The Coppa Italia (Italian Cup), from 2011 to 2018 Excellence Trophy, is a rugby union competition in Italy for domestic clubs. The competition is second to the Top10, the Italian national championship. The competition has been contested annually since 1967, though it was not held from 1974 to 1980, and 1983 to 1994, and again in 1996, 1999 and 2002. The first club to win the competition was CUS Roma.
From 2011 to 2020, it involves only teams from the Top10 who don't participate to the European Rugby Challenge Cup Qualifying Competition, now Continental Shield.
From 2023−2024 season, the competition was substituted with a development tournament named Serie A Elite Cup with emerging players under contract with Serie A Elite teams. The first edition was won by Mogliano Rugby.
Past winners
Performance by club {| class="wikitable" |- ! Club ! Winners ! Winning years |- | Viadana | 6 | 2000, 2003, 2007, 2013, 2016, 2017 |- | Fiamme Oro | 5 | 1968, 1969, 1971, 1972, 2014 |- | Benetton Treviso | 4 | 1970, 1998, 2005, 2010 |- | Petrarca | 4 | 1982, 2001, 2022, 2023 |- | Calvisano | 3 | 2004, 2012, 2015 |- | Parma | 3 | 2006, 2008, 2009 |- | Rugby Roma Olimpic | 2 | 1999, 2011 |- | L'Aquila | 2 | 1973, 1981 |- | Rovigo Delta | 2 | 2020, 2025 |- | Valorugby Emilia | 2 | 2019, 2026 |- | San Donà | 1 | 2018 |- | Milan | 1 | 1995 |- | CUS Roma | 1 | 1967
Italian Super Cup From 2006 to 2009 it was instituted an annual Super Cup contested between the Italian Championship winner and Coppa Italia winner. In 2025 was recreated as annual competition at the beginning of the season.
Performance by club Edition Winner 2006 Benetton 2007 Viadana 2008 Rugby Parma 2009 Benetton 2010 – 2024 Not held 2025 Rovigo Delta
See also Rugby union in Italy Top12
References
External links Official site FIR