The Polish Cup in football ( ) is an elimination tournament for Polish football clubs, held continuously from 1950, and is the second most important national title in Polish football after the Ekstraklasa title. Due to mass participation of teams, the tournament is often called The Cup of the Thousand Teams ( ). Participation is open to any club registered with the Polish FA, regardless of whether it competes in any league in the national pyramid. Reserve and veteran teams are also eligible, with reserve teams reaching the final on two occasions (and winning it once). The Cup is popular among lower-level teams, as it gives them a chance to play better known sides. In some cases, the underdogs even reached the final, with the most famous example being Czarni Żagań, which in 1964–1965 season lost the final game 0–4 to Górnik Zabrze. Lower league clubs have to enter regional qualification rounds and the winners of these join the teams from the first and second division in the competition proper. The regional qualifications are played in the preceding season, so that one edition of Polish Cup for lower ranked clubs can last two seasons. Each tie is decided by a single game which is held at the lower league side's stadium. The final used to be a single match, but 2002–2006 it was contested over two legs. Since 2007, the Cup has returned to the single-game final. The first edition of the Polish Cup took place in 1926, but it was quickly abandoned. In the late 1930s, the President of Poland's Football Cup was organized, which featured teams of the Polish Football Association's regional districts. Polish Cup winners Previous cup winners are: 1926: Wisła Kraków 1927–50: not played 1951: Ruch Chorzów 1952: Polonia Warsaw 1953: not played 1954: Gwardia Warsaw 1955: Legia Warsaw 1956: Legia Warsaw 1957: ŁKS Łódź 1958–61: not played 1962: Zagłębie Sosnowiec 1963: Zagłębie Sosnowiec 1964: Legia Warsaw 1965: Górnik Zabrze 1966: Legia Warsaw 1967: Wisła Kraków 1968: Górnik Zabrze 1969: Górnik Zabrze 1970: Górnik Zabrze 1971: Górnik Zabrze 1972: Górnik Zabrze 1973: Legia Warsaw 1974: Ruch Chorzów 1975: Stal Rzeszów 1976: Śląsk Wrocław 1977: Zagłębie Sosnowiec 1978: Zagłębie Sosnowiec 1979: Arka Gdynia 1980: Legia Warsaw 1981: Legia Warsaw 1982: Lech Poznań 1983: Lechia Gdańsk 1984: Lech Poznań 1985: Widzew Łódź 1986: GKS Katowice 1987: Śląsk Wrocław 1988: Lech Poznań 1989: Legia Warsaw 1990: Legia Warsaw 1991: