1981 President's Cup Football Tournament

The 1981 President's Cup Football Tournament (Korean: 제11회 대통령배 국제축구대회) was the 11th competition of Korea Cup. The competition was held from 13 to 26 June 1981. South Korea and Racing de Córdoba played out a 2–2 draw and shared the trophy.

1981 President's Cup

Tournament details
Host country	South Korea
Dates	13–26 June
Teams	12
Final positions
Champions	South Korea (7th title) Racing (C) (1st title)
Third place	Vitória-ES
Fourth place	Danubio
Tournament statistics
Matches played	34
Goals scored	90 (2.65 per match)
Top scorer(s)	João Francisco (6 goals)[1]
← 1980 1982 →

Group stage

Group A

Racing de Córdoba and Japan national team in Daejeon

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Racing (C)	5	4	1	0	15	4	+11	9	Qualification to semi-finals
South Korea	5	3	2	0	10	3	+7	8
Saarbrücken	5	3	0	2	7	9	−2	6
Japan	5	2	0	3	4	4	0	4
Malaysia	5	1	0	4	3	12	−9	2
Châteauroux	5	0	1	4	5	12	−7	1

13 June 1981

15:30 UTC+9

South Korea	1–1	Châteauroux
Byun Byung-joo 5'	Report Newscast	Bellavia 51'

Dongdaemun Stadium, Seoul

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13 June 1981

17:15 UTC+9

Japan	0–1	Saarbrücken
	Report	Philippe 51'

Dongdaemun Stadium, Seoul

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13 June 1981

19:00 UTC+9

Racing (C)	6–0	Malaysia

Dongdaemun Stadium, Seoul

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15 June 1981

13:30 UTC+9

Châteauroux	0–2	Malaysia
	Report	Ibrahim 40' Julkipli 75'

Daejeon Hanbat Sports Complex, Daejeon

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15 June 1981

15:15 UTC+9

Racing (C)	1–0	Japan

Daejeon Hanbat Sports Complex, Daejeon

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15 June 1981

17:00 UTC+9

South Korea	4–1	Saarbrücken
Lee Kang-jo 21' Byun Byung-joo 41', 77' Cho Kwang-rae 51'	Report	Malek 56'

Daejeon Hanbat Sports Complex, Daejeon

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17 June 1981

13:30 UTC+9

Racing (C)	3–0	Saarbrücken
Amuchástegui 12' López 17' Molina 82'

Jeonju Sports Complex, Jeonju

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17 June 1981

15:15 UTC+9

Châteauroux	0–2	Japan
		Kato 33' Kaneda 80'

Jeonju Sports Complex, Jeonju

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17 June 1981

17:00 UTC+9

South Korea	2–0	Malaysia
Chung Hae-won 48', 52'

Jeonju Sports Complex, Jeonju

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19 June 1981

15:30 UTC+9

Châteauroux	1–3	Saarbrücken

Daegu Civic Stadium, Daegu

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19 June 1981

17:15 UTC+9

Japan	2–0	Malaysia
Yokoyama 22', 52'

Daegu Civic Stadium, Daegu

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19 June 1981

19:00 UTC+9

South Korea	1–1	Racing (C)
Byun Byung-joo 74'	Report	Ballejo 40' (pen.)

Daegu Civic Stadium, Daegu

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21 June 1981

13:30 UTC+9

Malaysia	1–2	Saarbrücken
? ?'		Metzger ?' Brehme ?'

Busan Gudeok Stadium, Busan

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21 June 1981

15:15 UTC+9

Châteauroux	3–4	Racing (C)
	Report	Arce ?', ?'

Busan Gudeok Stadium, Busan

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21 June 1981

17:00 UTC+9

South Korea	2–0	Japan
Oh Seok-jae 43' Lee Tae-yeop 77'

Busan Gudeok Stadium, Busan

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Danubio	5	4	1	0	9	4	+5	9	Qualification to semi-finals
Vitória-ES	5	3	2	0	8	1	+7	8
Malta	5	2	2	1	4	2	+2	6
Thailand	5	2	0	3	7	7	0	4
Liechtenstein	5	1	1	3	4	8	−4	3
Indonesia	5	0	0	5	4	14	−10	0

14 June 1981

13:30 UTC+9

Indonesia	0–4	Vitória-ES
	Report	Francisco ?', ?', ?' ? ?'

Daejeon Hanbat Sports Complex, Daejeon

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14 June 1981

15:15 UTC+9

Liechtenstein	1–1	Malta
Sklarski 29'		Buttigieg 80'

Daejeon Hanbat Sports Complex, Daejeon

Attendance: 2000

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14 June 1981

17:00 UTC+9

Danubio	3–2	Thailand
Ceres 14' Caraballo 48' Berrueta 60'	Report	Vorawan 75' Chalor 77'

Daejeon Hanbat Sports Complex, Daejeon

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16 June 1981

13:30 UTC+9

Danubio	3–1	Indonesia
Silva 18' (pen.) Caraballo 24' Gutiérrez 50'		Nasril 10'

Jeonju Sports Complex, Jeonju

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16 June 1981

15:15 UTC+9

Thailand	2–0	Liechtenstein
Chalor 46' Vorawan 66'

Jeonju Sports Complex, Jeonju

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16 June 1981

17:00 UTC+9

Malta	0–0	Vitória-ES

Jeonju Sports Complex, Jeonju

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18 June 1981

15:30 UTC+9

Malta	1–0	Indonesia
Xuereb 26'	Report

Daegu Civic Stadium, Daegu

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18 June 1981

17:15 UTC+9

Thailand	0–1	Vitória-ES
	Report	Francisco 9'

Daegu Civic Stadium, Daegu

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18 June 1981

19:00 UTC+9

Danubio	1–0	Liechtenstein
Pérez 65'	Report

Daegu Civic Stadium, Daegu

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20 June 1981

13:30 UTC+9

Thailand	3–1	Indonesia

Busan Gudeok Stadium, Busan

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20 June 1981

15:15 UTC+9

Liechtenstein	0–2	Vitória-ES
		Luiz Carlos 41' Francisco 67' (pen.)

Busan Gudeok Stadium, Busan

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20 June 1981

17:00 UTC+9

Danubio	1–0	Malta
Rivero 29'

Busan Gudeok Stadium, Busan

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22 June 1981

15:30 UTC+9

Indonesia	2–3	Liechtenstein
? ?', ?'	Report	Marxer 29', 33', 44'

Dongdaemun Stadium, Seoul

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22 June 1981

17:15 UTC+9

Thailand	0–2	Malta
		Degiorgio ?' Xuereb ?'

Dongdaemun Stadium, Seoul

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22 June 1981

19:00 UTC+9

Danubio	1–1	Vitória-ES
Caraballo 63' (pen.)		J. da Costa 84'

Dongdaemun Stadium, Seoul

Knockout stage

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	24 June – Seoul
	Racing (C)	2
					26 June – Seoul
	Vitória-ES	1
					Racing (C)	2
	24 June – Seoul
					South Korea	2
	Danubio	0
	South Korea	2
					Third place play-off
					26 June – Seoul
					Vitória-ES	1
					Danubio	0

Semi-finals

24 June 1981

17:00 UTC+9

Danubio	0–2	South Korea
	Report	Chung Hae-won 30' Byun Byung-joo 89'

Dongdaemun Stadium, Seoul

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24 June 1981

17:45 UTC+9

Racing (C)	2–1	Vitória-ES
López 41' Amuchástegui 65'	Report	Francisco 33'

Dongdaemun Stadium, Seoul

Third place play-off

26 June 1981

17:00 UTC+9

Danubio	0–1	Vitória-ES
	Report	César ?'

Dongdaemun Stadium, Seoul

Final

The final match originally had to play extra time, but the game was finished early by the agreement between both directors due to a violent atmosphere.^[2] The players of Racing de Córdoba received one red and five yellow cards in the final.^[3]

26 June 1981

18:45 UTC+9

South Korea	2–2	Racing (C)
Chung Hae-won 50' Cho Kwang-rae 74'	Report Newscast	Oyola 6' Molina 54'

Dongdaemun Stadium, Seoul

See also

• Korea Cup
• South Korea national football team results