The Korea Cup (Korean: 코리아컵 국제축구대회, lit. Korea Cup International Football Tournament) was an international football tournament held annually in South Korea from 1971 to 1999.[1]

Korea Cup
Organising bodyKorea Football Association
Founded1971
Abolished1999
RegionInternational
Most successful team(s) South Korea (12 titles)

History

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The Korea Cup was created with the name President's Cup Football Tournament by the Korea Football Association in 1971,[note 1][2][3] and was contested between South Korea national team and Asian teams to develop them. It changed its name to President Park's Cup Football Tournament in 1976, and invited not only Asian teams, but also teams of other continents since that year.[4] It was renamed previous President's Cup Football Tournament in 1979,[note 2][5] and President's Cup International Football Tournament in 1987. The latest Korea Cup appeared in 1995.

Summary

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Edition Year Champions Runners-up Third place Fourth place Teams
1 1971   South Korea
  Burma
  Indonesia   Malaysia 8
2 1972   Burma   Indonesia   South Korea   Malaysia 8
3 1973   Burma
  Khmer Republic
  South Korea   Malaysia 6
4 1974   South Korea   PSMS Medan   Burma   Khmer Republic 7
5 1975   South Korea   Burma   Homa   Japan B 8
6 1976   South Korea
  São Paulo U21
  South Korea B   New Zealand 10
7 1977   São Paulo U21   South Korea   Malaysia
  Thailand
9
8 1978   South Korea   Washington Diplomats   South Korea B   AS FAR 15
9 1979   Vitória-ES   South Korea   Bahrain   South Korea B 10
10 1980   South Korea   Indonesia   South Korea B   Thailand B 6
11 1981   South Korea
  Racing (C)
  Vitória-ES   Danubio 12
12 1982   South Korea
  Operário-MS
  PSV Eindhoven   Hallelujah FC 10
13 1983   PSV Eindhoven   South Korea   Ghana   United States 11
14 1984   Bangu   Hallelujah FC   South Korea   Bayer Leverkusen 8
15 1985   South Korea   South Korea B   Bangu   Iraq 12
16 1987   South Korea   Australia   South Korea B
  Egypt
No third place match 12
17 1988   Czechoslovakia XI   Soviet Union XI   South Korea   Iwuanyanwu Nationale 16
18 1989   Czechoslovakia   Brøndby IF   South Korea   Benfica 8
19 1991   South Korea   Egypt   Australia
  Soviet Union B
No third place match 8
20 1993   Egypt   South Korea   Czechoslovakia XI
  Romania XI
No third place match 8
21 1995   Ecuador   Zambia   South Korea
  Costa Rica
No third place match 8
22 1997   South Korea   FR Yugoslavia   Egypt   Ghana 4
23 1999   Croatia   Mexico   South Korea   Egypt 4

Statistics

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Titles by team

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Team Champions Runners-up
  South Korea 12 (1971*, 1974, 1975, 1976*, 1978, 1980, 1981*, 1982*, 1985, 1987, 1991, 1997) 4 (1977, 1979 ,1983, 1993)
  Burma 3 (1971*, 1972, 1973*) 1 (1975)
  São Paulo U21 2 (1976*, 1977)
  Egypt 1 (1993) 1 (1991)
  Khmer Republic 1 (1973*)
  Vitória-ES 1 (1979)
  Racing (C) 1 (1981*)
  Operário-MS 1 (1982*)
  PSV Eindhoven 1 (1983)
  Bangu 1 (1984)
  Czechoslovakia XI 1 (1988)
  Czechoslovakia 1 (1989)
  Ecuador 1 (1995)
  Croatia 1 (1999)
  Indonesia 2 (1972, 1980)
  PSMS Medan 1 (1974)
  Washington Diplomats 1 (1978)
  South Korea B 1 (1984)
  Hallelujah FC 1 (1985)
  Australia 1 (1987)
  Soviet Union XI 1 (1988)
  Brøndby 1 (1989)
  Zambia 1 (1995)
  FR Yugoslavia 1 (1997)
  Mexico 1 (1999)

Titles by nation

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Nation Champions Runners-up
  South Korea 12 (1971*, 1974, 1975, 1976*, 1978, 1980, 1981*, 1982*, 1985, 1987, 1991, 1997) 6 (1977, 1979 ,1983, 1984, 1985, 1993)
  Brazil 5 (1976*, 1977, 1979, 1982*, 1984)
  Burma 3 (1971*, 1972, 1973*) 1 (1975)
  Czechoslovakia 2 (1988, 1989)
  Egypt 1 (1993) 1 (1991)
  Khmer Republic 1 (1973*)
  Argentina 1 (1981*)
  Netherlands 1 (1983)
  Ecuador 1 (1995)
  Croatia 1 (1999)
  Indonesia 3 (1972, 1974, 1980)
  United States 1 (1978)
  Australia 1 (1987)
  Soviet Union 1 (1988)
  Denmark 1 (1989)
  Zambia 1 (1995)
  FR Yugoslavia 1 (1997)
  Mexico 1 (1999)

All-time table

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Team Part Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  South Korea 23 125 86 25 14 290 77 213 283
  South Korea B 11 51 21 11 19 67 66 1 74
  Burma 6 29 16 7 6 48 21 27 55
  Thailand 15 56 12 15 29 70 103 –33 51
  Egypt 5 22 11 8 3 36 21 15 41
  Malaysia 9 37 11 6 20 52 78 –26 39
  São Paulo U21 3 15 11 3 1 34 4 30 36
  PSV Eindhoven 2 12 10 1 1 39 10 29 31
  Vitória-ES 2 13 9 3 1 30 8 22 30
  Indonesia 9 37 8 5 24 57 85 –28 29
  Australia 2 11 7 4 0 19 5 14 25
  Bangu 2 12 5 7 0 22 9 13 22
  Iraq 2 11 6 2 3 27 16 11 20
  Bahrain 5 21 5 5 11 22 47 –25 20
  Czechoslovakia XI 2 10 5 3 2 14 10 4 18
  Hallelujah FC 2 11 5 3 3 17 15 2 18
  Racing (C) 1 7 5 2 0 19 7 12 17
  New Zealand 3 13 5 2 6 13 15 –2 17
  Khmer Republic 4 16 4 5 7 14 29 –15 17
  Soviet Union XI 1 6 5 0 1 10 2 8 15
  Operário-MS 1 6 4 2 0 13 7 6 14
  Czechoslovakia 1 5 4 1 0 12 4 8 13
  Ecuador 1 5 4 1 0 10 4 6 13
  Danubio 1 7 4 1 2 9 7 2 13
  United States 3 15 3 4 8 19 28 –9 13
  Washington Diplomats 1 6 4 0 2 15 12 3 12
  Malta 2 8 3 3 2 10 8 2 12
  Homa 1 6 3 2 1 9 3 6 11
  Zambia 2 8 3 1 4 8 14 –6 10
  PAS Tehran 1 4 3 0 1 8 4 4 9
  Brøndby 1 5 3 0 2 8 4 4 9
  Saarbrücken 1 5 3 0 2 7 9 –2 9
  Hungary XI 2 9 2 3 4 8 11 –3 9
  Ghana 3 11 3 0 8 14 19 –5 9
  Sudan 2 8 2 2 4 7 18 –11 8
  Malaysia B 3 12 1 5 6 10 28 –18 8
  Velež Mostar 1 4 2 1 1 8 6 2 7
  Atlas 1 4 2 1 1 7 5 2 7
  Genoa 1 5 2 1 2 9 10 –1 7
  Iwuanyanwu Nationale 1 6 2 1 3 8 9 –1 7
  AS FAR 1 6 2 1 3 7 8 –1 7
  Thailand B 1 5 2 1 2 7 8 –1 7
  Canada 1 5 2 1 2 5 9 –4 7
  Japan B 2 9 1 4 4 5 12 –7 7
  Mexico XI 1 3 2 0 1 9 4 5 6
  Central Español 1 5 1 3 1 5 4 1 6
  Morocco 1 5 2 0 3 6 6 0 6
  Nigeria 1 5 1 3 1 5 5 0 6
  Japan 1 5 2 0 3 4 4 0 6
  Fortuna Sittard 1 5 1 3 1 5 8 –3 6
  Benfica 1 5 2 0 3 6 11 –5 6
  Lebanon 2 6 2 0 4 9 16 –7 6
  Singapore 2 8 2 0 6 10 23 –13 6
  FR Yugoslavia 1 3 1 2 0 4 2 2 5
  Croatia 1 3 1 2 0 5 4 1 5
  Romania XI 1 4 1 2 1 7 7 0 5
  Deportivo Español 1 5 1 2 2 6 9 –3 5
  Chile B 1 5 1 2 2 3 6 –3 5
  PSMS Medan 1 4 1 2 1 3 8 –5 5
  Bayer Leverkusen 2 9 1 2 6 8 16 –8 5
  Indonesia B 2 8 1 2 5 3 21 –18 5
  India 3 12 1 2 9 6 25 –19 5
  Mexico 1 3 1 1 1 4 3 1 4
  Costa Rica 1 4 1 1 2 5 5 0 4
  Turkey Olympic 1 3 1 1 1 3 4 –1 4
  Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP) 1 3 1 1 1 3 4 –1 4
  Yukong Elephants 1 4 1 1 2 4 6 –2 4
  Soviet Union B 1 4 1 1 2 3 5 –2 4
  Liechtenstein 1 5 1 1 3 4 8 –4 4
  Huracán 1 5 1 1 3 6 12 –6 4
  United States Olympic[a] 1 3 1 0 2 7 7 0 3
  Alianza Lima 1 3 0 3 0 3 3 0 3
  Hong Kong 1 3 1 0 2 3 4 –1 3
  Nacional 1 3 1 0 2 2 3 –1 3
  Rio de Janeiro XI 1 3 1 0 2 2 5 –3 3
  Hungary U21 1 3 1 0 2 1 5 –4 3
  Racing Beirut 1 4 1 0 3 8 14 –6 3
  Middlesex Wanderers 1 4 1 0 3 4 10 –6 3
  Bangladesh 1 4 1 0 3 4 16 –12 3
  Mechelen 1 3 0 2 1 3 4 –1 2
  Trelleborg 1 3 0 2 1 3 5 –2 2
  Queens Park Rangers 1 3 0 2 1 2 5 –3 2
  Cercle Brugge 1 3 0 2 1 2 6 –4 2
  Warna Agung 1 4 0 2 2 1 5 –4 2
  Atlante 1 3 0 2 1 0 4 –4 2
  Australia B 1 3 0 1 2 3 5 –2 1
  United States U21 1 3 0 1 2 2 4 –2 1
  Sporting Cristal 1 3 0 1 2 4 7 –3 1
  United States Universiade 1 3 0 1 2 4 7 –3 1
  Guatemala 1 3 0 1 2 0 4 –4 1
  Shamrock Rovers 1 5 0 1 4 0 4 –4 1
  Kilmarnock 1 3 0 1 2 4 9 –5 1
  Serie C U21 1 3 0 1 2 3 8 –5 1
  Eintracht Frankfurt 1 3 0 1 2 2 7 –5 1
  China U20 1 3 0 1 2 1 6 –5 1
  Châteauroux 1 5 0 1 4 5 12 –7 1
  Perak 1 4 0 1 3 4 11 –7 1
  Bahrain B 1 5 0 1 4 3 11 –8 1
  Lierse 1 2 0 0 2 5 8 –3 0
  Sri Lanka 1 4 0 0 4 1 11 –10 0
  South Vietnam 1 3 0 0 3 1 13 –12 0
  Philippines 1 4 0 0 4 0 22 –22 0
  1. ^ The Olympic team could consist of only non-professional players until 1980, and the United States was having a professional league at that time.

Awards

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Most Valuable Player

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Year Player Team
1991   Ha Seok-ju   South Korea
1993   Ahmed Shobair   Egypt
1995   Energio Díaz   Ecuador
1997   Ha Seok-ju   South Korea
1999   Josip Šimić   Croatia

Top goalscorer

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Year Player Team Goals
1971   Iswadi Idris   Indonesia 7
1972   Abdul Kadir   Indonesia 6
1973   Kim Jin-kook   South Korea 3
  Kim Jae-han   South Korea
  R. Visvanathan   Malaysia
  Cha Bum-kun   South Korea
1974   Park Lee-chun   South Korea 6
1975 Unknown
1976   Cha Bum-kun   South Korea 7
1977   Cha Bum-kun   South Korea 6
1978   Kim Jae-han   South Korea 6
1979   João Francisco   Vitória-ES 8
1980   Chung Hae-won   South Korea 7
1981   João Francisco   Vitória-ES 6
1982   Ruud Geels   PSV Eindhoven 7
1983   Jurrie Koolhof   PSV Eindhoven 6
1984   Paulinho Criciúma   Bangu 5
1985   Karim Saddam   Iraq 6
1987   Frank Farina   Australia 4
1988   Milan Luhový   Czechoslovakia XI 4
  Alberto Mariscal   Atlas
  Choi Soon-ho   South Korea
1989   Pavel Černý   Czechoslovakia 5
1991   Ha Seok-ju   South Korea 4
1993   Cho Jin-ho   South Korea B 3
1995   Eduardo Hurtado   Ecuador 5
1997   Rade Bogdanović   FR Yugoslavia 2
  Choi Moon-sik   South Korea
  Seo Jung-won   South Korea
  Slaviša Jokanović   FR Yugoslavia
1999   Daniel Osorno   Mexico 2

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Korean: 박대통령컵 쟁탈 아시아축구대회, lit. President Park's Cup Asian Football Tournament; simply known as Park's Cup.
  2. ^ Korean: 대통령배 국제축구대회, lit. President's Cup International Football Tournament; simply known as President's Cup.

References

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  1. ^ "President's Cup (South Korea)". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 25 September 2022. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
  2. ^ 亞洲연맹서 결정 朴대통령盃 亞洲축구 내년5월 서울서. Naver (in Korean). Kyunghyang Shinmun. 17 August 1970. Archived from the original on 12 August 2022. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
  3. ^ 朴대통령컵 아시아축구 總評 세계頂上向한 據點확보. Naver (in Korean). Kyunghyang Shinmun. 17 May 1971. Archived from the original on 12 August 2022. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
  4. ^ 名稱도바꿔 朴대통령컵蹴球國際규모로. Naver (in Korean). Kyunghyang Shinmun. 8 January 1976. Archived from the original on 16 June 2024. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
  5. ^ 大統領盃(대통령배)국제축구내일開幕(개막). Naver (in Korean). Kyunghyang Shinmun. 7 September 1979. Archived from the original on 16 June 2024. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
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