The Innviertler Fussballcup known as the Innviertler Cup, is an is a football tournament held by the Austrian Football Association for regional teams that occurs every 2 years. Union Esternberg is the current champion.
History
The tournament was first held in 1959. It featured an 18 team two leg qualifying round with 11 teams qualifying for the 2nd round. 5 new teams joined in at the 2nd round to create a 16 team two leg round. The 3rd round had 8 teams in a two leg round and the semi-finals and finals were both single leg rounds. In the finals, SK Altheim defeated Grieskirchen while Riedau beat Eberschwang to finish in 3rd place. The two leg format was dropped permanently after.
The tournament grew in various years, ranging from 15 to 78 teams for some of the 1980s editions. The 2024 edition of the tournament had 32 teams competing.
Tournament winners
YearChampions1959SK Altheim 1961Eberschwang1963Kohlgrube1965 SK Altheim 1967 SK Altheim 1969 Union Suben1971 Antiesenhofen1973 SK Schärding1975 Natternbach1977 SV Grieskirchen 1979 SV Grieskirchen 1981 Natternbach1983 Union Haag1985 SV Ried1987 Union Esternberg1989 Union Esternberg1991 SK Altheim 1993 SK Altheim 1995 FC Andorf1997 Union Esternberg1999 ATSV Ranshofen2001 Union Gurten 2003 SV Riedau2005 Union Gurten 2007 Union Esternberg2009 Union Esternberg2011 ATSV Ranshofen2013 Union Gurten 2015 ATSV Ranshofen2017 FC Andorf2019 Union Senftenbach2022 UFC Peterskirchen2024 Union Esternberg
References
External links Official Website