LFE Ecros Championship
Founded | 1957 |
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Region | Ecros (LFE) |
Number of teams | 8 (finals) 9 (eligible to enter qualification) |
Current champions | Tirol (2nd title) |
Most successful team(s) | Tirol (2 titles) |
Website | Official website |
LFE Ecros 2023 |
The LFE Ecros Football Championship, less formally the Ecros Championship, is the primary association football tournament contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of the League of Football Ecros (LFE), determining the continental champion of Ecros. The competition has been held every two years since 1957. Scheduled to be in the odd-numbered year it avoids clashing with the Terraconservan Cup every four years. The individual events are branded in the form of "LFE Ecros [year]".
The most recent championship, held in Tirol in 2021, was won by Tirol, who won the title after beating Malgax in the final at the Atempèpruch-Stadion in Innsbruck.
Format
The Competition
In the first championship in 1957, only four teams competed. From 1959, a league stage was introduced following the addition of two new teams. The four best teams in the league stage would proceed to the tournament stage. In 1963, two more Ecros teams joined the championship and the league phase was abolished and replaced by the group stage by which nations are initially divided into two groups, the two best nations in each group proceeding to the semifinals. From 1969 until 2017 there were 9 teams participating, resulting in the addition of a Championship Round, in which the two advancing teams from each group and the host compete in a league format, with four of the five teams advancing to the knockout phase.
Edition | Year | Hosts | Champions | Score and Venue | Runners-up | Third place | Score and Venue | Fourth place | No. of Teams |
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1 | 1957 | Terranihil | Terranihil |
2–1 (a.e.t.) Sargon Stadium |
Tirol |
Jackson |
2–1 (a.e.t.) Sargon Stadium |
Karimun |
4 |
2 | 1959 | Jackson | Reykanes |
1–1/0–0 (coin toss) Ar Heshubic Center |
Tirol |
Karimun |
1–1 (coin toss) Ar Heshubic Center |
Quebecshire |
6 |
3 | 1961 | Karimun | Tirol |
1–0 (a.e.t.) Stadium Gelora Bung Karno |
Terranihil |
Karimun |
1–0 (a.e.t.) Stadium Gelora Bung Karno |
Reykanes |
6 |
4 | 1963 | Quebecshire Reykanes |
Quebecshire |
3–0 Beaulieu Stadium |
Tirol |
Terranihil |
5–1 Portsmouth Arena |
Reykanes |
10 |
5 | 1965 | TBD | TBD | TBD TBD |
TBD | TBD | TBD TBD |
TBD | TBD |
6 | 1967 | TBD | TBD | TBD TBD |
TBD | TBD | TBD TBD |
TBD | TBD |
7 | 1969 | TBD | TBD | TBD TBD |
TBD | TBD | TBD TBD |
TBD | TBD |
8 | 1971 | TBD | TBD | TBD TBD |
TBD | TBD | TBD TBD |
TBD | TBD |
9 | 1973 | TBD | TBD | TBD TBD |
TBD | TBD | TBD TBD |
TBD | TBD |
10 | 1975 | TBD | TBD | TBD TBD |
TBD | TBD | TBD TBD |
TBD | TBD |
11 | 1977 | TBD | TBD | TBD TBD |
TBD | TBD | TBD TBD |
TBD | TBD |
12 | 1979 | TBD | TBD | TBD TBD |
TBD | TBD | TBD TBD |
TBD | TBD |
13 | 1981 | TBD | TBD | TBD TBD |
TBD | TBD | TBD TBD |
TBD | TBD |
14 | 1983 | TBD | TBD | TBD TBD |
TBD | TBD | TBD TBD |
TBD | TBD |
15 | 1985 | TBD | TBD | TBD TBD |
TBD | TBD | TBD TBD |
TBD | TBD |
16 | 1987 | TBD | TBD | TBD TBD |
TBD | TBD | TBD TBD |
TBD | TBD |
17 | 1989 | TBD | TBD | TBD TBD |
TBD | TBD | TBD TBD |
TBD | TBD |
18 | 1991 | TBD | TBD | TBD TBD |
TBD | TBD | TBD TBD |
TBD | TBD |
19 | 1993 | TBD | TBD | TBD TBD |
TBD | TBD | TBD TBD |
TBD | TBD |
20 | 1995 | TBD | TBD | TBD TBD |
TBD | TBD | TBD TBD |
TBD | TBD |
21 | 1997 | TBD | TBD | TBD TBD |
TBD | TBD | TBD TBD |
TBD | TBD |
22 | 1999 | TBD | TBD | TBD TBD |
TBD | TBD | TBD TBD |
TBD | TBD |
23 | 2001 | TBD | TBD | TBD TBD |
TBD | TBD | TBD TBD |
TBD | TBD |
24 | 2003 | TBD | TBD | TBD TBD |
TBD | TBD | TBD TBD |
TBD | TBD |
25 | 2005 | TBD | TBD | TBD TBD |
TBD | TBD | TBD TBD |
TBD | TBD |
26 | 2007 | TBD | TBD | TBD TBD |
TBD | TBD | TBD TBD |
TBD | TBD |
27 | 2009 | TBD | TBD | TBD TBD |
TBD | TBD | TBD TBD |
TBD | TBD |
28 | 2011 | TBD | TBD | TBD TBD |
TBD | TBD | TBD TBD |
TBD | TBD |
29 | 2013 | TBD | TBD | TBD TBD |
TBD | TBD | TBD TBD |
TBD | TBD |
30 | 2015 | TBD | TBD | TBD TBD |
TBD | TBD | TBD TBD |
TBD | TBD |
31 | 2017 | TBD | TBD | TBD TBD |
TBD | TBD | TBD TBD |
TBD | TBD |
32 | 2019 | TBD | TBD | TBD TBD |
TBD | TBD | TBD TBD |
TBD | TBD |
33 | 2021 | Tirol | Tirol |
2–1 Atempèpruch-Stadion |
Groffenord |
Terranihil |
3–0 Federazion Arena |
Jackson |
8 |
Results
Team | Titles | Runners-up | Third place | Fourth place | Top 4 Total |
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Tirol | 2 (1961, 2021*) | 2 (1957, 1959) | 4 | ||
Terranihil | 1 (1957*) | 1 (1961) | 1 (2021) | 3 | |
Reykanes | 1 (1959) | 2 (1961, 1963) | 3 | ||
Groffenord | 1 (2021) | 1 | |||
Karimun | 2 (1959, 1961) | 1 (1957) | 3 | ||
Jackson | 1 (1957) | 1 (2021) | 2 | ||
Quebecshire | 1 (1961) | 1 |
- * – Hosts