US Cup

The US Cup , also known as the United States Cup, USA Cup and Nike US Cup, was a football invitation tournament that took place regularly from 1992 to 2000 and was organized by the US Football Association and held in the USA . The aim of this tournament was to make the sport more popular in the USA. There was both a men's and a women's tournament.

The men's tournament was held annually from 1992 to 2000 , with the exception of 1994 and 1998, in which a soccer world championship took place.

The women's tournament took place annually from 1995 to 2002, but was canceled in 2001 because of the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 .

mode

The USA regularly invited three national teams . The tournament was in mode "FFA" held, which each team had to contest three games. The table leader after all six games were played was the winner of the US Cup.

As an exception, the men's tournament in 1999 and the women's tournament in 2000 were played in a knockout system , according to which the winners of the first game played the final and the losers of the first game played the game for third place.

Participation of German teams

The German men's national team took part in the tournament in 1993 and won it. The German women's team recorded a win and a loss in their only participation in 2001 before the third game was canceled due to the September 11 terrorist attacks .

Results

Men's tournaments

year	winner	2nd place	3rd place	4th Place
1992	United States	Italy	Ireland	Portugal
1993	Germany	Brazil	United States	England
1995	United States	Colombia	Mexico	Nigeria
1996	Mexico	Ireland	United States	Bolivia
1997	Mexico	Denmark	Peru	United States
1999	Mexico	United States	Guatemala	Bolivia
2000	United States	Ireland	Mexico	South Africa

Women's tournaments

year	winner	2nd place	3rd place	4th Place
1995	United States	Norway	Australia	Taiwan
1996	United States	China	Japan	Canada
1997	United States	Italy	Australia	Canada
1998	United States	Brazil	Russia	Mexico
1999	United States	Brazil	Finland	South Korea
2000	United States	Canada	Mexico	South Korea
2001	canceled because of the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001
2002	United States	Australia	Italy	Russia

Web links

• Results of the men's tournaments in detail
• Results of the women's tournaments in detail

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 7th US Cup 2001 (Women's Tournament) . In: rsssf.com . (engl.)