Jamaica High School Football Champions

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This is a list of Jamaica High School Football Champions, the champion high schools are winners of the football competitions that have been held in Jamaica. The first competitive games were played in 1909. The Manning Cup and Walker Cup are contested among schools in the Corporate Area (comprising the parishes of Kingston, St. Andrew and most of St. Catherine) while the DaCosta and Ben Francis Cups are contested by schools from the Rural Area (comprising all other 11 parishes including a few from Saint Catherine, e.g. Dinthill Technical). The Olivier Shield and Super Cup are contested by both Corporate and Rural Area schools with the Olivier Shield contested, in a home-and-away two-leg format, by the winners of the Manning & DaCosta Cups that season and is the last cup to be decided each season with the possibility of the title being shared if the scores were tied after two games.[1][2][3] This format was changed by ISSA to a one-leg, play-to-finish format following the 2013 season which meant the title could no longer be shared.[4][5][6][7] The Super Cup is contested by the top eight schools each from the Corporate and Rural Area, that season, in a one-leg knockout format with every first knockout round contested by a Rural Area versus Corporate Area school based on their rankings (top four in one Area are each drawn to play one of the bottom four in the other Area and vice versa). In 2018, the Flow Super Cup was renamed the ISSA Champions Cup after the initial sponsorship agreement ended with Flow. Jamaica College has won the Manning Cup more than any other team, winning the trophy 31 times.

List of champions[edit]

Current competitions[edit]

The following table shows the lists of winners in the contested finals for the various competitions held.

Legend
Colour Description
Corporate Area Championship is held by a corporate area school.
Rural Championship is held by a rural area school.
Shared Championship is shared.
no competition No competition was contested (see Notes section).

Past competitions[edit]

Year Nutrament Shield (ended 1987)
1983 St. George's College
1985 Rusea's High
1986 Meadowbrook High
1987 Rusea's High

The Nutrament Shield was played between the Champions of the Walker Cup and the Ben Francis Knock Out Competitions. The Nutrament Shield was contested for only four years in 1983, 1985, 1986 and 1987.

Competition team rankings[edit]

Urban area[edit]

Rank Champion Schools Manning Cup Walker Cup Total
1 Jamaica College 31 4 35
2 St. George's College 22 9 31
3 Kingston College 16 9 25
4 Wolmer’s Boys 10 5 15
5 Excelsior 7 7 14
6 Tivoli High 2 4 6
7 Calabar High 3 2 5
7 Charlie Smith 3 2 5
7 Camperdown High school 3 2 5
8 Norman Manley High 3 0 3
9 Bridgeport High 2 1 3
10 Dunoon Technical High 1 1 2
11 Meadowbrook 0 2 2
11 K.T.H.S. 0 2 2
12 Ardenne High 1 0 1
12 Mona High School 1 0 1
13 S.T.A.T.H.S 1 0 1
14 Jonathan Grant High 0 1 1
14 Trench Town High 0 1 1
14 St. Jago High 0 1 1
14 Hydel High 0 1 1
14 St. Catherine High 0 2 2

Rural area[edit]

Rank Champion Schools Dacosta Cup Ben Francis Cup Total
1 Cornwall College 12 7 19
2 Rusea’s High School 11 4 15
3 Clarendon College 10 4 14
4 ST.E.T.H.S. 5 6 11
5 Vere Technical 9 1 10
6 Glenmuir High 3 7 10
7 Munro College 7 0 7
8 Herbert Morrison 2 2 4
9 Garvey Maceo 2 1 3
10 Dinthill 2 0 2
11 Frome 1 1 2
11 St. James High 1 1 2
12 Old Harbour 0 1 1
12 Charlemont High 0 1 1
12 Lennon High 0 1 1
12 St. Mary's College 0 1 1
12 B. B. Coke 0 1 1

Olivier Shield and Flow Super Cup/ISSA Champions Cup competitions[edit]

Rank Champion Schools Olivier Shield Flow Super Cup/ISSA Champions Cup Total
1 Jamaica College 21 2 23
2 Munro College 19 0 19
3 St. George's College 14 1 15
4 Cornwall College 11 1 12
5 Kingston College 10 2 12
6 Vere Technical 6 0 6
7 Wolmer’s Boys 4 1 5
7 Clarendon College 5 1 5
8 Rusea's High School 3 0 3
9 Excelsior 2 0 2
9 Charlie Smith 2 0 2
9 Norman Manley 2 0 2
9 Glenmuir High 2 0 1
10 ST.E.T.H.S 1 0 1
10 Calabar High 1 0 1
10 Bridgeport 1 0 1
10 Dunoon 1 0 1
10 Dinthill 1 0 1
10 Ardenne 1 0 1
10 S.T.A.T.H.S 1 0 1

See also[edit]

Notes[edit]

^ a: No competition due to World War II
^ b: Abandoned due to Polio outbreak)
^ c: Abandoned due to school violence
^ d: No competition
^ e: Abandoned due to shooting incident in Montego Bay
^ f: Abandoned due to 2020 COVID-19 Pandemic

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Jamaica Observer Limited".
  2. ^ "Jamaica Observer Limited".
  3. ^ "Easy win for JC - Olivier Shield goes to Old Hope Road". 8 December 2013.
  4. ^ "Coaches ready, okay with one-off battle for Olivier Shield". 3 December 2014.
  5. ^ "Jamaica Observer Limited".
  6. ^ "SportsMax: Home of Champions".
  7. ^ "Jamaica Observer Limited".

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