King's Cup (Thailand)
The King's Cup is an international football tournament held in Thailand, organized by the Football Association of Thailand. The host, Thailand, is a participant in every edition. The tournament was founded in 1968, and has been held every year since, with the exception of 1983, 1985, 2008, 2011, 2014, 2020 and 2021.[1][2][3]
| Organising body | FA Thailand |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1968 |
| Region | International |
| Number of teams | 4 |
| Current champions | Iraq (1st title) |
| Most successful team(s) | Thailand (15 titles) |
| 2024 King's Cup | |
In some years, the competition has featured club or invitational teams as well as international sides. Various prominent footballers have participated in this tournament, including Cha Bum-kun, Sunil Chhetri, Peter Schmeichel, Jesper Olsen, Brian Laudrup, Henrik Larsson, Robert Lewandowski, Martin Škrtel, Milan Škriniar, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.[4][5]
Venues
| Stadium | Capacity | Location | Year(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rajamangala National Stadium | 49,722 | Bang Kapi, Bangkok | 2000, 2007, 2012, 2016–2018 |
| Suphachalasai Stadium | 19,793 | Pathum Wan, Bangkok | 2001–2004, 2006 |
| Surakul Stadium | 15,000 | Mueang, Phuket | 2005, 2009 |
| 80th Birthday Stadium | 24,641 | Mueang, Nakhon Ratchasima | 2009, 2010, 2015 |
| 700th Anniversary Stadium | 25,000 | Mueang, Chiang Mai | 2013, 2022–2023 |
| Chang Arena | 32,600 | Mueang, Buriram | 2019 |
Tournaments
| Year | Final | Third place match | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | Score | Runner-up | Third place | Score | Fourth place | |
| 1968 (Details) |
Indonesia |
1–0 | Burma |
Thailand |
6–0 | Malaysia |
| 1969 (Details) |
South Korea |
1–0 | Indonesia |
South Vietnam |
7–0 | Laos |
| 1970 (Details) |
South Korea |
1–0 | Thailand |
Malaysia |
3–1 | Indonesia |
| 1971 (Details) |
South Korea |
1–0 | Thailand |
South Vietnam |
3–2 | Indonesia |
| Year | Final | Third place shared | ||||
| Winner | Score | Runner-up | Co-Third place | Score | Co-Third place | |
| 1972 (Details) |
Malaysia |
1–0 | Thailand |
South Korea |
0–0 | Singapore |
| Year | Final | Third place match | ||||
| Winner | Score | Runner-up | Third place | Score | Fourth place | |
| 1973 (Details) |
South Korea |
2–1 | Malaysia |
Thailand |
1–0 | Burma |
| 1974 (Details) |
South Korea |
3–1 (a.e.t.) | Thailand |
Malaysia |
3–0 | Khmer Republic |
| 1975 (Details) |
South Korea |
1–0 | Burma |
Thailand |
No playoffs | Malaysia |
| Year | Final (Trophy shared) | Third place match | ||||
| Co-Winner | Score | Co-Winner | Third place | Score | Fourth place | |
| 1976 (Details) |
Thailand |
1–1 | Malaysia |
South Korea |
3–1 | Thailand B |
| 1977 (Details) |
South Korea B |
1–1 | Malaysia |
India |
No playoffs | Thailand |
| Year | Final | Third place match | ||||
| Winner | Score | Runner-up | Third place | Score | Fourth place | |
| 1978 (Details) |
Malaysia |
3–2 | Singapore |
South Korea B |
2–1 | Thailand |
| Year | Final | Third place shared | ||||
| Winner | Score | Runner-up | Co-Third place | Score | Co-Third place | |
| 1979 (Details) |
Thailand |
1–0 | South Korea B |
Thailand B |
2–2 | Singapore |
| Year | Final (Trophy shared) | Third place shared | ||||
| Co-Winner | Score | Co-Winner | Co-Third place | Score | Co-Third place | |
| 1980 (Details) |
Thailand |
0–0 | South Korea Army |
China |
2–2 | Thailand B |
| Year | Final | Third place match | ||||
| Winner | Score | Runner-up | Third place | Score | Fourth place | |
| 1981 (Details) |
Thailand |
2–1 (a.e.t.) | North Korean Army |
Polonia Warszawa |
2–0 | August 1 |
| 1982 (Details) |
Thailand |
0–0 (a.e.t.) (4–3 p) |
South Korea |
Thailand B |
3–2 (p) | Singapore |
| 1983 | Not held | |||||
| 1984 (Details) |
Thailand |
3–0 | Indonesia |
Western Australia |
1–0 | Liverpool Amateur |
| 1985 | Not held | |||||
| 1986 (Details) |
North Korea |
2–1 | AGF Aarhus |
Thailand |
1–0 | August 1 |
| 1987 (Details) |
North Korea |
1–0 | POSCO Atoms |
Thailand |
3–2 | Indonesia |
| 1988 (Details) |
Denmark Olympics |
1–0 | FC Swarovski Tirol |
Thailand |
4–2 | USSR XI |
| 1989 (Details) |
Thailand |
3–1 | SC Rotor Volgograd |
Lucky-Goldstar FC |
2–1 | China |
| 1990 (Details) |
Thailand |
2–1 (a.e.t.) | SC Rotor Volgograd |
Yukong Elephants |
5–4 (p) | Shanghai |
| 1991 (Details) |
China PR Olympics |
3–1 | SC Rotor Volgograd |
Thailand |
5–4 (p) | Thailand Olympics |
| 1992 (Details) |
Thailand |
2–0 | FC Berlin |
Thailand B |
1–0 | Tianjin |
| 1993 (Details) |
China |
4–0 | Thailand |
South Korea Semi-professional XI |
6–5 (p) | Thailand Olympics |
| 1994 (Details) |
Thailand B |
4–0 | Westfalia Amateurs |
SC Rotor Volgograd |
5–3 (p) | Thailand |
| Year | Final | Third place shared | ||||
| Winner | Score | Runner-up | Co-Third place | Score | Co-Third place | |
| 1995 (Details) |
SC Rotor Volgograd |
3–0 | Japan XI |
Thailand |
No playoffs | Thailand B |
| Year | Final | Third place match | ||||
| Winner | Score | Runner-up | Third place | Score | Fourth place | |
| 1996 (Details) |
Romania |
2–1 | Denmark |
Thailand |
5–2 | Finland |
| 1997 (Details) |
Sweden (Scandinavian leagues) |
2–0 | Thailand |
Japan XI |
3–1 | Romania |
| 1998 (Details) |
South Korea |
6–5 (p) | Egypt |
Denmark B |
3–0 | Thailand |
| 1999 (Details) |
Brazil U-20 |
7–1 | North Korea |
Thailand |
3–1 | Hungarian League XI |
| 2000 (Details) |
Thailand |
5–1 | Finland |
Brazil U-17 |
1–0 | Estonia |
| 2001 (Details) |
Sweden (Scandinavian leagues) |
3–0 | China |
Thailand |
2–0 | Qatar |
| 2002 (Details) |
North Korea |
0–0 (a.e.t.) (4–3 p) |
Thailand |
Qatar |
2–0 | Singapore |
| 2003 (Details) |
Sweden (Scandinavian leagues) |
4–0 | North Korea |
Thailand |
3–1 | Qatar |
| 2004 (Details) |
Slovakia |
1–1 (a.e.t.) (5–4 p) |
Thailand |
Hungary |
5–0 | Estonia |
| 2005 (Details) |
Latvia |
2–1 | North Korea |
Thailand |
No playoffs | Oman |
| 2006 (Details) |
Thailand |
3–1 | Vietnam |
Kazakhstan |
No playoffs | Singapore |
| 2007 (Details) |
Thailand |
1–0 | Iraq B[6] |
North Korea |
No playoffs | Uzbekistan |
| 2008 | Not held | |||||
| 2009 (Details) |
Denmark League XI |
2–2 (a.e.t.) (5–3 p) |
Thailand |
Lebanon |
1–0 | North Korea |
| 2010 (Details) |
Denmark |
No playoffs | Poland |
Thailand |
No playoffs | Singapore |
| 2011 | Not held | |||||
| 2012 (Details) |
South Korea U-23 |
No playoffs | Denmark League XI |
Norway |
No playoffs | Thailand |
| Year | Final | Third place shared | ||||
| Winner | Score | Runner-up | Co-Third place | Score | Co-Third place | |
| 2013 (Details) |
Sweden (Scandinavian leagues) |
3–0 | Finland (Scandinavian leagues) |
Thailand |
2–2 | North Korea |
| Year | Final | Third place match | ||||
| Winner | Score | Runner-up | Third place | Score | Fourth place | |
| 2014 | Not held | |||||
| 2015 (Details) |
South Korea U-23 |
No playoffs | Thailand |
Uzbekistan U-23 |
No playoffs | Honduras U-20 |
| 2016 (Details) |
Thailand |
2–0 | Jordan |
Syria |
1–0 | UAE |
| 2017 (Details) |
Thailand |
0–0 (a.e.t.) (5–4 p) |
Belarus B |
Burkina Faso |
3–3 (a.e.t.) (7–6 p) |
North Korea |
| 2018 (Details) |
3–2 | Gabon |
1–0 | United Arab Emirates | ||
| 2019 (Details) |
1–1 (a.e.t.) (5−4 p) |
Vietnam |
India |
1–0 | Thailand | |
| 2020–2021 | Not held | |||||
| 2022 (Details) |
Tajikistan |
0–0 (3−0 p) |
Malaysia |
Thailand |
2–1 | Trinidad and Tobago |
| 2023 (Details) |
Iraq |
2–2 (5−4 p) |
Thailand |
Lebanon |
1–0 | India |
| 2024 (Details) |
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Teams' achievements
*/** Trophy shared or place shared
1 Sweden and Finland represented players from Scandinavian leagues only
Medals by nations (1968–2023)
Update after 2023 King's Cup (49th).
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thailand (THA) | 15 | 12 | 21 | 48 |
| 2 | South Korea (KOR) | 11 | 3 | 6 | 20 |
| 3 | Malaysia (MAS) | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| 4 | Sweden (SWE) | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | North Korea (PRK) | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 |
| 6 | Denmark (DEN) | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| 7 | China (CHN) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 | Slovakia (SVK) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | Russia (RUS) | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 10 | Indonesia (INA) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 11 | Iraq (IRQ) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | Brazil (BRA) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 13 | Curaçao (CUR) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Latvia (LAT) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Romania (ROU) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Tajikistan (TJK) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 17 | Finland (FIN) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Germany (GER) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Myanmar (MYA) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Vietnam (VIE) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| 21 | Singapore (SIN) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 22 | Japan (JPN) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Poland (POL) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 24 | Austria (AUT) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Belarus (BLR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Egypt (EGY) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Jordan (JOR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 28 | India (IND) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Lebanon (LIB) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| South Vietnam (VSO) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 31 | Australia (AUS) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Burkina Faso (BUR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Gabon (GAB) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Hungary (HUN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Kazakhstan (KAZ) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Norway (NOR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Qatar (QAT) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Syria (SYR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Uzbekistan (UZB) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (39 entries) | 52 | 46 | 54 | 152 | |
- Note 1: Gold shared in 1976, 1977 and 1980 and not awarded silver in this years.
- Note 2: Third place shared in 1972, 1979, 1980, 1995 and 2013.
Participated nations
References
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