In 1950 a cup tournament was played in a week-long competition with the final on May 1, 1950, at the Stade Leopold II in Elisabethville (now Lubumbashi), with an attendance of over 40,000. Selctions of regional provincies participated instead of clubs. The first official competition of the Coupe de l'A.R.S.C.U. was played in 1958.
FC Saint-Éloi Lupopo (Elizabethville) was the first winner. The 1959 was not concluded and it was not held until 1963. In 1964 the Cup was renamed to
Coupe du Congo and also served as the national championship from 1964 to 1989 and from 1992 to 1997. The tournaments for the sixth (1969) and seventh (1970) edition of the Coupe du Congo were not finished and the title was not awarded in either year, but TP Englebert (1969) and AS Vita Club (1970) were chosen to represent the country in the
African Champions Cup in the following year. Those "titles" are not included in the list below. While the Coupe du Congo served as the national championship before
Linafoot was created, they were other competitions considered as cup tournaments: the Papa Kalala Challenge (1982-1989) and the Independence Cup (1992-1997). Since
1998, the Coupe du Congo is the country's primer Cup competition (likewise in 1991).
Format The four tournaments from 1965 to 1968 were decided in a mini-group stage with three or four participants, and no final was played.
Name history • 1958-59: Coupe de l'A.R.S.C.U. (as national championship) • 1964-1971: Coupe du Congo (as national championship) • 1972-1989: Coupe du Zaïre (as national championship) • 1990-1991: Coupe du Zaïre (as national
cup tournament) • 1992-1996: Coupe du Zaïre (as national championship) • 1997: Coupe du Congo (as national championship) • 1998-present: Coupe du Congo (as national
cup tournament) ==List of finals==