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The Channel One Cup is an annual pre-season commerce football tournament, organized by Russian TV Channel One

Channel One (Russia)

Channel One is the first television channel to broadcast in the Soviet Union. The channel was renamed Ostankino Channel 1 in 1991, after the Soviet Union broke up and the Russian SFSR became the Russian Federation. According to a recent government publication, the Russian government controls 51%...

and Roman Abramovich

Roman Abramovich

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's foundation, the National Football Academy

National Football Academy

Nacionalinė Futbolo Akademija , commonly referred to as NFA, is the national association football centre of Lithuania; only the best players from the country train there. Established in Kaunas in 2006 with help of UEFA, it has already produced some high class players...

. The participants are champions and runners up of Russia

Russian Premier League

The Russian Premier League , currently called SOGAZ Russian Football Championship due to sponsorship reasons, is the top division of Russian football. There are 16 teams in the competition...

, Ukraine

Ukrainian Premier League

The Ukrainian Premier League is the highest division of Ukrainian annual football championship. As the Supreme League it was founded in 1991 after the fold of the Soviet Union's Vysshaya Liga. In 2008 it was reformed into a more autonomous entity of the Football Federation of Ukraine and changed...

and Israel. The total prize fund is about 2 million dollars, with the winner getting 1 million. The cup rules specify that at least half of prize money must be channeled into developing young players.

The tournament take place in Israel at January due to the fine weather conditions and wide fan base for the Russian and Ukrainian clubs formed by Jewish immigrants from the former Soviet Union

Soviet Union

The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....

. The cup is used as preparation for the more major spring tournaments, however the historical antagonism between Russian and Ukrainian clubs make the matches hard fought and fans interest very high.

The first tournament took place in Tel Aviv

Tel Aviv

Tel Aviv , officially Tel Aviv-Yafo , is the second most populous city in Israel, with a population of 404,400 on a land area of . The city is located on the Israeli Mediterranean coastline in west-central Israel. It is the largest and most populous city in the metropolitan area of Gush Dan, with...

in 2006. The Russian and Ukrainian champions and runners-up were: CSKA Moscow, Spartak Moscow

FC Spartak Moscow

FC Spartak Moscow is a Russian football club from Moscow. Having won 12 Soviet championships and 9 of 19 Russian championships they are one of the country's most successful clubs. They have also won the Soviet Cup 10 times and the Russian Cup 3 times...

, Dynamo Kyiv

FC Dynamo Kyiv

FC Dynamo Kyiv is a professional football club based in the Ukrainian capital city of Kyiv. Founded in 1927, the club currently participates in the Ukrainian Premier League and has spent its entire history in the top league of Soviet and later Ukrainian football...

and Shakhtar Donetsk

FC Shakhtar Donetsk

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.

In 2007 the format was changed, when Maccabi Haifa

Maccabi Haifa F.C.

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and Hapoel Tel Aviv were added to the tournament. The teams were divided into two groups and the winners met in final.

In 2008 the two Russian sides were CSKA Moscow and Spartak (2nd and 3rd - Zenit St Petersburg

FC Zenit Saint Petersburg

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declined to take part), the two Ukrainian: Dynamo Kyiv and Shakhtar Donetsk, Israeli champion Beitar Jerusalem and Serbian champion Red Star Belgrade

Red Star Belgrade

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Cup Winners

Season	Winner	Runner-Up	Top Goalscorer
2006 Channel One Cup (football) 2006 The Channel One Cup 2006 was the first tournament since its establishment. It took place in Tel-Aviv from February 5 to February 9, 2006. All the matches were played at Bloomfield Stadium. Four teams participated in the tournament: FC Spartak Moscow, PFC CSKA Moscow, FC Dynamo Kyiv and FC Shakhtar...	Shakhtar Donetsk FC Shakhtar Donetsk FC Shakhtar Donetsk is a Ukrainian professional football club from the city of Donetsk. Shakhtar has appeared in several European competitions and currently is often a participant of the UEFA Champions League. The club became the first Ukrainian club to win the UEFA Cup in 2009, the last year...	Dynamo Kyiv FC Dynamo Kyiv FC Dynamo Kyiv is a professional football club based in the Ukrainian capital city of Kyiv. Founded in 1927, the club currently participates in the Ukrainian Premier League and has spent its entire history in the top league of Soviet and later Ukrainian football...	Brandão Evaeverson Lemos da Silva Evaeverson Lemos da Silva or simply Brandão is a Brazilian footballer who currently plays for Grêmio, on loan from the French club Marseille.- Career :... ( Shakhtar FC Shakhtar Donetsk FC Shakhtar Donetsk is a Ukrainian professional football club from the city of Donetsk. Shakhtar has appeared in several European competitions and currently is often a participant of the UEFA Champions League. The club became the first Ukrainian club to win the UEFA Cup in 2009, the last year... , 3 goals)
2007 Channel One Cup (football) 2007 The 2007 tournament of the Channel One Cup took place in Israel at January due to the fine weather conditions and wide fan base for the Russian and Ukrainian clubs formed by Jewish immigrants from former the Soviet Union. In 2007, the format was changed from previous years, when Maccabi Haifa and...	CSKA Moscow	Spartak Moscow FC Spartak Moscow FC Spartak Moscow is a Russian football club from Moscow. Having won 12 Soviet championships and 9 of 19 Russian championships they are one of the country's most successful clubs. They have also won the Soviet Cup 10 times and the Russian Cup 3 times...	Roman Pavlyuchenko Roman Pavlyuchenko Roman Anatolyevich Pavlyuchenko is an footballer who currently plays as a centre forward for English Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur and for the Russian national team.-Spartak Moscow:... ( Spartak Moscow FC Spartak Moscow FC Spartak Moscow is a Russian football club from Moscow. Having won 12 Soviet championships and 9 of 19 Russian championships they are one of the country's most successful clubs. They have also won the Soviet Cup 10 times and the Russian Cup 3 times... , 4 goals)
2008 Channel One Cup (football) 2008 Channel One Cup 2008 was the third edition of the Channel One Cup, held in Israel. The competing six teams were: CSKA Moscow, Dynamo Kyiv, Shakhtar Donetsk, Red Star Belgrade, Spartak Moscow, Beitar Jerusalem.-Results:Final...	Dynamo Kyiv FC Dynamo Kyiv FC Dynamo Kyiv is a professional football club based in the Ukrainian capital city of Kyiv. Founded in 1927, the club currently participates in the Ukrainian Premier League and has spent its entire history in the top league of Soviet and later Ukrainian football...	Shakhtar Donetsk FC Shakhtar Donetsk FC Shakhtar Donetsk is a Ukrainian professional football club from the city of Donetsk. Shakhtar has appeared in several European competitions and currently is often a participant of the UEFA Champions League. The club became the first Ukrainian club to win the UEFA Cup in 2009, the last year...	Fernandinho Fernandinho Fernando Luiz Rosa or simply Fernandinho was born May 4, 1985 in Londrina, Brazil and is a footballer who currently plays for FC Shakhtar Donetsk... ( Shakhtar FC Shakhtar Donetsk FC Shakhtar Donetsk is a Ukrainian professional football club from the city of Donetsk. Shakhtar has appeared in several European competitions and currently is often a participant of the UEFA Champions League. The club became the first Ukrainian club to win the UEFA Cup in 2009, the last year... , 4 goals)
2009 Channel One Cup (football) 2009 Channel One Cup 2009 would have been the fourth edition of the Channel One Football Cup held in Israel. It would have taken place from January 26 to February 1, 2009, but was cancelled...	Cancelled

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