# Tie Cup

The Tie Cup Competition (also known as Copa de Competencia Chevallier Boutell) was an international football tournament played between representatives of the Argentina and Uruguay Associations. It was one of the earliest international football tournaments played between members of different national football associations, played on an annual basis until 1919.

## History

The competition was inspired by English FA Cup, with its trophy donated by Francis Hepburn Chevallier-Boutell, president of the Argentine Football Association (AFA), in 1900.
Initially, the competition included a total of four teams, with two from AFA, one from AUF and one from Liga Rosarina. That format remained until 1907, when the cup was contested between one representative each from Argentina and Uruguay. The participants were determined via qualification cups (Argentine Copa de Competencia Jockey Club and Uruguayan Copa de Competencia).
The Tie Cup was played only by First Division teams until 1918 when the Argentine Association stated that clubs from División Intermedia (the second division by then) were added to the competition.

## List of champions
### Finals

The following list includes all the editions of the Tie Cup Competition:

#### Keys

* a.e.t.: result/match won after extra time
* Second playoff result
| Ed. | Year | Champion | Score | Runner-up | Venue | City |
| 1 | 1900 | Belgrano AC (1) | 2–0 | Rosario AC | Flores Old Ground | Buenos Aires |
| 2 | 1901 | Alumni (1) | 2–1 (a.e.t.) | Rosario AC | Lomas A.C. | Lomas de Zamora |
| 3 | 1902 | Rosario AC (1) | 1–1 (a.e.t.) | Alumni | Sociedad Sportiva | Buenos Aires |
| 3 | 1902 | Rosario AC (1) | 1–1 (a.e.t.) | Alumni | Sociedad Sportiva | Buenos Aires |
| 3 | 1902 | Rosario AC (1) | 2–1 (a.e.t.) | Alumni | Sociedad Sportiva | Buenos Aires |
| 4 | 1903 | Alumni (2) | 3–2 (a.e.t.) | Rosario AC | Sociedad Sportiva | Buenos Aires |
| 5 | 1904 | Rosario AC (2) | 3–2 (a.e.t.) | CURCC | Flores Old Ground | Buenos Aires |
| 6 | 1905 | Rosario AC (3) | 4–3 (a.e.t.) | CURCC | Sociedad Sportiva | Buenos Aires |
| 7 | 1906 | Alumni (3) | 10–1 | Belgrano AC | Quilmes A.C. | Quilmes |
| 8 | 1907 | Alumni (4) | 3–1 | CURCC | Ferro C. Oeste | Buenos Aires |
| 9 | 1908 | Alumni (5) | 4–0 | Wanderers | Belgrano A.C. | Buenos Aires |
| 10 | 1909 | Alumni (6) | 4–0 | CURCC | GEBA | Buenos Aires |
| 11 | 1910 | (No champion crowned) | (No champion crowned) | (No champion crowned) | GEBA | Buenos Aires |
| 12 | 1911 | Wanderers (1) | 2–0 | San Isidro | GEBA | Buenos Aires |
| 13 | 1912 | San Isidro (1) | 1–0 | Nacional | Racing Club | Avellaneda |
| 14 | 1913 | Nacional (1) | 1–0 | San Isidro | Racing Club | Avellaneda |
| 15 | 1914 | River Plate (1) | 1–0 | Bristol | Ferro C. Oeste | Buenos Aires |
| 16 | 1915 | Nacional (2) | 2–0 | Porteño | GEBA | Buenos Aires |
| 17 | 1916 | Peñarol (1) | 3–0 | Rosario Central | Racing Club | Avellaneda |
| 18 | 1917 | Wanderers (2) | 4–0 | Independiente | Racing Club | Avellaneda |
| 19 | 1918 | Wanderers (3) | 2–1 | Porteño | GEBA | Buenos Aires |
| 20 | 1919 | Boca Juniors (1) | 2–0 | Nacional | Sportivo Barracas | Buenos Aires |

#### Notes

* ↑ First playoff
* ↑ Second playoff
* ↑ The football division separated from the club, changing to Club Atlético Peñarol in 1913. Peñarol has been recognized by FIFA as the continuity of CURCC. Nevertheless, its main rival, Club Nacional de Football, alleged that CURCC and Peñarol were different clubs which coexisted until 1915, when CURCC was definitely dissolved.
* ↑ Estudiantes (BA) and CURCC played the final that ended in a 2–2 tie. A second game should have to be played after that, but it never happened and the tournament was therefore abandoned without proclaiming a champion.

### Titles by team

| Team | Titles | Years won |
| Alumni | 6 | 1901, 1903, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909 |
| Rosario AC | 3 | 1902, 1904, 1905 |
| Wanderers | 3 | 1911, 1917, 1918 |
| Nacional | 2 | 1913, 1915 |
| Belgrano AC | 1 | 1900 |
| San Isidro | 1 | 1912 |
| River Plate | 1 | 1914 |
| Peñarol | 1 | 1916 |
| Boca Juniors | 1 | 1919 |

### Titles by country

| Country | Titles | Teams |
| Argentina | 13 | Belgrano AC, Alumni, Rosario AC, San Isidro, River Plate, Boca Juniors |
| Uruguay | 6 | Wanderers, Nacional, Peñarol |

## Topscorers
### By year

Source:
| Year | Player | Goals | Club |
| 1900 | Spencer Leonard | 3 | Alumni |
| 1901 | Spencer Leonard | 2 | Alumni |
| 1901 | Juan J. Moore | 2 | Alumni |
| 1901 | Julian Parr | 2 | Rosario AC |
| 1901 | Alberto Le Bas | 2 | Rosario AC |
| 1902 | Jorge Brown | 4 | Alumni |
| 1902 | Julian Parr | 4 | Rosario AC |
| 1903 | Jorge Brown | 5 | Alumni |
| 1904 | Arthur Wells | 4 | Rosario AC |
| 1904 | M.O. Wells | 4 | Rosario AC |
| 1906 | Charles Whaley | 13 | Belgrano AC |
| 1907 | Eliseo Brown | 10 | Alumni |
| 1908 | Charles Whaley | 5 | Belgrano AC |
| 1909 | Maximiliano Susan | 12 | Estudiantes (BA) |
| 1910 | Manuel González | 11 | Newell's Old Boys |
| 1911 | Juan O. Gil | 6 | San Isidro |
| 1912 | Julio Fernández | 5 | San Isidro |
| 1913 | Alberto Marcovecchio | 9 | Racing |
| 1914 | Alberto Marcovecchio | 5 | Racing |
| 1915 | Martín Garat | 5 | Porteño |
| 1916 | Guillermo Dannaher | 4 | Columbian |
| 1917 | Domingo Brisotti | 4 | Banfield |
| 1917 | Jorge Calandra | 4 | Estudiantes (LP) |
| 1917 | Pascual Garré | 4 | Independiente |
| 1918 | Pascual Polimeni | 5 | Porteño |
| 1918 | Humberto Libonatti | 5 | Gimnasia y Esgrima (R) |
| 1919 | Alberto Marcovecchio | 7 | Racing |
| 1919 | Ennis Hayes | 7 | Rosario Central |