The King's Cup is an international football tournament held in Thailand, organised by the Football Association of Thailand.[1][2] The winner of the competition is given the royal trophy by the King of Thailand.[3] The host, Thailand, is a participant in every edition.[4] 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.[5][6][7]
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| Organising body | Football Association of Thailand |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1968 |
| Region | International |
| Number of teams | 4 |
| Current champions |  Thailand (16th title) |
| Most successful team(s) | Thailand (16 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.[8][9]
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Venues
| Stadium | Capacity | Location | Year(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rajamangala National Stadium | 49,722 | Bangkok | 2000, 2007, 2012, 2016–2018 |
| Suphachalasai Stadium | 19,793 | Bangkok | 2001–2004, 2006 |
| Surakul Stadium | 15,000 | Phuket | 2005, 2009 |
| 80th Birthday Stadium | 24,641 | Nakhon Ratchasima | 2009, 2010, 2015 |
| 700th Anniversary Stadium | 25,000 | Chiang Mai | 2013, 2022–2023 |
| Chang Arena | 32,600 | Buriram | 2019 |
| Tinsulanon Stadium | 30,000 | Songkhla | 2024[10] |
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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[11] |
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) |
Thailand |
2–1 | Syria |
 Philippines |
3–0 | Tajikistan |
| 2025 (Details) |
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Teams' achievements
*/** Trophy shared or place shared
1 Sweden and Finland represented players from Scandinavian leagues only
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Medals by nations (1968–2024)
Update after 2024 King's Cup (50th).
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thailand (THA) | 16 | 12 | 21 | 49 |
| 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 | |
 Syria (SYR) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 25 |  Austria (AUT) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Belarus (BLR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Egypt (EGY) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Jordan (JOR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 29 |  India (IND) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
 Lebanon (LIB) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
 South Vietnam (VSO) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 32 |  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 | |
 Philippines (PHI) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Qatar (QAT) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Uzbekistan (UZB) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (40 entries) | 53 | 47 | 55 | 155 | |
- 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.
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Participated nations
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References
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External links
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