Uruguay Cup (Balearic Islands)

The idea for the tournament was born thanks to the donation of a trophy by the honorary consul of Uruguay in Palma to the Balearic Islands Football Federation. The organising body decided to create a tournament of which the gifted trophy would be the prize and established that the trophy could be earned when a team won three successive editions or five editions in total of the tournament, which would be called the Copa Uruguai. In total, 12 editions were disputed before the trophy was won by CD Atlético Baleares.^[1]

Throughout the years, the tournament was organised in different ways: a single-match knock-out stage (first season), a group phase followed by a knock-out stage (from 1957 to 1960), a single group (from 1961 to 1964), and a group phase followed by a final (1965 to 1968). In the first editions, all participating teams were from Mallorca; by the 1962–63 season, a team from Ibiza participated, SD Ibiza; and by the 1964–65 season, teams from Menorca also participated.^[2] This meant that the competition acquired a Balearic character.^[1]

Finally, CD Atlético Baleares won the trophy after winning four editions, of which the three last ones successively. This meant that the club obtained the physical trophy and that the competition ended.^[1]

In 2024, CD Atlético Baleares announced the recovery of the Uruguay Cup, but instead of maintaining its original format, it was introduced as a friendly pre-season match.^[3]