Channel One Cup (soccer)
The Channel One Cup ( Russian Кубок Первого канала, Kubok Pervogo Kanala ) was a commercial football club competition. The event was organized by the Russian TV broadcaster Kanal 1 , the Roman Abramowitsch Foundation and the Russian National Football Academy . Masters and vice-masters from Russia , Ukraine and Israel took part in the competition. The prize money was over $ 2 million.
Main objective of the competition
Important concern of this cup competition: The winner of the final undertakes to invest half of the prize money in the youth work of the respective country.
Venue & participants
The competition took place in Israel . There has been a very strong rivalry between Russian and Ukrainian teams for some time . This makes every encounter very exciting and interesting for the fans.
The first competition was held in Tel Aviv in 2006 . The cup was only played between the following Russian and Ukrainian clubs: CSKA Moscow , Spartak Moscow , Dynamo Kiev and Shakhtar Donetsk .
In 2007 the following Israeli clubs were added: Maccabi Haifa and Hapoel Tel Aviv The teams were divided into two groups. Both group winners faced each other in the final.
In 2008 three clubs from Russia became :
two from Ukraine :
- Dynamo Kiev , Shakhtar Donetsk , as well
- the Israeli master Beitar Jerusalem and
- invited the Serbian champion Red Star Belgrade .
Cup winners
| year | winner | finalist | Top scorer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 |
 Shakhtar Donetsk
|
Dynamo Kiev
|
 Brandão ( Shakhtar , 3 goals)
|
| 2007 |
 CSKA Moscow
|
Spartak Moscow
|
Roman Pavlyuchenko ( Spartak Moscow , 4 goals)
|
| 2008 |
Dynamo Kiev
|
Shakhtar Donetsk
|
Fernandinho ( Shakhtar , 4 goals)
|
| 2009 | Called off | ||
Web links
- Official website
- Channel One Cup 2006 RSSSF
- Channel One Cup 2007 RSSSF
- Channel One Cup 2008 RSSSF