IRN-BRU Cup
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The IRN-BRU Cup is a Scottish football knockout competition primarily for lower-division clubs, known for its sponsorship by the soft drink brand IRN-BRU.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| IRN-BRU Cup canonical | 5 |
| Viaplay Cup | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T829875 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: IRN-BRU Cup Context triple: [Scottish Challenge Cup, alsoKnownAs, IRN-BRU Cup]
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A.
Freedom Cup
The Freedom Cup is a rugby union trophy contested in test matches between New Zealand’s All Blacks and South Africa’s Springboks.
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B.
Territorial Cup
The Territorial Cup is the trophy awarded in the historic college football rivalry game between the University of Arizona Wildcats and the Arizona State Sun Devils.
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C.
Temple Cup
The Temple Cup was a late 19th-century postseason championship series in Major League Baseball contested between the National League's first- and second-place teams.
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D.
Setanta Sports Cup
The Setanta Sports Cup was an all-Ireland football competition that featured top clubs from both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.
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E.
Intercontinental Cup
The Intercontinental Cup was an annual football competition that pitted the champions of Europe against the champions of South America to determine a de facto world club champion before it was superseded by the FIFA Club World Cup.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
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Target entity: IRN-BRU Cup Target entity description: The IRN-BRU Cup is a Scottish football knockout competition primarily for lower-division clubs, known for its sponsorship by the soft drink brand IRN-BRU.
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A.
Freedom Cup
The Freedom Cup is a rugby union trophy contested in test matches between New Zealand’s All Blacks and South Africa’s Springboks.
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B.
Territorial Cup
The Territorial Cup is the trophy awarded in the historic college football rivalry game between the University of Arizona Wildcats and the Arizona State Sun Devils.
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C.
Temple Cup
The Temple Cup was a late 19th-century postseason championship series in Major League Baseball contested between the National League's first- and second-place teams.
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D.
Setanta Sports Cup
The Setanta Sports Cup was an all-Ireland football competition that featured top clubs from both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.
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E.
Intercontinental Cup
The Intercontinental Cup was an annual football competition that pitted the champions of Europe against the champions of South America to determine a de facto world club champion before it was superseded by the FIFA Club World Cup.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Scottish football competition
ⓘ
football cup competition ⓘ knockout tournament ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Challenge Cup
ⓘ
Petrofac Training Cup ⓘ Ramsdens Cup ⓘ Scottish Challenge Cup ⓘ |
| competitionFormat | knockout ⓘ |
| competitionStage |
final
ⓘ
first round ⓘ quarter-finals ⓘ second round ⓘ semi-finals ⓘ |
| competitionType | annual competition ⓘ |
| confederation | UEFA ⓘ |
| country | Scotland ⓘ |
| decidingMethod |
extra time and penalties if required
ⓘ
single-leg ties ⓘ |
| eligibilityCriterion | membership of lower divisions of SPFL ⓘ |
| governingBody | Scottish Professional Football League ⓘ |
| hasBrandAssociation | IRN-BRU soft drink ⓘ |
| hasFinalVenueType | neutral venue ⓘ |
| hasTrophyType | cup trophy ⓘ |
| isPartOf |
Scottish football league system
ⓘ
linked to:
Scottish Professional Football League
|
| levelOfCompetition | professional ⓘ |
| matchOutcome | winner advances to next round ⓘ |
| mediaCoverageType | domestic football broadcasting in Scotland ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
named after soft drink brand IRN-BRU
ⓘ
primarily for lower-division clubs ⓘ |
| organiser | Scottish Professional Football League ⓘ |
| participantType |
Championship clubs
ⓘ
League One clubs ⓘ League Two clubs ⓘ Scottish Professional Football League clubs ⓘ
linked to:
Scottish Professional Football League
invited clubs from other national associations ⓘ lower-division clubs ⓘ selected non-league clubs ⓘ under-20 teams of Premiership clubs ⓘ |
| purpose | to provide competitive matches for lower-league clubs ⓘ |
| region | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| relatedCompetition |
Scottish Cup
ⓘ
Scottish League Cup ⓘ |
| sponsor |
A.G. Barr
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IRN-BRU ⓘ |
| sponsorshipCategory | soft drink sponsorship ⓘ |
| sponsorshipName | IRN-BRU Cup ⓘ |
| sport | association football ⓘ |
| tierOfFootballPyramid | below Scottish Premiership ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: IRN-BRU Cup Description of subject: The IRN-BRU Cup is a Scottish football knockout competition primarily for lower-division clubs, known for its sponsorship by the soft drink brand IRN-BRU.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: IRN-BRU Cup