Korea Cup
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Korea Cup |
| organiser | Korea Football Association |
| founded | 1971 |
| abolished | 1999 |
| region | International |
| most successful team | (12 titles) |
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The Korea Cup (, Korea Cup International Football Tournament) was an international football tournament held annually in South Korea from 1971 to 1999.
History
The Korea Cup was created with the name President's Cup Football Tournament by the Korea Football Association in 1971, 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. It was renamed previous President's Cup Football Tournament in 1979, 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 | ** | ||||
| ** | — | 8 | ||||
| 2 | 1972 | **** | 8 | |||
| 3 | 1973 | ** | ||||
| ** | — | 6 | ||||
| 4 | 1974 | **** | IDN PSMS Medan | 7 | ||
| 5 | 1975 | **** | IRN Homa | JPN Japan B | 8 | |
| 6 | 1976 | ** | ||||
| BRA São Paulo U21** | — | KOR South Korea B | 10 | |||
| 7 | 1977 | BRA São Paulo U21 | ||||
| — | 9 | |||||
| 8 | 1978 | **** | USA Washington Diplomats | KOR South Korea B | MAR AS FAR | 15 |
| 9 | 1979 | BRA Vitória-ES | KOR South Korea B | 10 | ||
| 10 | 1980 | **** | KOR South Korea B | THA Thailand B | 6 | |
| 11 | 1981 | ** | ||||
| ARG Racing (C)** | — | BRA Vitória-ES | URU Danubio | 12 | ||
| 12 | 1982 | ** | ||||
| BRA Operário-MS** | — | NED PSV Eindhoven | KOR Hallelujah FC | 10 | ||
| 13 | 1983 | NED PSV Eindhoven | 11 | |||
| 14 | 1984 | BRA Bangu | KOR Hallelujah FC | FRG Bayer Leverkusen | 8 | |
| 15 | 1985 | **** | KOR South Korea B | BRA Bangu | 12 | |
| 16 | 1987 | **** | KOR South Korea B | |||
| No third place match | 12 | |||||
| 17 | 1988 | TCH Czechoslovakia XI | URS Soviet Union XI | NGA Iwuanyanwu Nationale | 16 | |
| 18 | 1989 | **** | DEN Brøndby IF | POR Benfica | 8 | |
| 19 | 1991 | **** | ||||
| URS Soviet Union B | No third place match | 8 | ||||
| 20 | 1993 | **** | CZE Czechoslovakia XI | |||
| ROU Romania XI | No third place match | 8 | ||||
| 21 | 1995 | **** | ||||
| No third place match | 8 | |||||
| 22 | 1997 | **** | 4 | |||
| 23 | 1999 | **** | 4 | |||
| :: |
Statistics
Titles by team
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| Team | Champions | Runners-up |
|---|---|---|
| 12 (1971*, 1974, 1975, 1976*, 1978, 1980, 1981*, 1982*, 1985, 1987, 1991, 1997) | 4 (1977, 1979 ,1983, 1993) | |
| 3 (1971*, 1972, 1973*) | 1 (1975) | |
| BRA São Paulo U21 | 2 (1976*, 1977) | — |
| 1 (1993) | 1 (1991) | |
| 1 (1973*) | — | |
| BRA Vitória-ES | 1 (1979) | — |
| ARG Racing (C) | 1 (1981*) | — |
| BRA Operário-MS | 1 (1982*) | — |
| NED PSV Eindhoven | 1 (1983) | — |
| BRA Bangu | 1 (1984) | — |
| TCH Czechoslovakia XI | 1 (1988) | — |
| 1 (1989) | — | |
| 1 (1995) | — | |
| 1 (1999) | — | |
| — | 2 (1972, 1980) | |
| IDN PSMS Medan | — | 1 (1974) |
| USA Washington Diplomats | — | 1 (1978) |
| KOR South Korea B | — | 1 (1984) |
| KOR Hallelujah FC | — | 1 (1985) |
| — | 1 (1987) | |
| URS Soviet Union XI | — | 1 (1988) |
| DEN Brøndby | — | 1 (1989) |
| — | 1 (1995) | |
| — | 1 (1997) | |
| — | 1 (1999) | |
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Titles by nation
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| Nation | Champions | Runners-up |
|---|---|---|
| 12 (1971*, 1974, 1975, 1976*, 1978, 1980, 1981*, 1982*, 1985, 1987, 1991, 1997) | 6 (1977, 1979 ,1983, 1984, 1985, 1993) | |
| 5 (1976*, 1977, 1979, 1982*, 1984) | — | |
| MYA Burma | 3 (1971*, 1972, 1973*) | 1 (1975) |
| 2 (1988, 1989) | — | |
| 1 (1993) | 1 (1991) | |
| CAM Khmer Republic | 1 (1973*) | — |
| 1 (1981*) | — | |
| 1 (1983) | — | |
| 1 (1995) | — | |
| 1 (1999) | — | |
| — | 3 (1972, 1974, 1980) | |
| — | 1 (1978) | |
| — | 1 (1987) | |
| — | 1 (1988) | |
| — | 1 (1989) | |
| — | 1 (1995) | |
| FRY FR Yugoslavia | — | 1 (1997) |
| — | 1 (1999) | |
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All-time table
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| Team | Part | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 | 125 | 86 | 25 | 14 | 290 | 77 | +213 | 283 | |
| KOR South Korea B | 11 | 51 | 21 | 11 | 19 | 67 | 66 | +1 | 74 |
| 6 | 29 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 48 | 21 | +27 | 55 | |
| 15 | 56 | 12 | 15 | 29 | 70 | 103 | –33 | 51 | |
| 5 | 22 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 36 | 21 | +15 | 41 | |
| 9 | 37 | 11 | 6 | 20 | 52 | 78 | –26 | 39 | |
| BRA São Paulo U21 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 34 | 4 | +30 | 36 |
| NED PSV Eindhoven | 2 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 39 | 10 | +29 | 31 |
| BRA Vitória-ES | 2 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 30 | 8 | +22 | 30 |
| 9 | 37 | 8 | 5 | 24 | 57 | 85 | –28 | 29 | |
| 2 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 19 | 5 | +14 | 25 | |
| BRA Bangu | 2 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 22 | 9 | +13 | 22 |
| 2 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 27 | 16 | +11 | 20 | |
| 5 | 21 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 22 | 47 | –25 | 20 | |
| TCH Czechoslovakia XI | 2 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 10 | +4 | 18 |
| KOR Hallelujah FC | 2 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 15 | +2 | 18 |
| ARG Racing (C) | 1 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 7 | +12 | 17 |
| 3 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 15 | –2 | 17 | |
| 4 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 29 | –15 | 17 | |
| URS Soviet Union XI | 1 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 2 | +8 | 15 |
| BRA Operário-MS | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 7 | +6 | 14 |
| 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 4 | +8 | 13 | |
| 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 4 | +6 | 13 | |
| URU Danubio | 1 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 13 |
| 3 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 19 | 28 | –9 | 13 | |
| USA Washington Diplomats | 1 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 12 | +3 | 12 |
| 2 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 8 | +2 | 12 | |
| IRN Homa | 1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 3 | +6 | 11 |
| 2 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 14 | –6 | 10 | |
| IRN PAS Tehran | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 9 |
| DEN Brøndby | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 9 |
| GER Saarbrücken | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 9 | –2 | 9 |
| HUN Hungary XI | 2 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 11 | –3 | 9 |
| 3 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 14 | 19 | –5 | 9 | |
| 2 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 18 | –11 | 8 | |
| MAS Malaysia B | 3 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 28 | –18 | 8 |
| YUG Velež Mostar | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 7 |
| MEX Atlas | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 7 |
| ITA Genoa | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 10 | –1 | 7 |
| NGA Iwuanyanwu Nationale | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | –1 | 7 |
| MAR AS FAR | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | –1 | 7 |
| THA Thailand B | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | –1 | 7 |
| 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | –4 | 7 | |
| JPN Japan B | 2 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 12 | –7 | 7 |
| MEX Mexico XI | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 6 |
| URU Central Español | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 6 |
| 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 6 | |
| 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 6 | |
| 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 6 | |
| NED Fortuna Sittard | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | –3 | |
| POR Benfica | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 11 | –5 | 6 |
| 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 16 | –7 | 6 | |
| 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 23 | –13 | 6 | |
| 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 5 | |
| 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 5 | |
| ROU Romania XI | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 5 |
| ARG Deportivo Español | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | –3 | |
| CHI Chile B | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | –3 | 5 |
| IDN PSMS Medan | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | –5 | 5 |
| FRG Bayer Leverkusen | 2 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 16 | –8 | 5 |
| IDN Indonesia B | 2 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 21 | –18 | 5 |
| 3 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 25 | –19 | 5 | |
| 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 4 | |
| 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 | |
| TUR Turkey Olympic | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | –1 | 4 |
| ARG Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP) | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | –1 | 4 |
| KOR Yukong Elephants | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | –2 | 4 |
| URS Soviet Union B | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | –2 | 4 |
| 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | –4 | 4 | |
| ARG Huracán | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 12 | –6 | 4 |
| USA United States Olympic | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 3 |
| PER Alianza Lima | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | –1 | 3 | |
| URU Nacional | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | –1 | 3 |
| BRA Rio de Janeiro XI | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | –3 | 3 |
| 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | –4 | 3 | |
| LIB Racing Beirut | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 14 | –6 | 3 |
| ENG Middlesex Wanderers | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 10 | –6 | 3 |
| 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 16 | –12 | 3 | |
| BEL Mechelen | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | –1 | 2 |
| SWE Trelleborg | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | –2 | 2 |
| ENG Queens Park Rangers | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | –3 | 2 |
| BEL Cercle Brugge | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | –4 | 2 |
| IDN Warna Agung | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | –4 | 2 |
| MEX Atlante | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | –4 | 2 |
| AUS Australia B | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | –2 | 1 |
| 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | –2 | 1 | |
| PER Sporting Cristal | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | –3 | 1 |
| USA United States Universiade | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | –3 | 1 |
| 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | –4 | 1 | |
| IRL Shamrock Rovers | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | –4 | 1 |
| SCO Kilmarnock | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | –5 | 1 |
| ITA Serie C U21 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | –5 | 1 |
| FRG Eintracht Frankfurt | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | –5 | 1 |
| 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | –5 | 1 | |
| FRA Châteauroux | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 | –7 | 1 |
| MAS Perak | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 11 | –7 | 1 |
| BHR Bahrain B | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 11 | –8 | 1 |
| BEL Lierse | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | –3 | 0 |
| 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 11 | –10 | 0 | |
| 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 13 | –12 | 0 | |
| 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 22 | –22 | 0 | |
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Awards
Most Valuable Player
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| Year | Player | Team |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | KOR Ha Seok-ju | |
| 1993 | EGY Ahmed Shobair | |
| 1995 | ECU Energio Díaz | |
| 1997 | KOR Ha Seok-ju | |
| 1999 | CRO Josip Šimić | |
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Top goalscorer
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| Year | Player | Team | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | IDN Iswadi Idris | 7 | |
| 1972 | IDN Abdul Kadir | 6 | |
| 1973 | KOR Kim Jin-kook | 3 | |
| KOR Kim Jae-han | |||
| MAS R. Visvanathan | |||
| KOR Cha Bum-kun | |||
| 1974 | KOR Park Lee-chun | 6 | |
| 1975 | Unknown | ||
| 1976 | KOR Cha Bum-kun | 7 | |
| 1977 | KOR Cha Bum-kun | 6 | |
| 1978 | KOR Kim Jae-han | 6 | |
| 1979 | BRA João Francisco | BRA Vitória-ES | 8 |
| 1980 | KOR Chung Hae-won | 7 | |
| 1981 | BRA João Francisco | BRA Vitória-ES | 6 |
| 1982 | NED Ruud Geels | NED PSV Eindhoven | 7 |
| 1983 | NED Jurrie Koolhof | NED PSV Eindhoven | 6 |
| 1984 | BRA Paulinho Criciúma | BRA Bangu | 5 |
| 1985 | IRQ Karim Saddam | 6+ | |
| 1987 | AUS Frank Farina | 4 | |
| 1988 | TCH Milan Luhový | TCH Czechoslovakia XI | 4 |
| MEX Alberto Mariscal | MEX Atlas | ||
| KOR Choi Soon-ho | |||
| 1989 | TCH Pavel Černý | 5 | |
| 1991 | KOR Ha Seok-ju | 4 | |
| 1993 | KOR Cho Jin-ho | KOR South Korea B | 3 |
| 1995 | ECU Eduardo Hurtado | 5 | |
| 1997 | FR Yugoslavia Rade Bogdanović | 2 | |
| KOR Choi Moon-sik | |||
| KOR Seo Jung-won | |||
| FR Yugoslavia Slaviša Jokanović | |||
| 1999 | MEX Daniel Osorno | 2 | |
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Notes
References
References
- "President's Cup (South Korea)".
- link. [[Kyunghyang Shinmun]]. (1970-08-17)
- link. [[Kyunghyang Shinmun]]. (1971-05-17)
- link. [[Kyunghyang Shinmun]]. (1976-01-08)
- link. [[Kyunghyang Shinmun]]. (1979-09-07)
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