Lebanese Elite Cup

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Region Lebanon		Number of teams 6

Founded 1996; 21 years ago (1996)

The Lebanese Elite Cup is a Lebanese cup competition played by the top-6 league finishers of the previous season.

The competition was first played in 1996 and was contested by the top four of the league and the cup winners. It was known as the Super League Cup. The following season it was known as the Super Cup and expanded to feature 6 teams, all from the top 6 of the league.

From 1998 until 2002 it was known as the Viceroy Cup and in 2003 changed again to the Prime Cup, but has always been known locally as the Elite Cup of which is the current name of the competition.

The competition was not played in 2006 and 2007, due to the 2006 Lebanon War.

Cup Winners

1996 : Nejmeh 1-0 Al-Ansar

1997 : Al-Ansar 2-0 Nejmeh

1998 : Nejmeh 2-1 Al-Ansar

1999 : Homenmen Beirut 2-1 Shabab Al-Sahel

2000 : Al-Ansar 1-0 Al-Tadamon Tyre

2001 : Nejmeh 3-3 Al-Tadamon Tyre (aet, 5-3 pen)

2002 : Nejmeh 1-1 Al-Ahed (aet, 4-3 pen)

2003 : Nejmeh 2-1 Al-Ahed

2004 : Nejmeh 1-1 Al-Ahed (aet, 6-5 pen)

2005 : Nejmeh 3-0 Al-Ansar

2006 : Cancelled

2007 : Cancelled

2008 : Al-Ahed 3-1 Al-Ansar

2009 : Al Safa 2-1 Al Ahed

2010 : Al-Ahed 0-0 Al-Ansar (aet, 4-3 pen)

2011 : Al-Ahed 4-2 Al Safa

2012 : Al Safa 2-0 Al-Ahed (aet)

2013 : Al-Ahed 2-0 Nejmeh

2014 : Nejmeh 3-1 Al Safa

2015 : Al-Ahed 1-0 Al Safa (aet)

2016 : Nejmeh 1-0 Al-Ansar (aet)

References

Lebanese Elite Cup Wikipedia

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