 Hylkema with the Coupe Vanden Abeele (1914) | |
| Founded | 1904 |
|---|---|
| Abolished | 1932 |
| Region | Low Countries (UEFA) |
| Number of teams | 2 |
| Last champions |  Belgium (15th title) |
| Most successful team(s) |  Netherlands (16 titles) |
The Belgium vs Netherlands Cups were a series of international football friendly cup matches contested by the national teams of Belgium and the Netherlands. From their first unofficial friendly derbies in the early 1900s, until the mid-1920s, Belgium and the Netherlands competed for floating trophies. During the encounters in Belgium the teams played for the Coupe Vanden Abeele until 1925, while in the Netherlands they faced off for the Rotterdamsch Nieuwsblad Beker until 1923.[1] In total, there has been 39 Belgian-Dutch friendly cup duels, of which 35 were official internationals.[2]
The cup awarded in Belgium was named in honor of the donator of the trophy, Frédéric Vanden Abeele Sr., the father of the secretary of Beerschot Athletic Club (where the first tournament was held), in reaction to the successful staging of Brussels of the Coupe Van der Straeten Ponthoz one year earlier.[3] As the Dutch disliked the design of the Belgian trophy, they quickly nicknamed it Het Koperen Dingetje, meaning "The Copper Thingy".[4]
These Belgian-Dutch friendly cups are among the oldest international football cups along with the 1904 Évence Coppée Trophy.
- ^ "De geschiedenis van het balspel". Leeuwarder Nieuwsblad (in Dutch). 18 March 1932. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
- ^ "Belgium national football team match results". eu-football.info. Archived from the original on 16 April 2022. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
- ^ "Coupe Van der Straeten Ponthoz". RSSSF. 10 February 2022. Archived from the original on 9 July 2022. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
- ^ "Coupe Vanden Abeele". RSSSF. 9 June 2022. Archived from the original on 9 July 2022. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
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