Panda Cup

The Panda Cup International Youth Football Tournament (Chinese: 熊猫杯国际青年足球邀请赛) is an annual international youth football tournament that is held in the city of Chengdu, China.

Panda Cup
Organising bodyCFA and Chengdu Football Association
Founded2014
RegionInternational
Number of teams4
Current champions South Korea (1st title)
Most successful team(s) Japan (2 titles)
2019 Panda Cup

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 China 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
Year Champion Runner-up Third-placed Fourth-placed Number of teams
2014
Details
  Brazil  Croatia  China PR  New Zealand
4
2015
Details
  Japan  Slovakia  China PR  Kyrgyzstan
4
2016
Details
  Japan  Croatia  China PR  Czech Republic
4
2017
Details
  Hungary  Slovakia  Iran  China PR
4
2018
Details
  China PR  England  Hungary  Uruguay
4
2019
Details
  South Korea[note 1]  Thailand  New Zealand  China PR
4
  1. Following the tournament, South Korea were stripped of the trophy due to disrespectful and offensive behaviour [4]

References
  1. "（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.
  2. "Logo of 2014 Panda Cup Comes out". www.gochengdu.cn. 28 May 2014. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
  3. "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.
  4. "S Korea stripped of Panda Cup by China amid online outrage" Taipei Times/AFP (2019-05-31) http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/sport/archives/2019/05/31/2003716090
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