Scissors Cup

Scissors Cup
Organising body	All India Football Federation (AIFF)
Founded	1992; 32 years ago
Abolished	1997
Region	India
Number of teams	Various
Last champions	West Riffa Club (1997)
Most successful club(s)	Dempo (3 titles)

The Scissors Cup was an Indian football tournament held in Kerala, organized by the All India Football Federation (AIFF). It was instituted in 1992 and abolished in 1997.^[1]^[2]^[3] It was organised in various stadiums in Kochi.^[4]

Results

Year	Winners	Score	Runners-up	Notes
1992	Dempo	2–1	ITI	^[5]
1993	Mohun Bagan	1–0	Kerala Police	^[6]^[7]
1994	Dempo	3–0	Mohun Bagan	^[8]
1995	JCT	1–0	Perlis
1996	Dempo	1–0	Indian Bank	^[9]
1997	West Riffa	–	Kochin	Riffa won by toss as power cut in Stadium^[3]^[4]

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