When the tournament first began, it was primarily held in Italy. It went abroad for the first time in 1993, when
Washington, D.C. hosted a match between
AC Milan and
Torino. There would not be another international contest until 2002, when the Supercoppa was held in
Tripoli. The following year,
East Rutherford, a suburb of New York City, hosted the tournament. The next five contests would be held in Italy, and in 2009, a new era of international travel would begin for the Supercoppa.
Beijing hosted a match between Lazio and
Inter Milan that year, while China would go on to host three more tournaments by 2015.
Qatar hosted the tournament twice in this time as well, in 2014 and 2016. In 2018, the
Lega Serie A and the
General Sports Authority signed an agreement that would see Saudi Arabia host three of the next five tournaments. This decision sparked controversy, as Italians were concerned about women in Saudi Arabia being unable to attend the match unless they were within the stadium's family sections and were accompanied by men. Then-Serie A president Gaetano Miccichè told those concerned that these sections were a sign of progress, saying "The Supercoppa will go down in history as the first official international football competition which Saudi women were permitted to watch live." The cup did return to Italy in 2020 for two years, but only due to the
COVID-19 pandemic. It has since gone back to Saudi Arabia, where it is set to remain until 2029 under a new six-year agreement. == Notable occurrences ==