This year's Super Cup NI, which was due to start on July 25, has been cancelled for a second successive year due to the ongoing Covid-19 situation.

It had been hoped that the competition would go ahead this summer and Fermanagh Chairman Scott Robinson and his committee had been putting plans in place for bringing teams to the North coast.

However, after months of planning and meetings with government departments and discussions with tournament partners and funders, the Organising Committee of STATSports SupercupNI has made the decision to cancel this year’s Tournament.
Tournament chairman Victor Leonard said: “The organising committee has been working tirelessly since last August to bounce back from the disappointment of the cancellation of the 2020 event and return this year with a bigger and better tournament. However, ongoing issues with regards to the impact of COVID-19 across the world and logistical obstacles outside of our control there was no other option but to cancel this year’s tournament.
“Over the last number of months, we have availed of support and guidance from the Public Health Agency and the Department for Communities before Committee made this decision.
“Participating in the Tournament is more than playing five football games over a week; it gives the young aspiring footballers the unique SupercupNI experience where young players can live, train and play together for a week, being in the same accommodation, providing a taste of what a professional football career might look like.
“The tournament is an incredible experience for all of our young people and we felt that the restrictions, which needed to be put in place because of Covid, would adversely diminish the overall SupercupNI experience.”
Planning has already commenced for the 2022 STATSports SupercupNI Tournament which will start on Sunday 24th July with Finals being played on Friday 29th July.