Irish Cup

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The Irish Cup is Northern Ireland’s premier annual knockout football competition, featuring clubs from across the country and serving as one of its oldest and most prestigious sporting tournaments.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf annual sporting event
football competition
knockout tournament
associatedWith Irish Cup self-linksurface differs
surface form: Irish Football Association Challenge Cup
competitionFormat knockout
competitionType domestic cup
confederation UEFA
country Northern Ireland
domesticHierarchyLevel primary national cup
eligibility Northern Ireland Football League clubs
surface form: Irish League clubs

clubs from Northern Ireland
frequency annual
gender men's football
governingBody Irish Football Association
governingBodyHeadquarters Belfast
hasFinalVenue National Football Stadium at Windsor Park
hasStage early qualifying rounds
final
first round proper
quarter-finals
semi-finals
historicalSignificance one of the oldest national cup competitions in Europe
inception 1880
isOneOf oldest football competitions in Northern Ireland
oldest football competitions in the world
location Northern Ireland
matchOutcomeResolution extra time
penalty shoot-out
mostSuccessfulClub Linfield F.C. NERFINISHED
notableRivalryContext Linfield F.C. vs Glentoran F.C.
officialName Irish Cup self-linksurface differs
surface form: Irish Football Association Challenge Cup
organiser Irish Football Association
participantType football club
intermediate club
junior club
senior club
qualifiesFor European competition
UEFA Europa League
recordWinners Linfield F.C. NERFINISHED
region Northern Ireland
relatedCompetition County Antrim Shield
NIFL Premiership NERFINISHED
Northern Ireland Football League Cup NERFINISHED
shortName Irish Cup self-link
sport association football
sportingCultureRole major event in Northern Irish football calendar
startTime 1880
tournamentStructure single-elimination
typicalFinalVenue Windsor Park NERFINISHED

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The Blues associatedCompetition Irish Cup
Irish Cup associatedWith Irish Cup self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Irish Football Association Challenge Cup
Crusaders FC competition Irish Cup
Glentoran FC competition Irish Cup
The Glens competition Irish Cup
subject surface form: Glentoran Football Club
NIFL Premiership domesticCup Irish Cup
Linfield FC hasWon Irish Cup
Irish Cup officialName Irish Cup self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Irish Football Association Challenge Cup
Linfield FC participatesIn Irish Cup
Irish Cup shortName Irish Cup self-link
Windsor Park usedForCompetition Irish Cup
this entity surface form: Irish Cup finals