Žemaitijos Taurė
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| Organising body | Telšiai County Football Federation |
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| Founded | 2015 |
| Region | Samogitia |
| Number of teams | 8–10 |
| Current champions |
Džiugas (1st title) |
| Most successful club(s) |
Šilutė Banga Džiugas (1 title) |
| Television broadcasters | Futbolo.TV |
| Website | TAFF.lt |
The Žemaitijos Taurė (English: Samogitian Cup) is an annual pre-season football tournament between teams from Samogitia. It is organized by the Telšiai County Football Federation and takes place in early March at the Telšiai Artificial Football Pitch in Telšiai, Lithuania.
The origins of the tournament seeks Samogitian Championship, which was started in mid 1930s, with Džiugas winning first three tournaments of 1935, 1936, 1937. The first modern Samogitia Cup was organised by Telšiai County Football Federation in 2015 to mark the 80 years from the birth of original tournament. It's hosted by Džiugas and held on 8–21 March as simple round-robin tournament.Šilutė won the inaugural tournament after defeating Džiugas 2–1 in the last round.
The format for later editions was changed a little bit as additional games for 1st, 3rd and 5th places were added after the group competitions. The amount of participating teams has also been expanded from 8 to 10 participants.Banga won the second edition of the cup. Hosts Džiugas finally became champions in 2017 tournament.
Žemaitijos Taurė hosts Džiugas and Kražantė are the only two teams that have participated in all three tournaments. Šilutė won the cup in their only participation in 2015.
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