Tolstoy Cup
Tolstoy Cup Trophy | |
| Sport | Football |
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| Location | England |
| Teams |
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| First meeting | 1992 |
| Latest meeting | 2024 |
| Trophy | Framed copy of Tolstoy’s novel, War and Peace |
| Statistics | |
| Most wins | Peace Studies |
| Largest victory | Peace Studies 15-0, 1994 |
| Longest unbeaten streak | Peace Studies, 1992 - 2008 |
The Tolstoy Cup is a football match played between the students of the Department of Peace Studies at the University of Bradford and the Department of War Studies at King's College London. The first match was played in 1992 and succeeding games came at intermittent intervals until 2007, when the event became an annual one. Following a six year hiatus, largely due to the covid-19 virus, the fixture was replayed on 9 June 2024 as part of the Peace Studies Golden Jubilee Conference at the University of Bradford.
The competition is named after War and Peace, the 1869 novel written by the Russian author Leo Tolstoy.