Iraqi Super Cup
The Iraqi Super Cup (Arabic: كأس السوبر العراقي), previously called Al-Muthabara Cup (Arabic: كأس المثابرة, meaning Perseverance Cup), is Iraqi football's annual match contested between the champions of the previous Iraqi Premier League season and the holders of the Iraq FA Cup at Al-Shaab Stadium. If the Premier League champions also won the FA Cup then the league runners-up provide the opposition. Generally ranked below the Iraq FA Cup and the now-defunct Iraqi Elite Cup in terms of importance, the fixture is a recognised football super cup.[1]
It was founded in 1997, and the first two editions of the tournament were played at the end of the season, to bring a close to the campaign. But from 1999 onwards, the cup was played before the start of the following Premier League season as a 'curtain-raiser' to the new league campaign. The tournament was cancelled in 2003 due to the Iraq War making it too difficult to hold the game. From then up until 2016, the Iraq FA Cup was either not played or not completed, meaning the Al-Muthabara Cup could not be played. In 2016, the Iraq FA Cup was finally completed, and the newly-named 2016 Iraqi Super Cup was scheduled to be played in August 2016, but was eventually cancelled due to scheduling difficulties, so the 2002 edition (won by Al-Talaba) is still the most recent edition of the tournament.
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2016 Iraqi Super Cup