IC420 Growers Cup (ICMag 420 Cup)
A cup run by forum members that started in Amsterdam, moved to Barcelona, and has a few gaps in its own record.
- 304results on record
- 2003–2026years in our data
- 24editions
- 217matched to strains
- Barcelona, Spainlatest location
01Beginnings
The IC420 Growers Cup, also known as the ICMag 420 Cup, comes out of the IC-Mag forum community. SeedFinder.eu says the event is organised by members of that forum1, so it reads as a community project rather than a commercial trade show. This page covers only that cup. Other events with similar names are separate and are not included here.
Its origins are unclear. The sources used here do not document the founding year or the founders. The earliest edition SeedFinder lists is 2005, but that is a database entry, not a confirmed start date2. The home town is documented: the cup was held in Amsterdam until 20172.
02The story so far
The main turn in the story is a change of city. SeedFinder says the cup moved from the Netherlands to Barcelona, Spain, from 20182. The sources do not say why the organisers moved, so we do not guess.
SeedFinder also numbers the editions, which helps show how often the cup ran. The 2014 edition is labelled the 11th IC 420 Growers Cup1, and the 2017 edition the 14th2. That fits a yearly event through the mid-2010s. Each of those years has its own results page on the site, with winners listed by category. Detailed award records and strain information will be added to this page separately, from our own database.
03Culture and community
The cup splits its prizes into separate Breeders and Growers tracks, and each track has an Indica and a Sativa category12. This means seed makers and growers compete in different categories, not against each other.
The 2014 results suggest a forum-style crowd. Online handles that look like hobbyists' appear next to named seed companies on the list of placings1. The sources do not describe the scene directly, so this is only a hint. The number of placings listed also differs by year: the 2014 page lists second and third places1, while the 2017 page shows first places only2.
04Where it stands now
SeedFinder's year selector for this cup runs from 2005 to 2019. It has no entry for 2011 and nothing after 20192. This tells us about the database, not about the event itself.
The sources used here do not say whether the cup still runs today, and we found no dated statement about its current status. As of 29 October 2026, the latest record we can point to is the 2019 entry in SeedFinder's selector. We cannot say what happened after that.
05What comes next
The sources used for this page do not mention any announced plans for the IC420 Growers Cup, so this page does not state any.
The results, in our data
CannaLib holds 304 results from this cup across 24 years (2003 to 2026), 217 of them matched to a strain in the catalogue.
Recent first-place strains
| Year | Strain | Category | Entrant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Blue Zushi | Indica Grower | Sativa Engineering |
| 2024 | Zangria | Club Flowers | Terps Army |
| 2024 | Game Over | Indica Breeder | TH Seeds x PRT Lab |
| 2024 | Verdant Honey Melon | Sativa Breeder | Chef Grow Genetics |
| 2023 | Pancakes | Club Flowers Winners | mazar_club |
| 2023 | Blue Zushi | Growers Indica Winners | sativa_engineering |
| 2023 | Tropicanna Cherry | Growers Sativa Winners | basktrianglefarms |
| 2023 | Maori Runtz | Breeders Indica Winners | illo.seeds |
| 2023 | Chupa Chups | Breeders Sativa Winners | __cheff_grow_genetics__ |
| 2023 | Zkittlez | Rosin Winners | teamflavourhunting_es |
| 2023 | Melon Ball | Hash Winners | bud.professor |
| 2019 | Orange Groovye | Indica - Indica - Breeders Cup | Grateful Seeds |
| 2019 | Zkittlez Bx1 | Indica - Indica - Growers Cup | Orgganics |
| 2019 | Orange Diesel V3 | Sativa - Sativa - Breeders Cup | Lady Sativa Genetics |
Editions on record
- 2003 · Amsterdam
- 2004 · Amsterdam
- 2005 · Amsterdam
- 2006 · Amsterdam
- 2007 · Amsterdam
- 2008 · Amsterdam
- 2009 · Amsterdam
- 2010 · Amsterdam
- 2012 · Amsterdam
- 2013 · Amsterdam
- 2014 · Amsterdam
- 2015 · Amsterdam
- 2016 · Amsterdam
- 2017 · Amsterdam
- 2017 · Amsterdam, Netherlands
- 2018 · Barcelona
- 2019 · Barcelona
- 2023 · Barcelona
- 2024 · Barcelona
- 2024 · Barcelona, Spain (April 2024)
- 2025 · Barcelona, Spain
Sources
- 11. IC 420 Growers Cup :: Cannabis Cup Winner :: SeedFinder.eu (2014 edition)
- 14. IC 420 Growers Cup :: Cannabis Cup Winner :: SeedFinder.eu (2017 edition)
Written from the sources above and checked on 2026-10-29. Spot an error? Tell us on the contact page.