Yugoslav Cup
national men's association football tournament in former Yugoslavia
The Yugoslav Cup (Serbo-Croatian: Kup Jugoslavije / Куп Југославије; Slovene: Pokal Jugoslavije, Macedonian: Куп на Југославија, romanized: Kup na Jugoslavija), officially known as the King Alexander Cup (Serbo-Croatian: Kup kralja Aleksandra / Куп краља Александра), from 1924 to 1927, and as the Marshal Tito Cup (Serbo-Croatian: Kup maršala Tita / Куп маршала Тита; Slovene: Pokal maršala Tita; Macedonian: Куп на маршал Тито, romanized: Kup na maršal Tito), from 1947 to 1991, was one of two major football competitions in Yugoslavia, the other one being the Yugoslav League Championship. The Yugoslav Cup took place after the league championships when every competitive league in Yugoslavia had finished, in order to determine which teams are ranked as their corresponding seeds. The Marshal Tito Cup trophy was based on a design by Branko Šotra.
Kingdom of Yugoslavia (1923–1941)
The pre-WW II competition in the then Kingdom of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs (renamed Kingdom of Yugoslavia at the end of 1929) was held irregularly, and sometimes involved only regional selections, sometimes only clubs, and occasionally both clubs and regions. Between 1924 and 1927 the competition consisted of squads from the regional subassociations. Only the players with citizenship of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes were eligible.
List of winners
Split XI, losing finalists in 1924 and 1925, was composed of Hajduk Split players only. After their third successive win in 1926, Zagreb obtained the golden cup of King Aleksandar to keep.
SFR Yugoslavia (1947–92)
Competition format
The competition format was an elimination championship where every competitive team was offered a chance to enter. Beginning in the lowest tiers of teams, the competition followed a one-game elimination format.
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