The contest began in 2012, in which year the male cup was won by rocinha and the female cup by Fallet Fogueteiro - The 2015 cup took place in March and was awarded to Madre Miguel in the men's league, and Barata in the female league. Any favela community can sign-up for participation, and the organizers are pleased to take on volunteers to help in the organization and running of the event.

the amount and diversity of tournaments taking place in rio de janeiro ensures that visitors will have plenty of oppertunity to watch, play and get swept up in the ever-present football hype. the national and carioca championships are followed with intense excitement an certain matches attract a particlarly fierce rivalry. as such, the infamous 'fla-flu matches', between the powerful carioca clubs of flamengo and fluminese, are highly anticiated and emotions usually lay raw when these two team meet.