Korea Cup

Not to be confused with Korean President's Cup National Football Tournament, contested between South Korea's semi-professional clubs.

For South Korea's national football cup, see Korean FA Cup.

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 body	Korea Football Association
Founded	1971
Abolished	1999
Region	International
Most successful team(s)	South Korea (12 titles)

History

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

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

Titles by team

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

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

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

Most Valuable Player

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

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+[a]
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

1. Scored at least six goals.

See also

• South Korea national football team
• South Korea national football B team
• Korea Football Association
• Peace Cup

Notes

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.