ECO Cup
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | ECO Cup |
| RCD Cup(formerly) | |
| organiser | RCD |
| (1965–1974) | |
| ECO | |
| (1993) | |
| founded | 1965 |
| abolished | 1993 |
| region | AFC/UEFA |
| number of teams | 7 (1993) |
| current champions | Iran |
| most successful club | Iran |
| Turkey | |
| (3 titles each) | |
| :: |
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The ECO Cup was a football competition for members of Economic Cooperation Organization. Previously it was known as RCD Cup, RCD abbreviates Regional Corporation for Development and was an economic cooperation between Iran, Pakistan and Turkey from 1964 to 1979. A new organisation, ECO, was set up in 1985. In 1992, Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Azerbaijan joined ECO.
The countries that competed in one or more tournaments are Iran, Turkey, Pakistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan. Afghanistan and Uzbekistan never participated. Also Turkey did not participate in 1993 Tournament. 1993 was the last time this tournament was held.
Tournament format
RCD Cup from 1964 to 1974 was a three nation tournament and it had a league format structure. ECO Cup 1993 was a seven nation tournament with two groups for a group stage, followed by semi-finals and final. There was no 3rd place match.
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| Year | Host | Winner | Runner-up | 3rd Place | as RCD Cup | as ECO Cup |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1965 | ||||||
| Details | IRN Tehran, Iran | |||||
| 1967 | ||||||
| Details | PAK Dhaka, Pakistan | |||||
| 1969 | ||||||
| Details | TUR Ankara, Turkey | |||||
| 1970 | ||||||
| Details | IRN Tehran, Iran | |||||
| 1974 | ||||||
| Details | PAK Karachi, Pakistan | |||||
| 1993 | ||||||
| Details | IRN Tehran, Iran | and | ||||
| :: |
Medals (1965–1993)
| caption = | host = | flag_template = fb | event = | team = | gold_IRN = 3 | silver_IRN = 3 | bronze_IRN = 0 | gold_TUR = 3 | silver_TUR = 2 | bronze_TUR = 0 | gold_TKM = 0 | silver_TKM = 1 | bronze_TKM = 0 | gold_PAK = 0 | silver_PAK = 0 | bronze_PAK = 5 | gold_TJK = 0 | silver_TJK = 0 | bronze_TJK = 1 | gold_AZE = 0 | silver_AZE = 0 | bronze_AZE = 1
Summary (1965–1993)
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Participants
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| Nation | Total | Years |
|---|---|---|
| 6 | 1965, 1967, 1969, 1970, 1993 and including Malavan F.C. in 1974 | |
| 6 | 1965, 1967, 1969, 1970, 1974, 1993 | |
| 5 | 1965, 1967, 1969, 1970, 1974 | |
| 1 | 1993 | |
| 1 | 1993 | |
| 1 | 1993 | |
| 1 | 1993 | |
| Kazakhstan Kazakhstan U21 | 1 | 1993 |
| :: |
Comprehensive team results by tournament
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- — Champions
- — Runners-up
- — Third place
- SF — Semifinals (1993)
- R1 — Round 1
- — Did not enter / Withdrew
- — Hosts
For each tournament, the number of teams in each finals tournament (in brackets) are shown.
::data[format=table] | Team | IRN 1965 (3) | PAK 1967 (3) | TUR 1969 (3) | IRN 1970 (3) | PAK 1974 (3) | IRN 1993 (7) | |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| | | | | | | | SF 3rd | | | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 1st | | Kazakhstan Kazakhstan U21 | | | | | | R1 | | | | | | | | R1 | | | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | R1 | | | | | | | | SF 3rd | | | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 1st | | | | | | | | | 2nd | ::
Notes
References
References
- "RCD PACT Tournaments 1965-1974".
- Ahsan, Ali. (2010-12-23). "A history of football in Pakistan — Part II".
- "ECO Tournament 1993 - Tehran, Iran".
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