The Unity Cup is an international football tournament held in London.

Unity Cup
RegionCAF & CONCACAF
Number of teams4
Current champions Nigeria (3rd title)
Most successful team(s) Nigeria (3 titles)
2025 Unity Cup

Nigeria are the defending champions after a penalty shootout win against Jamaica.[1] The competitors are countries with large diasporas in London.

Results

edit
Edition Year Host First place game Third place game Number of participating teams
Champion Score Runner-up Third Score Fourth
1 2002[2] England   Nigeria 1-0   Jamaica N/A N/A N/A 2
2 2004[3] England   Nigeria 1-0   Republic of Ireland   Jamaica Round-robin N/A 3
3 2025[4] England   Nigeria 2–2 (5–4 p)   Jamaica   Ghana 4–0   Trinidad and Tobago 4

Comprehensive team results by tournament

edit

Legend

  • 1st – Champions
  • 2nd – Runners-up
  • 3rd – Third place
  • 4th – Fourth place
  • SF – Semi-finals
  • Q – Qualified for upcoming tournament
  •  •  – Did not qualify
  •  •×  – Disqualified
  •  ×  – Did not enter / Withdrew / Banned
  •    – Hosts

For each tournament, the number of teams in each finals tournament (in brackets) are shown.

Teams (5)  

2002 (2)

 

2004 (3)

 

2025 (4)

Times

qualified

  Ghana 3rd 1
  Jamaica 2nd 3rd 2nd 3
  Nigeria 1st 1st 1st 3
  Republic of Ireland 2nd 1
  Trinidad and Tobago 4th 1

References

edit
  1. ^ "Nigeria are Unity Cup kings!". www.voice-online.co.uk. 31 May 2025. Retrieved 31 May 2025.
  2. ^ "Nigeria 1:0 Jamaica". Global Sports Archive. Retrieved 31 May 2025.
  3. ^ "Nigeria win Unity Cup". news.bbc.co.uk. 31 May 2004. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
  4. ^ "Gtech Community Stadium to host the Unity Cup 2025". www.brentfordfc.com. 10 April 2025. Retrieved 29 May 2025.