Hun Sen Cup

The Hun Sen Cup (Khmer: ពានរង្វាន់សម្តេចហ៊ុន សែន) is a Cambodian knockout football cup competition held annually by the Football Federation of Cambodia (FFC). Thirty-four teams participated in the competition as of 2023–24 season, including all clubs from the Cambodian Premier League and some from the Cambodian League 2. The cup usually starts from February and ends in November, the winner qualifies for the Cambodian Super Cup.

Hun Sen Cup

Organising body	Football Federation of Cambodia
Founded	2007; 17 years ago (2007)
Region	Cambodia
Number of teams	34 (2023–24 season)
Domestic cup(s)	Cambodian Super Cup
Current champions	Preah Khan Reach Svay Rieng (5th title) (2023–24)
Most successful club(s)	Preah Khan Reach Svay Rieng (5 titles)
Television broadcasters	BTV Cambodia
Website	cncc-football.com/hun-sen-cup
2023–24 Hun Sen Cup

Preah Khan Reach Svay Rieng are the most successful team in the tournament with five titles, winning their fifth of the competition in the 2024 final after beaten Phnom Penh Crown 1–0.

Format

Besides youth tournaments of certain levels, Cambodian League and Samdech Hun Sen Cup are the highest association football tournaments organized yearly by the Football Federation of Cambodia (FFC).

The Samdech Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo Hun Sen Cup refers to the name of Prime Minister Hun Sen. This trophy was first organized in 2007. 28 teams then participated. There were 2 stages - group and knock out. 16 teams which qualified from the group stage played in the knock out stage until the finals.

In the 6th season of the Hun Sen Cup (Hun Sen Cup 2012), the format was changed until now. The top 8 or 10 teams of Cambodian League enter the group stage while the other teams from Phnom Penh and provinces play in qualification before going through to the group stage.

Finals

List of finals:^[1][2][3]

Year	Final				Third place match
	Champions	Score	Runners-up		Third place	Score	Fourth place
2007	Khemara Keila[A]	1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–2 p)	Nagacorp[B]		Phnom Penh Empire[C]	4–1	Build Bright University
2008	Phnom Penh Empire	1–0	Preah Khan Reach		Build Bright University	3–2	Khemara Keila
2009	Phnom Penh Crown	1–0	Nagacorp		Preah Khan Reach	3–0	Phuchung Neak[D]
2010	National Defense	3–2	Phnom Penh Crown		Preah Khan Reach	3–2	Nagacorp
2011	Preah Khan Reach	2–0	Build Bright United		Nagacorp	1–0	National Defense
2012	Preah Khan Reach	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Nagacorp		Police Commissary	3–0	Chhlam Samuth
2013	Nagacorp	0–0 (a.e.t.) (5–3 p)	National Defense		Phnom Penh Crown	3–0	Kirivong Sok Sen Chey
2014	Police Commissary	2–0	Build Bright United		Boeung Ket Rubber Field	3–0	Nagacorp
2015	Svay Rieng[E]	2–1	Nagaworld		Cambodian Tiger[F]	3–0	Police Commissary
2016	National Defense	1–1 (a.e.t.) (6–5 p)	Preah Khan Reach		Phnom Penh Crown	1–0	CMAC United
2017	Preah Khan Reach	3–0	Nagaworld		Electricite du Cambodge	1–1 (a.e.t.) (5–4 p)	Boeung Ket
2018	National Defense	3–0	Police Commissary		Angkor Tiger and Nagaworld [G]
2019	Boeung Ket	1–1 (a.e.t.) (5–4 p)	Preah Khan Reach		Phnom Penh Crown and Visakha
2020	Visakha	2–0	Nagaworld		Prey Veng	4–2	Phnom Penh Crown
2021	Visakha	2–2 (a.e.t.) (5–4 p)	Preah Khan Reach		Boeung Ket	2–0	Phnom Penh Crown
2022	Visakha	4–3 (a.e.t.)	Boeung Ket		Phnom Penh Crown	5–0	Electricite du Cambodge
2023–24	Preah Khan Reach Svay Rieng	1–0	Phnom Penh Crown		Visakha	0–0 (a.e.t.) (4–3 p)	Boeung Ket

Notes
Khemara Keila FC was disbanded in 2011 due to financial crisis. Nagaworld FC. Phnom Penh Crown FC. Chhlam Samuth FC. Preah Khan Reach Svay Rieng FC. Angkor Tiger FC. No third place match has been played in 2018 and 2019.

Performance by team

Teams	Champions	Runners-up	Top 2
Preah Khan Reach	5 (2011, 2012, 2015, 2017, 2023–24)	4 (2008, 2016, 2019, 2021)	9
National Defense	3 (2010, 2016, 2018)	1 (2013)	4
Visakha	3 (2020, 2021, 2022)	—	3
Phnom Penh Crown	2 (2008, 2009)	2 (2010, 2023–24)	4
Nagaworld	1 (2013)	6 (2007, 2009, 2012, 2015, 2017, 2020)	7
Police Commissary	1 (2014)	1 (2018)	2
Boeung Ket	1 (2019)	1 (2022)	2
Khemara Keila	1 (2007)	—	1
Build Bright United	—	2 (2011, 2014)	2
Total	17	17	34

Season top scorers

Seasons	Names	Clubs	Goals
2007	Hok Sochivorn	Phnom Penh Crown
2008	Sok Chanraksmey	Spark FC	12
2009	Kouch Sokumpheak	Khemara Keila	21
2010	Kouch Sokumpheak	Khemara Keila	20
	Srey Veasna	Phnom Penh Crown
2011	Khoun Laboravy	Preah Khan Reach	22
2012	Khoun Laboravy	Preah Khan Reach	22
2013	Chan Vathanaka	Boeung Ket Angkor	11
2014	Khoun Laboravy	Boeung Ket Angkor	12
2015	Prak Mony Udom	Preah Khan Reach	24
2016	Suong Virak	Cambodian Tiger	25
2017	Khoun Laboravy	Boeung Ket	16
2018	Noun Borey	Police Commissary	9
2019	Va Sokthorn	Phnom Penh Crown	11
2020	Wut Tola	Prey Veng	6
2021	Keo Sokpheng	Visakha	7
2022	Sieng Chanthea	Boeung Ket	6
2023–24	Jonata	Visakha	6

Source:^[4][5][6]

Awards

Prize money

Sources:^[7][8]

Regional stage

• Champion: 20,000,000 riels
• Runner-up: 10,000,000 riels
• Third place: 8,000,000 riels

National stage

• Champion: 150,000,000 riels
• Runner-up: 100,000,000 riels
• Third place: 70,000,000 riels

References

1. "Cambodia - List of Cup Winners". RSSSF. Retrieved 1 October 2011.
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External links

• Hun Sen Cup results tables fixtures
• Football Federation of Cambodia