Brava Opening Tournament

The Brava Island Opening Tournament (Portuguese: Torneio de Abertura da Brava, Capeverdean Crioulo, ALUPEC or ALUPEK: Turnéu di Abertura da Braba), is an opening tournament competition (equivalent to a league cup) played during the season in the island of Brava, Cape Verde The competition is organized by the Brava Regional Football Association (Associação Regional de Futebol da Brava, ARFB).^[1] Some seasons featured rounds of one portion, some seasons featured three rounds and two groups with the top club of each group in the final match. It currently consists of six rounds, a meeting with another club once. The winner with the most points (sometimes in the final) is the winner.

Brava Island Opening Tournament

Founded	2001
Region	Brava Island, Cape Verde
Number of teams	8
Current champions	Sporting Brava (3rd time)
Most successful club(s)	Sporting Brava (3 titles)

Recently Sporting Brava won four straight titles for 2017 and is the current winner.

The opening tournament were cancelled in 2011 (along with other sports competitions) and in 2015.

Winners

Season	Winner	Runner-up
2000-01	Morabeza
2001-02	Nô Pintcha
2002-03	Benfica da Brava
2003-04	Nô Pintcha
2005-10	Unknown
2010-11	Not held
2011-12	Juventude da Furna
2012-13	Sporting Brava	Benfica Brava
2013-14[2]	Nô Pintcha
2014-15	Not held
2015-16[3]	Sporting Brava
2016-17	Sporting Brava
2017	SC Morabeza	Sporting Brava

See also

• Brava Island League
• Brava Island Cup
• Brava Island Super Cup