List of Sports Cups and Trophies for SSC & Bank Exams - GK Notes in PDF!
We keep talking about different sports and we always remember great sportspersons by their name, the sport they play and the awards they have won. Various tournaments are held around the world to honor such great sportspersons. Hence, Sports Cups and Trophies becomes one of the hot topics on which questions are asked in General Awareness section. Keep reading to score more marks in your SSC & Banking Exams with the complete list of Sports Cups and Trophies associated with many sports.
Sports Cups and Trophies - Major Tournaments
Sport Tournaments
Ashes Cup, Asia Cup, C.K. Naidu Trophy, Deodhar Trophy, Duleep Trophy, Gavaskar Border Trophy, G.D. Birla Trophy, Gillette Cup,
Cricket ICC World Cup, Irani Trophy, Jawaharlal Nehru Cup, Rani Jhansi Trophy, Ranji Trophy, Rohinton, Barcia Trophy, Rothmans Cup, Sahara Cup, Sharjah Cup, Singer Cup, Titan Cup, Vijay Hazare Trophy, Vijay Merchant Trophy, Wisden Trophy and Wills Trophy. Rovers Cup, Bandodkar Trophy, Merdeka Cup, Confederation cup, DCM Trophy, Durand Cup, Rovers Cup, B.C. Raj Trophy (National
Football Championship), FIFA World Cup, Jules Rimet Trophy, Kalinga Cup, Santosh Trophy, IFA Shield, Scissor Cup, Subroto Cup, Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee Trophy, Todd Memorial Trophy, Vittal Trophy, and UEFA Champions League.
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Sultan Azlan Shah Cup, Aga Khan Cup, Maharaja Ranjit Singh Gold Hockey Cup, Dhyanchand Trophy, Nehru Trophy, Sindhia Gold cup, Murugappa Gold Cup, Wellington Cup, and Stanley Cup. Table Tennis Travancore Cup (women), Swathling Cup (men), Bama Belleck Cup.
Davis Cup, Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon, US Open, Lawn Tennis Heineken Cup
Amrit Diwan Cup, Asia Cup, Chaddha Cup, European Cup, Harilela
Badminton Cup, Ibrahim Rahimatillah Challenger Cup, Konica Cup, Sophia Cup, Kitiakara Cup, Malaysian Open, Thomas Cup (men), Uber Cup (women). Golf Canada Cup, Rydet Cup, Walker Cup, and Eisenhower Cup
Sports Cups and Trophies - ICC Winners of 2017
Name of Award Name of Player Country
Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy for ICC Men’s Cricketer of Virat Kohli India the Year
ICC Men’s Test Cricketer of Steve Smith Australia the Year
ICC Men’s ODI Cricketer of Virat Kohli India the Year
ICC Men’s Emerging Hasan Ali Pakistan Cricketer of the Year
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ICC Men’s Associate Rashid Khan Afghanistan Cricketer of the Year
ICC Men’s T20I Yuzvendra Chahal India Performance of the Year
David Shepherd Trophy for Marais Erasmus South Africa ICC Umpire of the Year
ICC Spirit of Cricket Anya Shrubsole England
Sports Cups and Trophies - Cricket World Cup Winners & Runner-Ups
Year Winner Runner-up
2015 Australia New Zealand
2011 India Sri Lanka
2007 Australia Sri Lanka
2003 Australia India
1999 Australia Pakistan
1996 Sri Lanka Australia
1992 Pakistan England
1987 Australia England
1983 India West Indies
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1979 West Indies England
1975 West Indies Australia
Sports Cups and Trophies Winners of Various Sports
1. Azlan Shah Hockey Tournament – Australia won the 27th edition of this tournament. Australians have won this tournament ten times. Whereas, India has won this tournament only 4 times. 2. Deodhar Trophy (Cricket) – India won the 45th edition of this tournament by defeating Karnataka in the finals. The finals were held at Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium in Dharamsala. 3. Under 19 World Cup (Cricket) – India won the Under-19 ICC World Cup 2018 by defeating Australia in the finals. Thus, India became the first country to win the Under-19 ICC World Cup four times. 4. Australian Open 2018 (Lawn Tennis) – Roger Federer won the Australian Open 2018 by defeating Croatia’s Marin Cilic. 5. Ranji Trophy tournament (Cricket)– Vidarbha won the 2017 Ranji Trophy tournament by defeating Delhi at the Holkar stadium in Indore. 6. World Chess Championship 2017 - Chess Grandmaster Viswanathan Anand (48) won World Rapid Chess Championship Title by defeating Russia’s Vladimir Fedoseev. 7. World Weightlifting Championships - Saikhom Mirabai Chanu from India won the gold medal at World Weightlifting Championships that was held in Anaheim, U.S. 8. IBSF World Billiards Championship - Pankaj Advani from India won this tournament that was held at Doha. In the final match, he defeated Mike Russell of England 6-2.
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We hope that the knowledge of Sports Cups and Trophies has enhanced your knowledge for the preparation of various Government Exam.
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