SPA Cup
Sudur Pashchimanchal Academy Cup (SPA Cup) () is a national level inter college cricket tournament in Nepal. Also known as Hotel Devotee SPA Cup, the matches of the tournament will be played under Twenty20 format. It is the biggest cash prize cricket tournament in Nepal. The first EDition of the tournament was held in 2010.
The SPA Cup is an asset of Sudur Pashchimanchal Academy (SPA), an eminent educational institute in the Far- Western Region of Nepal. Sudur Pashchimanchal Academy is the parent organization under which there are two institutions: Sudur Pashchimanchal Campus and Sudur Pashchimanchal Higher Secondary School.
Tournaments
2015 tournament
2013 tournament
Pentagon International College, Kathmandu won the 2013 SPA Cup after defeating NASA International College by four wickets.
Franchises
- SPA (Hosts)
- Durga Laxmi Multiple Campus, Kailali
- Farwest Univesity, Kanchanpur
- GoldenGate International College, Kathmandu
- Holyland Higher Secondary School, Nepalgunj
- Jagannath Higher Secondary School, Baitadi
- Kailali Multiple Campus, Kailali
- Mahendra Namuna HS School, Dadeldhura
- Merryland College, Biratnagar
- New Horizon, Bhairahawa
- Pentagon International College, Kathmandu
- Sunrise Higher Secondary School, Kanchanpur
- Sunshine College, Bhairahawa
- Tikapur Multiple Campus, Kailali
- Tripura Sundari Campus, Achham
- Xavier International College, Kathmandu
Objectives
- To introduce Far Western Region in the national level through cricket.
- To introduce a system that would raise the standard of cricket in the country.
- To enhance internal sports tourism for the overall development of the nation.
- To encourage the cricket players and spectators.
- To develop cricket as a career.
- To strengthen national unity through the game.
- To identify the young and emerging cricket talents.
Mission
Cricket is a gentlemen game and our Mission is to discover such team of passionate cricketers. We shall be stepping stone for any person participating from the colleges of either rural or urban areas, to play at national levels.
Vision
Players from the S.P.A CUP should be able to play any of the tournaments of the country and shall be capable to face any selection criteria, creating a successful career in cricket and the SPA Cup should be the most respected and waited cricket event of the year.