (1949, 1953, 1954, 1960, 1964, 1965, 1968) 2 (1962, 1991) 4 (1952, 1956, 1963, 1972) 17
Template:Fbm 4 (1947, 1953, 1954, 1960) 6 (1948, 1950, 1952, 1963, 1967, 1983) 3 (1946, 1949, 1989) 4 (1951, 1958, 1965, 1987) 14
Template:Fbm 4 (1972, 1977, 1979, 2013) 1 (1973) 5
Template:Fbm 2 (2011, 2015) 2 (1969, 2005) 1 (2019) 5
Template:Fbm 2 (1981, 1983) 1 (1977) 3 (1973, 1975, 1979) 6
Template:Fbm 1 (1975) 2 (1987, 1991) 2 (1964, 1993) 2 (1999, 2005) 7
Template:Fbm 1 (1958) 2 (1956, 1959) 1 (1954) 4
Template:Fbm 1 (2017) 2 (2013, 2015) 3
Template:Fbm 1 (2003) 2 (2001, 2007) 1 (2019) 4
Template:Fbm 1 (1965) 2 (1966, 1968) 3
Template:Fbm 1 (2019) 1
Template:Fbm 1 (1946) 1
Template:Fbm 3 (1966, 1989, 1993) 2 (1965, 1967) 5
Template:Fbm 3 (1981, 2017, 2019) 1 (2005) 2 (2007, 2011) 6
Template:Fbm 2 (1947, 1975) 4 (1952, 1958, 1966, 1968) 6 (1949, 1950, 1955, 1961, 1964, 1967) 12
Template:Fbm 1 (1995) 1 (1969) 2
Template:Fbm 1 (1962) 2 (1995, 2015) 3
Template:Fbm 1 (2007) 1 (1975) 2
Template:Fbm 1 (1957) 1
Template:Fbm 1 (1946) 1
Template:Fbm 2 (1947, 1948) 2
Template:Fbm 2 (1981, 2017) 2
Template:Fbm 1 (2011) 1 (1957) 2
Template:Fbm 1 (1999) 1
Template:Fbm 1 (2013) 1
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Template:Fbm 1 (1995) 1
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Women

Year Host nation Final Third Place Match
Winner Score Second Place Third Place Score Fourth Place
2001
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2002
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2003
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2004
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2006
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Template:Flagicon Assen Template:Fbwm-big 2–0 Template:Fbwm-big Template:Fbwm-big 6–4 Template:Aet Template:Fbwm-big
2007
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Template:Flagicon Hyderabad * Template:Fbwm-big 5–0 Template:Fbwm-big Template:Fbwm-big 1–0 Template:Fbwm-big
2008
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2009
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2010
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2011
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Template:Flagicon Rio de Janeiro * Template:Fbwm-big 5–0 Template:Fbwm-big Template:Fbwm-big 2–0 Template:Fbwm-big
2012
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Template:Flagicon Warendorf Template:Fbwm-big 1–0 Template:Fbwm-big Template:Fbwm-big 2–0 Template:Fbwm-big
2015
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Template:Flagicon Mungyeong * Template:Fbwm-big 2–1 Template:Aet Template:Fbwm-big Template:Fbwm-big 3–0 Template:Fbwm-big
2016
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Template:Flagicon France Template:Fbwm-big 2–1 Template:Fbwm-big Template:Fbwm-big 3–3 Template:Aet
(4–3 p)
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2018
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Template:Flagicon Fort Bliss Template:Fbwm-big 3–2 Template:Fbwm-big Template:Fbwm-big 3–1 Template:Fbwm-big
2019
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Template:Flagicon Wuhan * Template:Fbwm-big 2–1 Template:Fbwm-big Template:Fbwm-big 3–1 Template:Fbwm-big
2020 Template:Flagicon Yaoundé[3] Cancelled Cancelled
2022
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2023
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2025
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Teams reaching the top four

Team Titles Runners-up Third place Fourth place Total
Template:Fbwm 5 (2009, 2010, 2011, 2015, 2018) 1 (2016) 2 (2012, 2019) 8
Template:Fbwm 4 (2001, 2003, 2008, 2012) 4 (2002, 2004, 2007, 2011) 1 (2006) 9
Template:Fbwm 2 (2016, 2022) 3 (2008, 2015, 2023) 2 (2007, 2010) 5 (2006, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2018) 12
Template:Fbwm 2 (2004, 2006) 2 (2001, 2003) 4 (2002, 2008, 2009, 2011) 4 (2007, 2010, 2015, 2023) 12
Template:Fbwm 2 (2007, 2019) 2
Template:Fbwm 1 (2023) 4 (2009, 2010, 2012, 2018) 3 (2015, 2016, 2022) 2 (2008, 2019) 10
Template:Fbwm 1 (2002) 1 (2006) 2 (2003, 2004) 1 (2022) 5
Template:Fbwm 1 (2022) 1 (2023) 1 (2016) 3
Template:Fbwm 1 (2019) 1 (2018) 2
Template:Fbwm 1 (2001) 1
Template:Fbwm 4 (2001, 2002, 2003, 2004) 4

See also

References

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