Tournament organised by Quick. On two occasions (in 1935 and 1936) a club from Kleve, just across the border with Germany, entered.
Year Winners Runners-Up
1933 M.V.V. 2-2 Go Ahead [aet, 3-2 pen]
1934 Go Ahead 2-0 M.V.V.
1935 M.V.V. 1-0 Go Ahead [aet]
1936 S.C.H. 3-1 V.U.C.
1937 Xerxes 3-2 Tubantia [aet]
1938 Tubantia 4-2 Xerxes
1939 abandoned
1940-44 not held
1945 N.A.C. 1-1 Tubantia [aet, 3-2 pen]
1946 Quick 3-1 M.V.V.
1947 S.C.H. 3-1 Sittard
1948 Sittard Achilles
1949 Quick S.C.H.
Number of Wins (11 (finished) editions; runners-up finishes between square brackets)
2 [ 2] M.V.V. (Maastricht)
2 [ 1] S.C.H. (Nijmegen)
2 Quick (Nijmegen)
1 [ 2] Go Ahead (Deventer)
1 [ 2] Tubantia (Hengelo)
1 [ 1] Sittard
1 [ 1] Xerxes (Rotterdam)
1 N.A.C. (Breda)
[ 1] Achilles (Assen)
[ 1] V.U.C. (Den Haag)
NB: matches at Sportpark aan den Hazenkampschenweg;
no record of tournament after 1949, possibly because Quick were relegated
from the Eerste Klasse after the 1949/50 season.
Participants (6):
Go Ahead (Deventer)
M.V.V. (Maastricht)
Quick (Nijmegen)
U.D. (Deventer)
Unitas (Gorinchem)
Wilhelmina (Den Bosch)
Voorwedstrijd [Aug 27]
Quick 2 9-2 Wilhelmina 2
Round 1 [Aug 27]
Unitas 4-1 Wilhelmina
Quick 1-2 U.D.
M.V.V. bye Go Ahead
NB: on the same day Wilhelmina played in the semifinals of the tournament
for the Zilveren Wiel in Wageningen.
Semifinals [Sep 3]
Unitas 1-2 M.V.V.
U.D. 2-3 Go Ahead
Final [Sep 3]
M.V.V. 2-2 Go Ahead [aet, 3-2 pen]
Participants (6): Go Ahead (Deventer) M.V.V. (Maastricht) N.E.C. (Nijmegen) N.O.A.D. (Tilburg) Quick (Nijmegen) U.D. (Deventer) Round 1 [Aug 26] U.D. 5-4 N.O.A.D. Quick 1-4 N.E.C. M.V.V. bye Go Ahead Friendly [Aug 26] S.C.H. 2-2 B.V.V. Semifinals [Sep 2] M.V.V. 3-0 U.D. N.E.C. 0-5 Go Ahead Final [Sep 2] Go Ahead 2-0 M.V.V.
Participants (8): VfB Cleve 03 (Kleve, Germany) Go Ahead (Deventer) M.V.V. (Maastricht) N.E.C. (Nijmegen) Quick (Nijmegen) S.C.H. (Nijmegen) U.D. (Deventer) Vitesse (Arnhem) Round 1 [Aug 25] U.D. 0-2 VfB Cleve 03 S.C.H. 3-0 Vitesse Round 2 [Aug 25] Quick 1-2 N.E.C. S.C.H. 4-1 VfB Cleve 03 Go Ahead bye M.V.V. Semifinals [Sep 1] N.E.C. 2-3 M.V.V. S.C.H. 0-1 Go Ahead Verliezersronde [Sep 1] Quick 7-0 U.D. Final [Sep 1] M.V.V. 1-0 Go Ahead [aet]
Participants (8): VfB Cleve 03 (Kleve, Germany) M.V.V. (Maastricht) Quick (Nijmegen) Roermond (Roermond) S.C.H. (Nijmegen) U.D. (Deventer) Vitesse (Arnhem) V.U.C. (Den Haag) Round 1 [Aug 30] Vitesse 2-0 VfB Cleve 03 S.C.H. 2-0 Roermond Round 2 [Aug 30] Quick 8-0 U.D. S.C.H. 2-0 Vitesse M.V.V. bye V.U.C. Semifinals [Sep 6] Quick 1-2 S.C.H. M.V.V. 0-1 V.U.C. Final [Sep 6] S.C.H. 3-1 V.U.C.
Participants (8): A.G.O.V.V. (Apeldoorn) Hercules (Utrecht) M.V.V. (Maastricht) Quick (Nijmegen) S.C.H. (Nijmegen) Tubantia (Hengelo) Vitesse (Arnhem) Xerxes (Rotterdam) Round 1 [Aug 29] S.C.H. 1-3 Xerxes Vitesse 1-3 Tubantia Quick 3-1 Hercules A.G.O.V.V. 4-1 M.V.V. Semifinals [Sep 5] Quick 4-5 Tubantia [aet] A.G.O.V.V. 1-4 Xerxes Tussenwedstrijd Quick 2 0-2 Vitesse 2 Final [Sep 5] Xerxes 3-2 Tubantia [aet]
Participants (8): Hercules (Utrecht) M.V.V. (Maastricht) Quick (Nijmegen) S.C.H. (Nijmegen) Tubantia (Hengelo) Vitesse (Arnhem) Willem II (Tilburg) Xerxes (Rotterdam) Round 1 [Aug 28] Vitesse 2-5 Tubantia S.C.H. 0-2 Xerxes M.V.V. 2-1 Willem II Quick 3-2 Hercules Semifinals [Sep 4] Tubantia 1-1 M.V.V. [aet, Tubantia on pen] Quick 1-2 Xerxes [aet] Final [Sep 4] Tubantia 4-2 Xerxes
Participants (8): Achilles (Assen) M.V.V. (Maastricht) Quick (Nijmegen) S.C.H. (Nijmegen) Tubantia (Hengelo) Vitesse (Arnhem) V.V.V. (Venlo) Xerxes (Rotterdam) Round 1 [Aug 27] S.C.H. 0-1 Tubantia Xerxes 3-1 Vitesse M.V.V. 0-1 V.V.V. Quick 0-2 Achilles Semifinals [Sep 3] Achilles - Tubantia V.V.V. - Xerxes NB: cancelled and tournament abandoned due to general mobilisation.
Participants (4, of which 3 actually played):
H.B.S. (Den Haag) [failed to arrive]
N.A.C. (Breda)
Quick (Nijmegen)
Tubantia (Hengelo)
NB: as H.B.S. did not manage the trip to Nijmegen, the other three clubs played
a single round robin; as hosts Quick lost the first two matches, the third
and final match served as a final and penalties were taken to decide the
winners as goal average was not used as a tie-breaker.
[Aug 26]
Quick 1-5 Tubantia
Quick 1-3 N.A.C.
N.A.C. 1-1 Tubantia [3-2 pen]
Final Table:
1.N.A.C. 2 1 1 0 4- 2 3 [3-2 pen]
2.Tubantia 2 1 1 0 6- 2 3 [2-3 pen]
3.Quick 2 0 0 2 2- 8 0
Participants (8): Achilles (Assen) Be Quick (Zutphen) D.F.C. (Dordrecht) M.V.V. (Maastricht) N.A.C. (Breda) Quick (Nijmegen) Tubantia (Hengelo) Vitesse (Arnhem) Round 1 [Sep 1] Be Quick 1-0 N.A.C. M.V.V. 3-0 D.F.C. Tubantia 1-0 Vitesse Quick 3-0 Achilles SF [Sep 8] Be Quick 0-6 M.V.V. Quick 2-1 Tubantia Third Place Match [Sep 8] Tubantia 1-2 Be Quick Final [Sep 8] Quick 3-1 M.V.V.
Participants (8): Achilles (Assen) Be Quick (Zutphen) D.F.C. (Dordrecht) Juliana (Spekholzerheide) Quick (Nijmegen) S.C.H. (Nijmegen) Sittard (Sittard) Tubantia (Hengelo) Round 1 [Aug 31] Juliana 4-1 Achilles Quick 2-2 S.C.H. [S.C.H. on pen] D.F.C. 1-1 Tubantia [Tubantia on pen] Be Quick 0-3 Sittard Semifinals [Sep 7] S.C.H. 3-2 Juliana Sittard 4-1 Tubantia Third Place Match [Sep 7] Tubantia 1-5 Juliana Final [Sep 7] S.C.H. 3-1 Sittard
Participants (6): Achilles (Assen) Be Quick (Zutphen) Juliana (Spekholzerheide) Quick (Nijmegen) S.C.H. (Nijmegen) Sittard (Sittard) Round 1 [Aug 29] Juliana 3-3 Achilles [Achilles on pen] Quick 1-0 Be Quick S.C.H. 2-2 Sittard [Sittard on pen] NB: the three winners qualified for the final stage, played as a single round robin. Final Stage [Sep 5] Quick 1-3 Achilles Achilles 0-1 Sittard Quick 2-2 Sittard Final Table: 1.Sittard 2 1 1 0 3- 2 3 2.Achilles 2 1 0 1 3- 2 2 3.Quick 2 0 1 1 3- 5 1
Participants (8):
Achilles (Assen)
Be Quick (Zutphen)
Juliana (Spekholzerheide)
Quick (Nijmegen)
S.C.H. (Nijmegen)
Sittard (Sittard)
Tubantia (Hengelo)
Vitesse (Arnhem)
Round 1 [Aug 28]
Achilles 0-2 Be Quick
Juliana 0-0 Quick [Quick on pen]
Tubantia 4-0 Vitesse
S.C.H. 3-0 Sittard
NB: as Be Quick withdrew from the final stage due to league obligations (they
drew 2-2 away at P.E.C. on Sep 4), the other three clubs played a single
round robin.
Final Stage [Sep 4]
S.C.H. 2-1 Tubantia
Quick 3-1 S.C.H.
Quick 1-0 Tubantia
Final Table:
1.Quick 2 2 0 0 4- 1 4
2.S.C.H. 2 1 0 1 3- 4 2
3.Tubantia 2 0 0 2 1- 3 0
Organised by Wageningen. It is not clear whether the 1933 edition was the first or that of 1934 the last, but no other editions appear to have been documented in the contemporary press.
Year Winners Runners-Up 1933 O.D.S. 3-1 Wageningen 1934 Wageningen 1-0 Wilhelmina Number of Wins (2 editions; runners-up finishes between square brackets) 1 [ 1] Wageningen 1 O.D.S. (Dordrecht) [ 1] Wilhelmina (Den Bosch)
Participants (6):
Frisia (Leeuwarden)
O.D.S. (Dordrecht)
S.C.H. (Nijmegen)
Sneek (Sneek)
Wageningen (Wageningen)
Wilhelmina (Den Bosch)
Round 1 [Aug 20]
Wilhelmina 5-2 Frisia
O.D.S. 5-2 S.C.H.
Wageningen bye Sneek
Semifinals [Aug 27]
O.D.S. 5-2 Wilhelmina
Wageningen 10-1 Sneek
NB: on the same day Wilhelmina played in the first round of the tournament
for the Zilveren Vos in Nijmegen, for which they had registered earlier
but had not received confirmation of their entry, upon which they also
signed up for this tournament – only to get a communication from Quick
after all.
Final [Sep 3]
Wageningen 1-3 O.D.S.
Participants (6): D.C.L. (Rotterdam) Frisia (Leeuwarden) O.D.S. (Dordrecht) Sneek (Sneek) Wageningen (Wageningen) Wilhelmina (Den Bosch) Round 1 [Aug 19] Wilhelmina 10-0 Frisia Wageningen 3-2 D.C.L. O.D.S. bye Sneek Semifinals [Aug 26] Wageningen bt Sneek O.D.S. 0-5 Wilhelmina Final [Sep 9] Wageningen 1-0 Wilhelmina
Organised by Vitesse. Only the first edition was held as a pre-season tournament; in 1949 it was played around Easter and in 1951 at Whitsuntide.
Year Winners Runners-Up 1947 Schijndel 2-0 Wageningen 1948 not held 1949 V.V.V. 4-0 Vitesse 1950 not held (ground Vitesse not available) 1951 Hermes D.V.S. 4-3 Be Quick Number of Wins (3 editions; runners-up finishes between square brackets) 1 Hermes D.V.S. (Schiedam) 1 Schijndel 1 V.V.V. (Venlo) [ 1] Be Quick (Groningen) [ 1] Vitesse (Arnhem) [ 1] Wageningen
Participants (8):
Frisia (Leeuwarden)
Helmondia (Helmond)
H.S.C. (Hoogezand)
Phenix (Enschede) [replaced West-Frisia (Enkhuizen)]
Rheden (Rheden)
Schijndel (Schijndel)
Vitesse (Arnhem)
Wageningen (Wageningen)
Round 1 [Aug 31]
Phenix 0-1 Schijndel
H.S.C. 2-0 Helmondia
Vitesse 1-0 Frisia
Wageningen 1-1 Rheden [2-5 pen]
NB: Rheden withdrew because of league obligations (on Sep 7 they defeated
Gelria (Velp) 2-1 at home); they were replaced by Wageningen.
Semifinals [Sep 7]
Vitesse 0-2 Schijndel
H.S.C. 1-2 Wageningen
Final [Sep 7]
Schijndel 2-0 Wageningen
Participants (8): A.F.C. (Amsterdam) S.C. Enschede (Enschede) Frisia (Leeuwarden) Neptunus (Rotterdam) Quick (Nijmegen) Schijndel (Schijndel) Vitesse (Arnhem) V.V.V. (Venlo) NB: played in the Easter week (the final was on Easter Monday). Round 1 [Apr 10] Quick 2-2 A.F.C. [3-3, 3-3, 4-3 pen] S.C. Enschede 4-1 Schijndel Vitesse 2-1 Frisia V.V.V. 2-1 Neptunus Semifinals [Apr 18] Vitesse 3-0 Quick S.C. Enschede 0-0 V.V.V. [4-4, 4-4, 3-4 pen] Final [Apr 18] Vitesse 0-4 V.V.V.
Participants (8):
A.F.C. (Amsterdam)
Be Quick (Groningen)
D.F.C. (Dordrecht)
Hermes D.V.S. (Schiedam)
Maurits (Geleen)
M.V.V. (Maastricht)
Vitesse (Arnhem)
De Volewijckers (Amsterdam)
NB: played in the Whitsuntide week (the final was on Whitmonday);
holders V.V.V. were not able to enter, so Vitesse played them
in a friendly three weeks after the tournament.
Round 1 [May 6]
D.F.C. 0-2 De Volewijckers
A.F.C. 2-7 M.V.V.
Vitesse 0-1 Be Quick
Hermes D.V.S. 3-1 Maurits
Semifinals [May 14]
De Volewijckers 1-2 Be Quick
M.V.V. 1-1 Hermes D.V.S. [Hermes D.V.S. on pen]
Final [May 14]
Hermes D.V.S. 4-3 Be Quick
Friendly [Jun 3]
Vitesse 2-3 V.V.V.
Organised by Epe. It is not clear whether it was held more than once.
Year Winners Runners-Up 1950 Vitesse 2-0 Blauw Wit Number of Wins (1 edition; runners-up finishes between square brackets) 1 Vitesse (Arnhem) [ 1] Blauw Wit (Amsterdam)
Participants (4): Blauw Wit (Amsterdam) Epe (Epe) Vitesse (Arnhem) Z.A.C. (Zwolle) Semifinals [Aug 13] Epe 1-2 Vitesse Blauw Wit 3-1 Z.A.C. Third Place Match [Aug 13] Epe 1-1 Z.A.C. [Epe on pen] Final [Aug 13] Blauw Wit 0-2 Vitesse
Organised by Theole.
Year Winners Runners-Up 1952 B.V.V. 2-1 Ajax 1953 D.O.S. 1-1 B.V.V. [D.O.S. on pen] 1954 Theole De Valk Number of Wins (3 editions; runners-up finishes between square brackets) 1 [ 1] B.V.V. (Den Bosch) 1 D.O.S. (Utrecht) 1 Theole (Tiel) [ 1] Ajax (Amsterdam) [ 1] De Valk (Valkenswaard) First edition on Ascension Day 1952 at the occasion of the opening of the Amsterdam-Rijnkanaal, or more exactly the Prins Bernhardsluis, on May 21.
Participants (4):
Ajax (Amsterdam)
B.V.V. (Den Bosch)
D.O.S. (Utrecht)
Theole (Tiel)
NB: originally D.W.S. (Amsterdam) and Feijenoord (Rotterdam) had been invited
together with Ajax, but they were replaced by B.V.V. and D.O.S.
Semifinals [May 22]
D.O.S. 0-4 B.V.V.
Theole 0-5 Ajax
Third Place Match [May 22]
D.O.S. 5-1 Theole
Final [May 22]
B.V.V. 2-1 Ajax
Participants (4): Ajax (Amsterdam) B.V.V. (Den Bosch) D.O.S. (Utrecht) Theole (Tiel) Semifinals [Aug 9] Theole 1-2 D.O.S. Ajax 0-2 B.V.V. Third Place Match [Aug 9] Theole 2-0 Ajax Final [Aug 9] B.V.V. 1-1 D.O.S. [aet, D.O.S. on pen] NB: in total 35 penalties (6 series of 3 each) were taken.
Participants (3): D.O.S. (Utrecht) Theole (Tiel) De Valk (Valkenswaard) NB: played as a single round robin. [Aug 15] Theole 1-1 De Valk D.O.S. 2-2 De Valk Theole 2-1 D.O.S. Final Table: 1.Theole 2 1 1 0 3- 2 3 2.De Valk 2 0 2 0 3- 3 2 3.D.O.S. 2 0 1 1 3- 4 1
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