Year commenced Date Competition Type First trophy awarded, years Original code Current code Location Notes & references 1858 7 August Melbourne Grammar School - Scotch College Cordner - Eggleston Cup, 1989 -- schools fixture? experimental rules Australian rules football Melbourne, Australia 1858 11 December Merchiston Castle School vs. Edinburgh Academy schools fixture? Rugby football Rugby union Edinburgh, Scotland 1871 FA Cup club trophy FA Cup Original FA Cup trophy 1871 -- 1897 Second FA Cup trophy 1898 -- 1910 Current FA cup Trophy 1911 -- Association football Association football England Oldest national football competition in the world. 1874 United Hospitals Challenge Cup club trophy United Hospitals Challenge Cup -- 1874 -- Rugby football Rugby union Surrey, England Oldest rugby football competition in the world. 1874 Scottish Cup club trophy Scottish Cup 1874 -- Association football Association football Scotland 1875 Bromsgrove -- KES schools fixture Siviter - Smith Cup, 1935 -- Rugby football Rugby union Bromsgrove / Birmingham, England Later trophy donated by Paul Siviter - Smith, a Birmingham businessman, who had sons at both schools. 1875 13 November The Game Interscholastic match 1875 - modified Rugby union American football United States 1876 Birmingham Senior Cup regional club knock - out cup competition 1875 --? Association football English West Midlands Oldest regional trophy in the world. 1876 17 March Ulster Schools Cup cup tournament Schools Cup 1876 -- Rugby union Rugby union Ravenhill, Belfast, Northern Ireland 1877 Welsh Cup club trophy Welsh Cup, 1877 -- Association football Association football Wales 1877 30 April South Australian Football Association club league Thomas Seymour Hill Premiership Trophy,? Australian rules football Australian rules football Adelaide, South Australia Oldest Australian rules football league and earliest governing body. 1877 17 May Victorian Football Association club league? Victorian rules Australian rules football Melbourne, Australia Most influential early governing body for Australian rules football. 1879 Tasmanian Football League club league? Victorian rules Australian rules football Hobart, Tasmania, Australia Some discontinuity, most recently dormant between 2001 and 2008. 1879 10 March Calcutta Cup international challenge? Rugby football Rugby union England, Scotland Competed for by the England and Scotland international rugby teams annually. 1880 Cheshire Senior Cup county cup 1880 -- Association football Association football Cheshire, England Also includes teams from Greater Manchester and Merseyside, many from the historical boundaries of Cheshire. 1880 Bendigo Football League club league? Victorian rules Australian rules football Bendigo, Australia Includes the Castlemaine football club, second oldest football club in Australia. 1883 Black Diamond Football League club league Black Diamond Challenge Cup, 1888 -- Australian rules football Australian rules football Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia Trophy donated to the league by Newcastle 's Richmond Tobacco Co., claims to be the longest running football trophy in Australia. 1885 West Australian Football League club league? Australian rules football Australian rules football Perth, Western Australia 1886 Airdrie Schools Cup club trophy? Association football Association football Airdrie, Scotland Oldest schools association football tournament in the world. The tournament ceased in 1994 when Broomfield Stadium was demolished but was rejuvenated in 2011 in celebration of 125th anniversary at the new Broomfield Stadium. 1887 All - Ireland Senior Football Championship inter-county cup 1928 Gaelic football Gaelic football 1888 English Football League club league? Association football Association football Oldest association football league. 1888 Durand Cup tournament Royal Scots Fusiliers, 1988 -- Experimental Association football Shimla, India Oldest football tournament in Asia. 1888 Broken Hill Football League club league? Australian rules football Australian rules football Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia 1889 Currie Cup Regional Union Competition Currie Cup, 1889 -- Rugby football Rugby union South Africa Oldest regional rugby union competition in the world and oldest rugby union competition in the southern hemisphere. 1889 Northern Football League club league? Association football Association football North East England Second - oldest association football league in the world. 1890 Every June St Joseph 's College, Dumfries? 1890, Part Pupils v Present Pupils Trophy Association football Association football Dumfries, Scotland 1891 Argentine Primera División club league? Association football Association football Argentina Oldest top - tier association football league in the world and oldest association football league outside Great Britain. 1892 Brown Shield interprovincial knockout tournament Brown Shield, 1892 Association football Association football New Zealand Originally the country 's premier football trophy, now only contested sporadically. 1893 IFA Shield tournament Royal Irish Rifles Experimental Association football Kolkata, India 1893 Boxing Day / Christmas day (1893 - 98) Scarborough Fisherman v Fireman football match Cup The Silver Cup, 1901 Experimental Rules Experimental Rules Scarborough, England Organised as a charity football match to raise money for the Evelyn and Maud that sank. Still played annually today to raise money for the Finsherman and Fireman fund. 1895 Belgian First Division A club league National Championships 1895 -- Association football Association football Belgium Oldest association football league in continental Europe. 1895 Hong Kong Shield club trophy Association football Association football Hong Kong 1895 Rugby Football League / Super League club league Rugby Football League Championship 1895 -- Rugby league Rugby league England 1896 Challenge Cup club league 1896 -- Rugby league Rugby league Europe 1896 Victorian Football League / Australian Football League club league Flag 1895 -; AFL Premiership Cup, 1959 -- Australian rules football Australian rules football Victoria, Australia (national since 1990) Now the game 's premier competition and highest governing body. 1898 Yates Cup college league Canadian football Canadian football Ontario, Canada The Ontario University Athletics football trophy and oldest football trophy in North America. 1898 Calcutta Football League club league Association football Association football Calcutta, India Oldest Association football league in Asia. 1901 Ontario Cup club trophy 1901 -- Association football Association football Canada Oldest association football competition in North America. 1901 Nemzeti Bajnokság club league Association football Association football Hungary 1901 New South Wales Suburban Rugby Union club league Rugby union Rugby union Sydney, Australia 1902 Copa del Rey club trophy Association football Association football Spain 1902 January 1 or 2 Rose Bowl Game bowl game American football American football Pasadena, California, United States 1902 May 3 Campeonato Paulista club league? Association football Association football São Paulo state, Brazil 1903 Sydney AFL club league Australian rules football Australian rules football Sydney, Australia 1904 -- AFL Queensland State League club league Australian rules football Australian rules football Brisbane, Australia 1908 -- NSWRL / National Rugby League club league Rugby league Rugby league Sydney, Australia 1908 -- Queensland Rugby League club league Rugby league Rugby league Brisbane, Australia 1908 -- The Ashes international challenge Rugby league Rugby league Australia & Great Britain 1908 -- Anzac Test international challenge Rugby league rugby league Australia & New Zealand 1908 -- Hong Kong First Division League club league Association football Association football Hong Kong 1909 -- Grey Cup Originally national club trophy; now national league "Rugby football '' (early form of Canadian football) Canadian football Canada Now the championship trophy of the Canadian Football League. 1910 -- New Zealand Rugby League club league Rugby League Shield 1910 -- Rugby league Rugby league Auckland, New Zealand 1910 -- Newcastle Rugby League club league Rugby league Rugby league Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia 1911 -- Illawarra Rugby League club league Rugby league Rugby league Illawarra, New South Wales, Australia 1912 -- Úrvalsdeild club league Association football Association football Iceland 1912 -- The Challenge Trophy club fixture Connaught Cup 1913 -- 1926, Challenge Trophy 1926 -- 1954, Carling Cup 1954 -- Association football Association football Canada 1914 -- IUFU Collingwood Cup university trophy 1914 -- Association football Association football Republic of Ireland 1914 -- Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup club trophy National Challenge Cup (1914); Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup (1999 --) Association football Association football United States Oldest association football competition in the United States of America.
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Melbourne Grammar School - Scotch College Cordner - Eggleston Cup, 1989 --