# World Military Cup

The World Military Cup is a football competition for national military teams. It is organized by the International Military Sports Council (CISM). The tournament has been held since 1946 and was originally called the World Military Championship, until the name changed for the 2001 edition. When the multi-sport Military World Games were established in 1995, the football championship was incorporated into it. However, it continues to be held independently every two years.
A related tournament for women, the World Military Women's Championship, was started in 2001.

## History

The first championship took place in Prague, Czechoslovakia in 1946, under the responsibility of the Armed Forces Sports Council. In 1948 the AFSC became the International Military Sports Council (CISM). Great Britain won the first title, and Czechoslovakia was the runner-up.

## Format

Since 2013, the World Military Cup has been divided into two different competitions. The CISM World Football Cup follows a four-year cycle; the 2nd edition of the Cup was held from 23 January to 28 January 2017, in Muscat, Oman.
Additionally, every four years at the Military World Games, there is a football tournament known as the Military World Championship.

## Qualifications

Qualifying tournaments are:
| Confederation | Championship |
| Asia | Asian Military Qualifying Tournament |
| Africa | African Military Cup |
| Americas | Americas Military Cup |
| Europe | European Military Qualifying Tournament |

## Results
### Men
#### Military World Championship

In 1995 started a football tournament which is a part of the Military World Games every four years. this competition is counted as a part of the world championship.
| Year | Host | Final | Final | Final | Third Place Match | Third Place Match | Third Place Match |
| Year | Host | Champions | Score | Runners-Up | Third Place | Score | Fourth Place |
| 1946 Details | Prague | United Kingdom | | Czechoslovakia | Belgium | | |
| 1947 Details | Hanover | Belgium | | Netherlands | Denmark | | |
| 1948 Details | Copenhagen | France | | Belgium | Denmark | | Luxembourg |
| 1949 Details | Lille / Paris | France | 3–1 | Turkey | Belgium | 3–1 | Netherlands |
| 1950 Details | The Hague | Italy | 2–1 | Belgium | France | 4–4 (France win on corners) | Netherlands |
| 1951 Details | Cairo | Italy | 3–1 | Egypt | France | 3–1 | Belgium |
| 1952 Details | Athens | Greece | 3–2 | Belgium | Netherlands | 1–0 | Turkey |
| 1953 Details | Ankara / Istanbul | Belgium | | Turkey | Greece | Greece | Greece |
| 1954 Details | Brussels | Belgium | 5–1 | Turkey | Portugal | 1–0 | France |
| 1955 Details | Rome | Turkey | | Italy | Egypt | | Netherlands |
| 1956 Details | Lisbon | Italy | | Portugal | Egypt | | Turkey |
| 1957 Details | Buenos Aires | France | | Argentina | Italy | | Brazil |
| 1958 Details | Lisbon | Portugal | 2–1 | France | Netherlands | 4–3 | Belgium |
| 1959 Details | Florence | Italy | | Portugal | France | France | France |
| 1960 Details | Oran | Belgium | | Turkey | Greece | | France |
| 1961 Details | Ankara | Turkey | | Greece | France | | Netherlands |
| 1962 Details | Seoul | Greece | 1st leg: 3–1 2nd leg: 1–2 | South Korea | Turkey | | |
| 1963 Details | Athens / Saloniki | Greece | | Belgium | France and Turkey | France and Turkey | France and Turkey |
| 1964 Details | Ankara / Istanbul | France | | Turkey | West Germany and Netherlands | West Germany and Netherlands | West Germany and Netherlands |
| 1965 Details | Gijón | Spain | 3–0 | Turkey | Morocco | 2–1 | Belgium |
| 1966 Details | Rabat | Turkey | 1st leg: 2–1 2nd leg: 0–0 | Morocco | Netherlands and Spain | Netherlands and Spain | Netherlands and Spain |
| 1967 Details | Brussels | Turkey | | Belgium | Morocco and Netherlands | Morocco and Netherlands | Morocco and Netherlands |
| 1968 Details | Baghdad | Greece | 4–1 | Turkey | Netherlands and Spain | Netherlands and Spain | Netherlands and Spain |
| 1969 Details | Athens | Greece | w/o | Algeria | Iran | 1–1 | South Korea |
| 1972 Details | Baghdad | Iraq | | Italy | Greece | | Turkey |
| 1973 Details | Brazzaville | Italy | | Iraq | Kuwait | | Congo |
| 1975 Details | Hagen | West Germany | 1–0 | Netherlands | Kuwait | 6–5 (a.e.t.) | Cameroon |
| 1977 Details | Damascus | Iraq | 0–0 (5–4 p) | Kuwait | Italy | 3–1 (a.e.t.) | France |
| 1979 Details | Kuwait City | Iraq | 0–0 (4–3 p) | Italy | Kuwait | 3–1 | Austria |
| 1981 Details | Doha | Kuwait | 1–0 | Qatar | Syria | 2–0 | France |
| 1983 Details | Kuwait City | Kuwait | 2–0 | Belgium | | | |
| 1987 Details | Arezzo | Italy | 2–0 | West Germany | Egypt | 4–1 | Belgium |
| 1989 Details | Caserta | Italy | 3–0 | Morocco | Belgium | 1–0 | United Arab Emirates |
| 1991 Details | Arnhem / Apeldoorn | Italy | 3–3 (a.e.t.) (5–4 p) | Germany | Turkey | 1–0 | France |
| 1993 Details | Rabat | Egypt | 3–2 (a.e.t.) | Morocco | Germany | 3–0 | France |
| 1995 Details | Rome * | France | 1–0 | Iran | South Korea | 1–0 | Cyprus |
| 1997 Details | Tehran | Greece | 1–0 | Italy | France | 3–2 (a.e.t.) | Burkina Faso |
| 1999 Details | Zagreb * | Egypt | 3–3 (5–4 p) | Greece | Croatia | 2–0 | Germany |
| 2001 Details | Cairo | Egypt | 3–0 | Greece | North Korea | 5–0 | Guinea |
| 2003 Details | Catania * | North Korea | 3–2 | Egypt | Italy | 3–2 | Lithuania |
| 2005 Details | Warendorf | Egypt | 1–0 | Algeria | Qatar | 3–1 | Germany |
| 2007 Details | Hyderabad * | Egypt | 2–0 | Cameroon | North Korea | 2–0 | Qatar |
| 2011 Details | Rio de Janeiro * | Algeria | 1–0 | Egypt | Brazil | 1–0 (a.e.t.) | Qatar |
| 2015 Details | Mungyeong * | Algeria | 2–0 (a.e.t.) | Oman | South Korea | 3–2 | Egypt |
| 2019 Details | Wuhan * | Bahrain | 3–1 | Qatar | Algeria | 4–0 | North Korea |
* ^n/a A round-robin tournament determined the final standings
* ^n1 Only three teams in final group
* ^n2 Tournament held in French Algeria
* * Held as part of the Military World Games

#### CISM World Football Cup

| Year | Host | Final | Final | Final | Third Place Match | Third Place Match | Third Place Match |
| Year | Host | Champions | Score | Runners-Up | Third Place | Score | Fourth Place |
| 2013 Details | Baku | Iraq | 3–2 | Oman | Ivory Coast | 1–0 | Azerbaijan |
| 2017 Details | Muscat | Oman | 0–0 (4–1 p) | Qatar | Syria | 2 – 2 (6–5 p) | Egypt |

#### Teams reaching the top four

| Team | Titles | Runners-up | Third place | Fourth place | Total |
| Italy | 8 (1950, 1951, 1956, 1959, 1973, 1987, 1989, 1991) | 4 (1955, 1972, 1979, 1997) | 3 (1957, 1977, 2003) | — | 15 |
| Greece | 6 (1952, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1969, 1997) | 3 (1961, 1999, 2001) | 3 (1953, 1960, 1972) | — | 12 |
| Egypt | 5 (1993, 1999, 2001, 2005, 2007) | 3 (1951, 2003, 2011) | 3 (1955, 1956, 1987) | 2 (2015, 2017) | 13 |
| France | 5 (1948, 1949, 1957, 1964, 1995) | 1 (1958) | 6 (1950, 1951, 1959, 1961, 1963, 1997) | 6 (1954, 1960, 1977, 1981, 1991, 1993) | 18 |
| Turkey | 4 (1955, 1961, 1966, 1967) | 7 (1949, 1953, 1954, 1960, 1964, 1965, 1968) | 2 (1962, 1991) | 4 (1952, 1956, 1963, 1972) | 17 |
| Belgium | 4 (1947, 1953, 1954, 1960) | 6 (1948, 1950, 1952, 1963, 1967, 1983) | 3 (1946, 1949, 1989) | 4 (1951, 1958, 1965, 1987) | 14 |
| Iraq | 4 (1972, 1977, 1979, 2013) | 1 (1973) | — | — | 5 |
| Algeria | 2 (2011, 2015) | 2 (1969, 2005) | 1 (2019) | — | 5 |
| Kuwait | 2 (1981, 1983) | 1 (1977) | 3 (1973, 1975, 1979) | — | 6 |
| Germany | 1 (1975) | 2 (1987, 1991) | 2 (1964, 1993) | 2 (1999, 2005) | 7 |
| Portugal | 1 (1958) | 2 (1956, 1959) | 1 (1954) | — | 4 |
| Oman | 1 (2017) | 2 (2013, 2015) | — | — | 3 |
| North Korea | 1 (2003) | — | 2 (2001, 2007) | 1 (2019) | 4 |
| Spain | 1 (1965) | — | — | 2 (1966, 1968) | 3 |
| Bahrain | 1 (2019) | — | — | — | 1 |
| England | 1 (1946) | — | — | — | 1 |
| Morocco | — | 3 (1966, 1989, 1993) | 2 (1965, 1967) | — | 5 |
| Qatar | — | 3 (1981, 2017, 2019) | 1 (2005) | 2 (2007, 2011) | 6 |
| Netherlands | — | 2 (1947, 1975) | 4 (1952, 1958, 1966, 1968) | 6 (1949, 1950, 1955, 1961, 1964, 1967) | 12 |
| Iran | — | 1 (1995) | 1 (1969) | — | 2 |
| South Korea | — | 1 (1962) | 2 (1995, 2015) | — | 3 |
| Cameroon | — | 1 (2007) | — | 1 (1975) | 2 |
| Argentina | — | 1 (1957) | — | — | 1 |
| Czechoslovakia | — | 1 (1946) | — | — | 1 |
| Denmark | — | — | 2 (1947, 1948) | — | 2 |
| Syria | — | — | 2 (1981, 2017) | — | 2 |
| Brazil | — | — | 1 (2011) | 1 (1957) | 2 |
| Croatia | — | — | 1 (1999) | — | 1 |
| Ivory Coast | — | — | 1 (2013) | — | 1 |
| Austria | — | — | — | 1 (1979) | 1 |
| Congo | — | — | — | 1 (1973) | 1 |
| Cyprus | — | — | — | 1 (1995) | 1 |
| Guinea | — | — | — | 1 (2001) | 1 |
| Lithuania | — | — | — | 1 (2003) | 1 |
| Luxembourg | — | — | — | 1 (1948) | 1 |
| United Arab Emirates | — | — | — | 1 (1989) | 1 |
| Burkina Faso | — | — | — | 1 (1997) | 1 |
| Azerbaijan | — | — | — | 1 (2013) | 1 |

### Women

| Year | Host nation | Final | Final | Final | Third Place Match | Third Place Match | Third Place Match |
| Year | Host nation | Winner | Score | Second Place | Third Place | Score | Fourth Place |
| 2001 Details | Netherlands | Germany | | Netherlands | England | | Canada |
| 2002 Details | Kingston | United States | 1–0 | Germany | Netherlands | 4–0 | Canada |
| 2003 Details | Warendorf | Germany | 7–3 | Netherlands | United States | 1–0 | Canada |
| 2004 Details | Fort Eustis | Netherlands | 3–0 (a.e.t.) | Germany | United States | 3–1 | Canada |
| 2006 Details | Assen | Netherlands | 2–0 | United States | Germany | 6–4 (a.e.t.) | France |
| 2007 Details | Hyderabad * | North Korea | 5–0 | Germany | France | 1–0 | Netherlands |
| 2008 Details | Ede | Germany | 3–0 | France | Netherlands | 2–1 | South Korea |
| 2009 Details | Biloxi | Brazil | 1–0 | South Korea | Netherlands | 2–1 | France |
| 2010 Details | Cherbourg-Octeville | Brazil | 1–0 | South Korea | France | 2–1 | Netherlands |
| 2011 Details | Rio de Janeiro * | Brazil | 5–0 | Germany | Netherlands | 2–0 | France |
| 2012 Details | Warendorf | Germany | 1–0 | South Korea | Brazil | 2–0 | France |
| 2015 Details | Mungyeong * | Brazil | 2–1 (a.e.t.) | France | South Korea | 3–0 | Netherlands |
| 2016 Details | France | France | 2–1 | Brazil | South Korea | 3–3 (a.e.t.) (4–3 p) | Cameroon |
| 2018 Details | Fort Bliss | Brazil | 3–2 | South Korea | China | 3–1 | France |
| 2019 Details | Wuhan * | North Korea | 2–1 | China | Brazil | 3–1 | South Korea |
| 2020 | Yaoundé | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled |
| 2022 Details | Spokane | France | 2–1 | Cameroon | South Korea | 3–0 | United States |
| 2023 Details | Bunschoten-Spakenburg | South Korea | 1–0 | France | Cameroon | 4–0 | Netherlands |
| 2025 Details | Pyongyang | | – | | | – | |
* ^n/a A round-robin tournament determined the final standings
* * Held as part of the Military World Games

#### Teams reaching the top four

| Team | Titles | Runners-up | Third place | Fourth place | Total |
| Brazil | 5 (2009, 2010, 2011, 2015, 2018) | 1 (2016) | 2 (2012, 2019) | — | 8 |
| Germany | 4 (2001, 2003, 2008, 2012) | 4 (2002, 2004, 2007, 2011) | 1 (2006) | — | 9 |
| France | 2 (2016, 2022) | 3 (2008, 2015, 2023) | 2 (2007, 2010) | 5 (2006, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2018) | 12 |
| Netherlands | 2 (2004, 2006) | 2 (2001, 2003) | 4 (2002, 2008, 2009, 2011) | 4 (2007, 2010, 2015, 2023) | 12 |
| North Korea | 2 (2007, 2019) | — | — | — | 2 |
| South Korea | 1 (2023) | 4 (2009, 2010, 2012, 2018) | 3 (2015, 2016, 2022) | 2 (2008, 2019) | 10 |
| United States | 1 (2002) | 1 (2006) | 2 (2003, 2004) | 1 (2022) | 5 |
| Cameroon | — | 1 (2022) | 1 (2023) | 1 (2016) | 3 |
| China | — | 1 (2019) | 1 (2018) | — | 2 |
| England | — | — | 1 (2001) | — | 1 |
| Canada | — | — | — | 4 (2001, 2002, 2003, 2004) | 4 |