Prominent Trophies & Cups of Assam
Cup / Trophy Name | Sport / Discipline | Year Founded | Significance & Key Details |
Lokopriya Gopinath Bordoloi Trophy (Bordoloi Trophy) | Football | 1952 | Assam’s premier and one of India’s oldest invitational football tournaments. Named after Assam’s first Chief Minister; hosted annually by the Guwahati Sports Association (GSA). International teams from Nepal, Bangladesh, and Thailand have also competed. |
Independence Day Cup | Football | 1947 | Held annually in Nagaon, Assam. It is one of the oldest running football tournaments in Northeast India, organized by the Nagaon Sports Association. |
Nuruddin Ahmed Trophy | Cricket | 1948–49 | Assam’s prestigious Senior Inter-District Cricket Championship. Organised by the Assam Cricket Association (ACA) to identify top state talent for the Ranji Trophy team. |
J. K. Baruah Trophy | Cricket | – | Assam’s Inter-District Under-19 Cricket Championship tournament for emerging youth cricketers. |
Kalyan Kumar Das Trophy | Cricket | – | Assam’s Inter-District Under-16 Youth Cricket Championship. |
Amba Medhi Tournament | Football | – | A historic regional invitation football tournament played in Mangaldoi/Guwahati. |
Captain N. M. Gupta Trophy | Football | – | A premier inter-club/district football tournament hosted in the Barak Valley (Silchar). |
Major Trophies Won by Teams / Athletes from Assam
Trophy / Cup Won | Sport | Level | Context & Achievement |
Bordoloi Trophy (5+ Titles) | Football | Regional / National | Won multiple times by state teams such as Oil India FC, ASEB SC (Assam State Electricity Board), and Assam Police AC. |
Vijay Hazare Trophy / Ranji Trophy (Group Honors) | Cricket | National First-Class / List-A | Assam competes in domestic Ranji Trophy, Vijay Hazare Trophy, and Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy organized by BCCI. |
National Games Medals & Trophies | Multi-Sport | National Games of India | Assam hosted the 33rd National Games (2007) in Guwahati, winning a record haul of 148 medals (including 38 Gold). |