Cupa României (Rugby)

The Cupa României, is a rugby union cup competition for Romanian teams which has been held annually since 1914 except during the years of 1917 and 1918 (due to WWI), 1922, 1924-1933, 1938, 1940 and 1943 (due to WWII), 1951 and finally between tye years 1960-1972 where the cup was not held. It is the country's main cup competition, although not being open to all clubs affiliated with the Federaţia Română de Rugby (FRR) like in previous editions and only being open to the teams competing in the CEC Bank SuperLiga.

Cupa României
Current season, competition or edition:
2020 Cupa României
SportRugby union
Founded1914 (1914)
Inaugural season1914
Owner(s)Federaţia Română de Rugby
No. of teams6
CountryRomania
Most recent
champion(s)		Știința Baia Mare (6th title)
Most titlesCSA Steaua Bucuresti (15 titles)
TV partner(s)TVR (final only)
RugbyTV.ro (Live Streams)
Related
competitions		CEC Bank SuperLiga
Official websiteSuperLiga.ro

History

The Cupa României, like the SuperLiga was set up in 1914 as the main cup competition in Romania and was only competed by two teams which were Tennis Club Român and Sporting Club, both from București. This two team competition continued until the 1920s and 1930s where the number of clubs in the capital had increased due to the popularity of the tournament in the capital especially. But the Cupa României was cancelled again (after the first two time in 1917 and 1918 which was due to World War One), in 1940 and 1942 because of the second World War caused by Nazi Germany at the time. After the war had ended, the birth of eternal rivals CSA Steaua Bucuresti and CS Dinamo București had arrived, consequently meaning the Cupa României was being dominated by the militarii (military) and poliţişti (police) respectively during the 1950s era with only one side standing in both of their ways, which was Energia ISP București.

However, despite the growth of interest from Romanian fans in the Cupa României, it was not held between 1960 and 1972 for unknown reasons yet during this time, Stadiul Român along with seventeen more teams were founded in București-only while out side of the capital, teams were being founded finally after years of rugby being dominant in București. In the 1980s and 1990s, the Cupa României started to become more national in terms of the fact that teams like Știința Petroșani, Rulmentul Bârlad, Farul Constanța and Sibiu were winning the cup and beating most of the teams in București with style and grace.

In recent years although, the Cupa României has been restricted to teams in the SuperLiga only instead of being open to all teams in Romania possibly in a attempt to improve the standard of the game in the whole country after the collapse of communism in Romania back in 1989 where the amount of clubs and players had decreased significantly in the aftermath. The current champions of the Cupa României are Steaua București as Steaua beat Timișoara Saracens in a close 22-19 game last year in Brașov.

Current teams
Location of clubs in the 2020 Cupa României.

Winners by year

See also
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