Korean FA Cup

The Korean FA Cup is a national cup knockout competition involving K-League, National League, and various amateur and university-level clubs which is held by KFA.Its old format started from 1921 as All Korea Football Tournament(1921–1940) and National Football Championship(1946–2000), but the FA Cup as present format started from 1996, and KFA merged its old format with the FA Cup in 2000. The winner gains entry to the Asian Champions League.

History

All Korea Football Tournament was founded by Korea Sports Council in 1921 during Japanese ruling in Korea, which youth, student and adult football clubs from various provinces participated. After 1934, it became a part of Korean National Sports Festival which was the championship for various sports games and which was for Koreans against other sports championships operated by Japanese who lived in Korea. Korea Sports Council was disbanded in 1937 because of Japanese government's oppression, therefore, KFA succeed it after 1938, but it was all cancelled at last after 1940 due to the same reason during World War II.

After the liberation of Korea, KFA founded National Football Championship in 1946 which many clubs from all over Korea participated and which was opened in late...
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