Sir Thomas Lipton Trophy
The trophy awarded to champions | |
| Organiser(s) | Thomas Lipton |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1909 |
| Abolished | 1911 |
| Region | Europe |
| Teams | 4 |
| Related competitions | Torneo Internazionale Stampa Sportiva |
| Last champions | West Auckland (1911) |
| Most championships | West Auckland (2 titles) |
The Sir Thomas Lipton Trophy was an association football competition that took place twice, in Turin, Italy, in 1909 and 1911. It is regarded as an early World trophy. Although it featured only European sides (in a time when the sport was successfully widespread in few non-European countries), its reported objective was to be a World Cup, as reported by FIFA and its contemporary sources.
It is predated by the Torneo Internazionale Stampa Sportiva, which was hosted in 1908 in Turin, and the Football World Championship, which took place between 1887 and 1902.