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2008 Belgian Cup final

association football match

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMay 24, 2026
Entity authorityQ4610593 ↗
Source-derived summary

The 2008 Belgian Cup final, named Cofidis Cup after the sponsor, was played on Sunday, 18 May 2008 between Gent and Anderlecht, won by Anderlecht. It is the 53rd Belgian Cup Final.

Road to the Final

Both clubs received a bye to round six.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “2008 Belgian Cup final” as association football match. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Belgian, final and association.

Editorial reviewA strong contextual entry point for chronology, institutions and public events when official records are distinguished from later interpretation. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2008—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Belgian, final and association providing the first useful test.
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Why this record matters

A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “2008 Belgian Cup final”, the useful work is to connect “association football match” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

The record creator and administrative purpose are central evidence, because official documentation reflects both action and institutional priorities. The source revision retrieved here is dated May 24, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q4610593. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 2008.

Critical limits

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This entry incorporates text from “2008 Belgian Cup final” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.