List of Important Sports Cups and Trophies

In government exams like SSC, Banking, Railways, etc we find many questions from the Sports section. This is the part of the current affairs section. We will cover the section comprehensively so that students can learn and get most of the questions correct in this section. In this article, we will provide a complete list of Important Sports Cups and Trophies.

Important Facts About Sports Cups and Trophies:

• The most famous trophy in cricket is the ICC World Cup. It is held every four years by the International Cricket Council (ICC). This format consists of one-day international games (ODI). The first World Cup was held in England in 1975 and the West Indies defeated Australia in the final to win the World Cup trophy. 
  
• Grand Slam is considered to be the most important in Lawn tennis. The main trophies associated with Grand Slams are the Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon, and US Open. These four trophies are considered the greatest tennis of all time around the world as they offer the highest prize money, highest popularity, and highest rating points. Of all four of these trophies, Wimbledon is the most prestigious. 
  
• The most important trophy is the Hockey World Cup, organized by the International Hockey Federation. The Ice Hockey World Cup tournament began in  1971 and has been held every four years since. Like women’s hockey, the World Cup is equally important. Pakistan won and won the World Cup in the first event of 1971 hosted by Spain. Pakistan has won the Ice Hockey World Championships four times and Australia three. 
  
• The most important trophy in football matches is the FIFA World Cup. Founded in  1930 by the  International Football Federation. It has been held every four years since 1930 (except  1942 and 1946). Uruguay was the first nation to win and host this prestigious World Cup in 1930. Germany is the current winner of the event, held in Brazil in 2014.

List of Important Sports Cups and Trophies:

Field	Cups/Trophies
Cricket	ICC World Cup ICC Champions Trophy Ashes Series Mellow Trophy Asia Cup Ashes Cup Wisden Trophy Benson and Hedges Texaco Cup Rothman’s Trophy Benson and Hedges Cup Duleep Trophy Deodhar Trophy Rohinton Barcia Trophy MRF World Cup Lombard World Challenge Cup Ghulam Ahmed Trophy Mc Dowells Challenge Cup Moin-ud-daula Gold Cup Ranji Trophy Merchant Cup Net West Trophy Sheffield Shield Singer Cup Wills Trophy Sir Frank Worrell Trophy Vijay Hazare Trophy Vijay Merchant Trophy Wisden Trophy
Football	Bandodkar Trophy Chakra Gold Trophy Colombo Cup D. C. M. Trophy Dr. B. C. Roy Trophy Dr. B.C. Roy Trophy: Football (Junior) Durand Cup Durand Cup, F. A. Cup European Champions Cup F. A. Shield FA Cup Federation Cup FIFA World Cup G.V. Raja Memorial Trophy IFA Shield Jules Rimet Trophy Kalinga Cup Merdeka Cup Nagjee Trophy Nixon Gold Cup Raghbir Singh Memorial Cup Rovers Cup Sanjay Gold Cup Santosh Trophy (National Football) Scissor Cup Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee Trophy Subrata Mukherjee Cup (National school football) Subroto Cup Todd Memorial Trophy Vittal Trophy
Hockey	Hockey World Cup Wellington Cup Essandre Champions Cup Rene Frank Trophy Agha Khan Cup Beighton Cup Bombay Gold Cup Dhyan Chand Trophy Gurmeet Trophy Guru Nanak Cup Gyanwati Devi Trophy Indira Gold Cup Kuppuswamy Naidu Trophy Lady Rattan Tata Trophy MCC Trophy Murugappa Gold Cup Modi Gold Cup Nehru Trophy Obaid Ullah Gold Cup Rangaswami Cup Obaidullah Gold Cup Ranjit Singh Gold Cup Scindia Gold Cup Sahni Trophy Tommy Eman Gold Cup Guru Nanak Championship Rangaswamy Cup
Lawn Tennis	Edgbaston Cup Wimbledon Trophy Grand Slam (Australian open, French open, U.S open, Wimbledon) Wightman Cup Thant Cup Rajendra Prasad Cup Davis Cup
Table Tennis	Corbitton Cup (Women) Swaythling Cup (Men) Corbillion Cup Rajkumari Challenge Cup Table Tennis Grand Prix Barna-Bellack Cup Jayalakshmi Cup Travancore Cup (women) Ramanujan Trophy
Badminton	Thomas Cup Asia Cup Australasia Cup European Cup Harilela Cup Sophia Cup Uber Cup (Women) Yonex Cup
Polo	Westchester Cup Ezra Cup King’s Cup Gold Cup Winchester Cup
Golf	Canada Cup Ryder Cup Topolino Trophy Prince of Wales Cup Colombo Cup Walker Cup Nomura Trophy Eisenhower Cup Solheim Cup Prince of Wales Cup World Cup Presidents’ Trophy
Basketball	William’s Cup Bangalore Blues Challenge Cup William jones Cup

Other Sports Cups/Trophies:

Field	Cups/Trophies
Basketball	William’s Cup
Volleyball	Centennial Cup
Horse Racing	Blue Riband Cup
Weight-lifting	Burdwan Trophy
Athletics	Federation Cup
Air Races	King’s Cup
Seaplane Race	Schneider Cup
Athletics	Charminar Trophy
Bridge	Holkar Trophy
Rowing	Wellington Trophy
Chess	World Cup
Shooting	Welsh Grand Prix
Boxing	Federations Cup
Rugby	Bledisloe Cup
Yacht  Racing	American Cup
Horse Race	Derby
Horse Steeple Chase Race	Grand National
Rugby	Webb Ellis Trophy
Billiards	Arthur Walker Trophy
Boxing	MRF World Cup
Chess	Lin Arec City Trophy
Horse Racing	Beresford Cup
Bridge	Ruia Challenge Gold Trophy
Billiards	Thomas Cup