Friendly tournament played in Bruxelles/Brussel. Successor tournament of the Coupe Van der Straeten Ponthoz.
The cup was donated by Adolphe Dupuich in memory of his son Jean, a forward at Léopold CB.
1908 Racing Club Bruxelles 1909 Bishop Auckland 1910 Bishop Auckland 1911 Ilford FC 1912 Union Saint-Gilloise 1913 Union Saint-Gilloise 1914 Union Saint-Gilloise 1920 Racing Club/Léopold Bruxelles 1922 Racing Club/Léopold Bruxelles 1923 Daring Club Bruxelles 1924 shared between Daring Club Bruxelles and Brussels XI 1925 Union Saint-Gilloise
Participants: Old Xaverians (England)
Léopold Club (Belgium)
US Tourquennoise (France)
Union Saint-Gilloise (Belgium)
Preussen FC Berlin (Germany)
Dijxhoorn XI (Netherlands)
Racing Club Bruxelles (Belgium)
Preussen FC Duisburg (Germany)
NB: the Dijxhoorn XI was composed mostly of players from H.B.S.:
GK: Van Weel (Velocitas); DF: Küneman, Van Leyden (both H.B.S.);
MF: Gonsalves (H.B.S.), Konert (Sparta), Brandsma (Hercules);
FW: De Bruyn Kops (H.B.S.), Baggelaar (Volharding), A. van
Renterghem (H.B.S.), Sweys (Volharding), De Jongh (H.B.S.);
res: W. Gerke (Volharding), W. Schierbeek (H.B.S.); Dijxhoorn
was the referee of Belgium vs England (Amateurs) on 18-4.
Quarterfinals:
19-4-1908 Old Xaverians-Léopold Club 2-1
19-4-1908 Union Saint-Gilloise-US Tourquennoise 4-1x
19-4-1908 Preussen FC Berlin-Dijxhoorn XI 6-1
19-4-1908 Racing Club Bruxelles-Preussen FC Duisburg 4-0
x also reported 3-1
Semifinals:
20-4-1908 Old Xaverians-Union Saint-Gilloise 2-3
20-4-1908 Preussen FC Berlin-Racing Club Bruxelles 0-8
Final:
21-4-1908 Union Saint-Gilloise-Racing Club Bruxelles 0-1
Participants: Ilford FC (England)
Excelsior SC Bruxelles (Belgium)
Racing Club Bruxelles (Belgium)
DVV Den Haag (Netherlands)
DFC Dordrecht (Netherlands)
Daring Club Bruxelles (Belgium)
Léopold Club (Belgium)
Bishop Auckland (England)
Quarterfinals:
11-4-1909 Ilford FC-Excelsior SC 4-0
11-4-1909 Racing Club Bruxelles-DVV Den Haag 5-0
11-4-1909 DFC Dordrecht-Daring Club Bruxelles 0-2
11-4-1909 Bishop Auckland-Léopold Club 5-2
Semifinals:
12-4-1909 Ilford FC-Racing Club Bruxelles 7-0
12-4-1909 Bishop Auckland-Daring Club Bruxelles 2-0
NB: on 12-4 also a friendly was played between two eliminated clubs:
12-4-1909 Léopold Club-DFC Dordrecht 0-1
Final:
13-4-1909 Bishop Auckland-Ilford FC 3-2
Participants: Bishop Auckland (England)
Bromley FC (England)
HVV Den Haag (Netherlands)
Select Bruxelles (Belgium)
Semifinals:
27-3-1910 Bromley FC-Select Bruxelles 2-1
27-3-1910 HVV Den Haag-Bishop Auckland 2-2 (abandoned after 2x7.5 and 2x5 minutes extra time)
28-3-1910 HVV Den Haag-Bishop Auckland 0-1 (2x15 minutes)
Final:
28-3-1910 Bishop Auckland-Bromley FC 1-0
Participants: Ilford FC (England)
Union Saint-Gilloise (Belgium)
Bishop Auckland (England)
Daring Club Bruxelles (Belgium)
Semifinals:
16-4-1911 Ilford FC-Union Saint-Gilloise 3-1
16-4-1911 Bishop Auckland-Daring Club Bruxelles 5-4
Final:
17-4-1911 Bishop Auckland-Ilford FC 0-1
Participants: Union Saint-Gilloise (Belgium)
Ilford FC (England)
Daring Club Bruxelles (Belgium)
Freiburger FC (Germany)
Semifinals:
6-4-1912 Union Saint-Gilloise-Ilford FC 6-1
6-4-1912 Daring Club Bruxelles-Freiburger FC 2-1
Final:
7-4-1912 Union Saint-Gilloise- Daring Club Bruxelles 1-0
Participants: Union Saint-Gilloise (Belgium)
1.FC Nürnberg (Germany)
Daring Club Bruxelles (Belgium)
Barking FC (England)
Semifinals:
23-3-1913 Daring Club Bruxelles-Barking FC 1-2
23-3-1913 Union Saint-Gilloise-1.FC Nürnberg 3-2
Third Place:
24-3-1913 Daring Club Bruxelles-1.FC Nürnberg 4-1
Final:
24-3-1913 Union Saint-Gilloise-Barking FC 3-2
Participants: Union Saint-Gilloise (Belgium)
South Bank FC (England)
Daring Club Bruxelles (Belgium)
VfB Leipzig (Germany)
Semifinals:
11-4-1914 Union Saint-Gilloise-South Bank FC 4-2
11-4-1914 Daring Club Bruxelles-VfB Leipzig 6-1
Third place match:
12-4-1914 South Bank FC-VfB Leipzig 5-0
Final:
12-4-1914 Union Saint-Gilloise-Daring Club Bruxelles 3-1
Participants: Daring Club Bruxelles (Belgium)
US Tourquenoise (France)
Middlesex League XI (England)
Racing/Léopold Bruxelles (Belgium)
Semifinals:
4-4-1920 Daring Club Bruxelles-US Tourquenoise 10-3
4-4-1920 Racing/Léopold Bruxelles-Middlesex League XI 4-2
Third place match:
5-4-1920 Middlesex League XI-US Tourquenoise 15-1
Final:
17-4-1922 Racing/Léopold Bruxelles-Daring Club Bruxelles 3-2
Semifinals : 16-4-1922 Daring Club Bruxelles-CA Sports Généraux Paris 2-0 16-4-1922 Racing/Léopold Bruxelles-Feijenoord Rotterdam 4-3 Third Place: 17-4-1922 CA Sports Généraux Paris-Feijenoord Rotterdam 3-1 Final : 17-4-1922 Racing/Léopold Bruxelles-Daring Club Bruxelles 2-1
Semifinals: 1-4-1923 Union Saint-Gilloise-Feijenoord Rotterdam 1-3 1-4-1923 Daring Club Bruxelles-Corinthians FC London 1-0 Third Place: 2-4-1923 Union Saint-Gilloise-Corinthians FC London 5-2 Final: 2-4-1923 Daring Club Bruxelles-Feijenoord Rotterdam 2-0
Semifinals:
20-4-1924 Brussels XI-Meteor VIII Praha 4-1
20-4-1924 Daring Club Bruxelles-DFC Dordrecht 5-0
Third Place:
21-4-1924 Meteor VIII Praha-DFC Dordrecht 4-1
Final:
21-4-1924 Daring Club Bruxelles-Brussels XI 1-1 aet
NB: 2x15 minutes of extra time was played without any goals being scored
Semifinals: 12-4-1925 Union Saint-Gilloise-Feijenoord Rotterdam 1-0 12-4-1925 Saint Albans City-Entente Bruxelloise 6-4 Third Place: 13-4-1925 Feijenoord Rotterdam-Entente Bruxelloise 3-0 Final: 13-4-1925 Union Saint-Gilloise-Saint Albans City 2-1
Thanks to Dirk Willocx
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