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Unity Cup

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

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

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

Results

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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

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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) England

2002 (2)

England

2004 (3)

England

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

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  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.