Challengers Cup

IFCF Challengers Cup

Region	Worldwide
Current champions	Sporting Noordende (CNR) (1st title)
Most championships	Arlington City (ZWZ)  Wirr Tsi (CMT) (2 titles each)

The Challengers Cup is an international football club competition organized by the IFCF involving the three highest-placed teams from each association which did not qualify for the Champions League. Teams that are eliminated from the Champions League prior to its knockout phase also enter the Challengers Cup at the subsequent round.

The competition was conceived as a successor to the UICA Globe Cup. The inaugural Challengers Cup, in the season that would have seen the 72nd Globe Cup, saw Malabon SC become the first Fleftic club to win a major international club title as they beat Port Sebastian 1–0 at Macquarie Docklands in Latrobe.

After the qualifying phase, 48 teams contest the group stage. Divided into groups of four, they play a home-and-away round robin with the top two teams of each group advancing to the first knockout round of 32 teams, where they are joined by teams finishing third in the group stage of the Champions League. Beginning with the IFCF 14 cycle, third-place teams in the Challengers Cup group stage advance to the Associations Trophy round of 32. Knockout rounds are contested in two-legged ties, with each team playing one match at home. The final is a single match played at a venue selected each season at the start of the tournament.

With their clubs having won two Challengers Cups each, Chromatika, Squornshelan Remnant States, and Zwangzug are the most successful national associations in this tournament. By winning the Challengers Cup 15 final, Metropolis Alligators became the first club to win both the Globe Cup and the Challengers Cup.

Challengers Cup finals

Edition	Winners	Score	Runners-up	Venue
1	Malabon SC (AFT)	1–0	Port Sebastian (SCT)	Macquarie Docklands Latrobe, Kelssek
2	AC Izotz Zubia (AUD)	2–1	Shamrock Cathair (AUD)	Estadio Zachary Fortin Metropolis, Valladares
3	Arlington City (ZWZ)	3–0	Kionao Locals (TUR)	Franz-Gorz-Stadion Stelburg, Siovanija and Teusland
4	Megabrantid SC (SRS)	1–0	FC Teussen Stelburg (STL)	Elliot Family Stadium Marietta, Xanneria
5	Spartangrad (EUR)	1–0	Freeport United (FPT)	Alain Tramontin Stadium Eterna City, Valladares
6	FC Yassaca (SRS)	3–0	Latrobe Athletic (KSK)	Estadio Nacional Navel Island, Whirl Islands
7	CA Paulinthal (PAS)	3–2 aet	Herzegovina City FC (BNJ)	Stadium of the Moon Lunas, Pasarga
8	Mâ Âlâmëómë (FFD)	1–0	Wirr Tsi (CMT)	Capitalizt Dome Chromia, Chromatika
9	Raynor City United (VAL)	3–1	Spartangrad (EUR)	Old City Stadium Iturributa, Astograth
10	Wirr Tsi (CMT)	2–0	KT Itzalovalle (AUD)	Mountain Fortress Oriannor, Tikariot
11	Straudum VV (KOR)	2–1	Atletik (MYT)	Burdina Jauregia Ferramendiak, Audioslavia
12	Wirr Tsi (CMT)	1–0	Cazadores Cathair (AUD)	Orange Bowl Schemerdrecht, Ko-oren
13	Arlington City (ZWZ)	1–0	Crisisbless (NPH)	Cednia Beach Center Cednia Beach, Turori
14	Lakewood United (TMB)	2–1	Montreal Koreana (QUE)	National Stadium Scott City, Darmen
15	Metropolis Alligators (VLD)	1–0 aet	Wirr Tsi (CMT)	Zeta Reka National Sports Complex Aleiusia, Zeta Reka and Hügeltaldom
16	Sporting Noordende (CNR)	4-3	Cazadores Cathair (AUD)	City of Hawthorne Stadium Hawthorne, Xanneria

Records and statistics

Clubs

	IFCF only		UICA included
Club	Champion	Runner-up	Champion	Runner-up	Third place
Ulsa (EUR)	0	0	4	0	0
Mapabore Juventud (AGU)	0	0	2	1	0
Albrecht FC (CAM)	0	0	2	0	2
Soldarian FC (VAL)	0	0	2	0	2
Cafundó do Juta (CAF)	0	0	2	0	1
Mar Sara FC (VAL)	0	0	2	0	1
Wirr Tsi (CMT)	2	1	2	1	0
Arlington City (ZWZ)	2	0	2	0	0
Liria Prizren (MYT)	0	0	2	0	0
Sabrefell Athletic (NPH)	0	0	2	0	0
Sokojiwa Dosi CK (COM)	0	0	2	0	0
Sonoma Center Panthers (COM)	0	0	2	0	0
Turoki Tide (VIL)	0	0	2	0	0

Globe Cup and Challengers Cup combined

Club	Titles	Editions	Second	Editions
Ulsa (EUR)	4	GC: 46, 51, 61, 63	0
Mapabore Juventud (AGU)	2	GC: 21, 26	1	GC: 30
Metropolis Alligators (VLD)	2	GC: 29, ChC: 15	1	GC: 44
Wirr Tsi (CMT)	2	ChC: 10, 12	1	ChC: 15
Albrecht FC (CAM)	2	GC: 5, 16	0
Soldarian FC (VAL)	2	GC: 15, 19	0
Cafundó do Juta (CAF)	2	GC: 2, 10	0
Mar Sara FC (VAL)	2	GC: 32, 68	0
Arlington City (ZWZ)	2	ChC: 3, 13	0
Liria Prizren (MYT)	2	GC: 43, 44	0
Sabrefell Athletic (NPH)	2	GC: 56, 70	0
Sokojiwa Dosi CK (COM)	2	GC: 22, 55	0
Sonoma Center Panthers (COM)	2	GC: 23, 35	0
Turoki Tide (VIL)	2	GC: 40, 66	0

Associations

	IFCF only		UICA included
Association	Champion	Runner-up	Champion	Runner-up	Third place
Valanora (VAL)	1	0	8	7	5
Capitalizt SLANI (COM)	0	0	7	7	2
Eura (EUR)	1	1	5	3	0
Cafundéu (CAF)	0	0	4	3	6
Valladares (VLD)	1	0	4	3	0
Nephara (NPH)	0	1	4	2	0
Candelaria And Marquez (CAM)	0	0	4	1	3
Jasĭyun (JSY)	0	0	3	3	4
Aguazul (AGU)	0	0	3	2	1
LAPFL Federation (LLF)	0	0	3	2	1
Virçais (VRC)	0	0	2	2	1
Krytenia (KRY)	0	0	2	1	0
Farfadillis (FFD)	1	0	2	1	0
Chromatika (CMT)	2	1	2	0	1
New Gelderland (NGD)	0	0	2	0	0
Squornshelan Remnant States (SRS)	2	0	2	0	0
Zwangzug (ZWZ)	2	0	2	0	0