Football tournament
The KNVB Beker ( pronounced [ ˌkaːʔɛɱveːˈbeː ˈbeːkər ] ; english : KNVB Cup ), branded as the TOTO KNVB Beker for sponsorship reasons, is a competition in the Netherlands organized by the Royal Dutch Football Association ( KNVB ) since 1898. [ 1 ] It was based on the format of the English FA Cup. Outside the Netherlands, it is often referred to as the Dutch Cup. The tournament consists of all teams from the top four tiers of Dutch league football ( Eredivisie, Eerste Divisie, Tweede Divisie and Derde Divisie ), a well as the 24 semi-finalists ( or replacements ) of the six KNVB District Cups. The finals of the tournament traditionally takes place in De Kuip, and has been held there every season since the 1989 concluding. The winners of the cup compete against the winners of the Eredivisie for the Johan Cruyff Shield, which acts as the curtain agriculturist for the following season .

history [edit ]

The competition was conceived during a board meet of the Dutch Football Association, in The Hague, on 19 January 1898. The tournament began the succeed season, 1898–99. The first final examination was played on 9 May 1899 between RAP Amsterdam and HVV Den Haag. In 1946, the trophy was changed to one made out of silver medal, which was highly rare in the immediate aftermath of World War II. That trophy remains in use today. In 2018, a trophy colored in gold was commissioned to commemorate the hundredth edition of the tournament. [ 1 ]

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list changes [edit ]

Like many national cup competitions, the mention of the tournament has changed with sponsorship. From 1995, the competition went from being the KNVB Beker to being known as the Amstel Cup after the then sponsor Amstel. On 16 August 2005, the name was changed to the Gatorade Cup after the drinks company Gatorade. In 2006, the name returned to being the KNVB Beker with Gatorade remaining as the principal patron. On 12 January 2018, it was announced that TOTO would be the identify presenter of the KNVB Cup, until the 2021–22 season. The rival was renamed the TOTO KNVB Beker with immediate effect. [ 2 ]

european competition [edit ]

astir until 1998, the winner of the cup entered into the UEFA Cup Winners ‘ Cup, but with the abandonment of that tournament, the achiever now goes into the UEFA Europa League. If the succeed team has finished in the exceed two of the Eredivisie and frankincense gained introduction into the UEFA Champions League, the berth will be redistributed to that season ‘s Eredivisie. In 1998, both KNVB Cup finalists, Ajax and PSV, gained introduction in the Champions League, so a third-place play-off was played between the perplex semi-finalists, SC Heerenveen and FC Twente, to determine who would take the Cup Winners ‘ Cup place .

past finals [edit ]

Number of titles [edit ]

The trophy

Notes [edit ]

  1. ^ Includes 2 for second base team .
  2. ^ Includes 1 for second team .

Media coverage [edit ]

The broadcast rights are included in the KNVB broadcast rights package, which besides include the Johan Cruyff Shield.

Netherlands [edit ]

The KNVB Cup is presently broadcast alive by the ESPN channels .

International [edit ]

References [edit ]