Panda Cup
Organising body | CFA and Chengdu Football Association |
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Founded | 2014 |
Region | International |
Number of teams | 4 |
Current champions | South Korea (1st title) |
Most successful team(s) | Japan (2 titles) |
2023 Panda Cup |
The Panda Cup International Youth Football Tournament (Chinese:
The tournament was first announced in April 2014.[1]
The original logo was designed by a Los Angeles–based Chinese student; it was inspired by a Chinese dragon, a giant panda and the Olympic rings.[2]
Originally an under-19 event, the tournament format began as a single round league format. Prior to the 2019 event tournament the Chinese Football Association announced the intention to expand the format in future years to include more teams or multiple age groups. An international youth football development seminar and other events run in conjunction with the Panda Cup.[3]
Previous Tournaments[edit]
Years | Champions | Runners-up | Third-place | Fourth-place | Number of teams |
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2014
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Brazil | Croatia | China | New Zealand | 4
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2015
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Japan | Slovakia | China | Kyrgyzstan | 4
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2016
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Japan | Croatia | China | Czech Republic | 4
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2017
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Hungary | Slovakia | Iran | China | 4
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2018
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China | England | Hungary | Uruguay | 4
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2019
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South Korea | Thailand | New Zealand | China | 4
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2023
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4
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References[edit]
- ^ "(
中国 足 球 )2014国 际青年 足 球 邀请赛6月 将 在 成都 举行巴 西 、克 罗地亚、新西 兰派队参赛_网易体育 ". sports.163.com (in Chinese). 24 April 2017. Archived from the original on 13 October 2017. Retrieved 23 May 2017. - ^ "Logo of 2014 Panda Cup Comes out". www.gochengdu.cn. 28 May 2014. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
- ^ "2019
熊 猫 杯 赛程出 炉 :中国 U18国 青 5月 底 对阵韩国" (in Chinese). Sports.sina.com. Sina. 15 May 2019. Retrieved 17 May 2019.