Association football tournament in South Korea
Not to be confused with
Korea Cup
, held from 1971 to 1999.
Football tournament
The
Korea Cup
(
Korean
:
코리아컵
), formerly the
Korean FA Cup
, is a national
football
cup knockout competition of South Korea, held annually by the
Korea Football Association
(KFA). Before the competition was established in 1996, two similar tournaments named
All Joseon Football Tournament
(1921?1940) and
Korean National Football Championship
(1946?2000) were played. It was renamed Korea Cup in 2024,
[1]
with the winners qualifying for the
AFC Champions League Elite
(if they finish top four in the
K League 1
) or the
AFC Champions League Two
(if they finish outside the top four in the K League 1).
[2]
History
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The
All Joseon Football Tournament
was founded by the
Joseon Sports Council
in 1921, during Japanese rule in
Korea
. Youth, student and adult football clubs from various provinces participated. After 1934, it became a part of the
Korean National Sports Festival
, which was the championship for various sports games and matched Koreans against other sports championships operated by Japanese who lived in Korea. The Joseon Sports Council was disbanded in 1937, due to the Japanese government's oppression, and the
Joseon Football Association
(currently KFA) succeeded it after 1938, but was cancelled after 1940 for the same reason during
World War II
.
[3]
[4]
After the liberation of Korea, the KFA founded the
National Football Championship
and the
President's Cup
, entered by many semi-professional clubs and amateur clubs from all over South Korea. They opened in spring and late autumn each.
The
National Football Championship
declined after the founding of the
K League
, because professional clubs and famous players didn't take part in it. There were several efforts to make professional clubs join the tournament,
[5]
and it became so successful that many top-rank clubs joined the championship, renamed "FA Cup", during 1988 and 1989 season.
[6]
However, it soon returned to a semi-professional tournament in 1990, because of discord between the KFA and professional clubs. The current FA Cup separated from the National Championship in 1996, and two competitions merged again since 2001. The President's Cup was also abolished in 2010.
Format
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1996?2005
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The Korean FA Cup took place after the end of the regular
K League
season, and was usually completed over a short period. Games were played in a single-elimination format, with extra time and penalties if required. K League sides were seeded in the 1st round of the tournament proper, but all matches were played at neutral venues, such as
Gimcheon
and
Namhae
.
2006?present
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To elevate the status of the tournament, matches were spread throughout the year. The 2006 edition, for example, started in early March, with rounds also held in April, July, August and November. The final was played in December. As in previous years, the competition was contested in a straight knockout format.
Sponsor
|
Season
|
Competition
|
None
|
1996?1997
|
FA Cup
|
TG Sambo
|
1998
|
Sambo Change Up FA Cup
|
1999
|
Sambo Computer FA Cup
|
Seoul Bank
|
2000?2001
|
Seoul Bank FA Cup
|
2002
|
Hana-Seoul Bank FA Cup
|
Hana Bank
|
2002
|
2003?2015
|
Hana Bank FA Cup
|
2015?2019
|
KEB Hana Bank FA Cup
|
2020?2021
|
Hana Bank FA Cup
|
2022?2023
|
Hana 1Q FA Cup
|
2024?present
|
Hana 1Q Korea Cup
|
Results
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Finals
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Titles by club
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- Clubs shown in
italics
no longer exist.
Club
|
Champions
|
Runners-up
|
Winning seasons
|
Runners-up seasons
|
Pohang Steelers
|
5
|
3
|
1996
,
2008
,
2012
,
2013
,
2023
|
2001
,
2002
,
2007
|
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
|
5
|
3
|
2000
,
2003
,
2005
,
2020
,
2022
|
1999
,
2013
,
2023
|
Suwon Samsung Bluewings
|
5
|
3
|
2002
,
2009
,
2010
,
2016
,
2019
|
1996
,
2006
,
2011
|
Jeonnam Dragons
|
4
|
1
|
1997
,
2006
,
2007
,
2021
|
2003
|
Seongnam FC
|
3
|
3
|
1999
,
2011
,
2014
|
1997
,
2000
,
2009
|
FC Seoul
|
2
|
3
|
1998
,
2015
|
2014
,
2016
,
2022
|
Ulsan HD
|
1
|
3
|
2017
|
1998
,
2018
,
2020
|
Busan IPark
|
1
|
2
|
2004
|
2010
,
2017
|
Daegu FC
|
1
|
1
|
2018
|
2021
|
Daejeon Citizen
|
1
|
0
|
2001
|
?
|
Gyeongnam FC
|
0
|
2
|
?
|
2008
,
2012
|
Jeju United
|
0
|
1
|
?
|
2004
|
Hyundai Mipo Dockyard
|
0
|
1
|
?
|
2005
|
Incheon United
|
0
|
1
|
?
|
2015
|
Daejeon Korail
|
0
|
1
|
?
|
2019
|
Awards
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Most Valuable Player
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Top goalscorer
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- Until 2019, only goals in the final rounds (from the round of 32 onwards) counted in the rankings.
- The award was not presented when no one scored more than three goals (two goals until 2007).
- The award was not presented when three or more players became top goalscorers.
[7]
See also
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References
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