Turkmenistan President's Cup

Turkmenistan President’s Cup is international football tournament in Turkmenistan, it was created in 1994. The tournament is dedicated to Day of State Flag of Turkmenistan. The tournament prize money is US 35,000. The winner will receive US$20,000 together with President’s Cup, the silver-medal winner – US$ 10,000 and the bronze-medal winner – US$ 5,000.

The international football tournament traditionally held in Ashgabat is very popular in the region. Over its history, teams from Armenia, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Russia, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Estonia, Iran, Turkey, Republic of Korea, China, Thailand competed for Turkmenistan President’s Cup. In 2009 a team from Bahrain made a debut in the tournament in Ashgabat thus extending it geographically to 20 countries.

During 15 years President's Cup left the country three times – Iranian Esteghlal FC won the honorary trophy in 1998, Georgian FC Torpedo Kutaisi in 2002 and Moldavian FC Dacia Chişinău in 2006. Nisa Aşgabat won the tournament four times (1999, 2003, 2004 and 2005). Köpetdag Aşgabat and HTTU Aşgabat each won this cup three times, respectively (1995,1996 and 2001) and (2007, 2008 and 2009). The combined team of the football clubs of Turkmenistan (1997) and the combined team from Ashgabat (2000) won the President’s Cup once each.

Winners

Notes

1. ^ There was no official Third Place match in 1999. Semi-finalists are listed in alphabetical order.
2. ^ There was no official Third Place match in 2001. Semi-finalists are listed in alphabetical order.