ECO Cup


The ECO Cup was a football competition for members of Economic Cooperation Organization. Previously it was known as RCD Cup, RCD abbreviates Regional Corporation for Development and was an economic cooperation between Iran, Pakistan and Turkey from 1964 to 1979. A new organisation, ECO, was set up in 1985. In 1992, Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Azerbaijan joined ECO.
The countries that competed in one or more tournaments are Iran, Turkey, Pakistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan. Afghanistan and Uzbekistan never participated. Also Turkey did not participate in 1993 Tournament. 1993 was the last time this tournament was held.

Tournament Format

RCD Cup from 1964 to 1974 was a three nation tournament and it had a league format structure. ECO Cup 1993 was a seven nation tournament with two groups for a group stage, followed by semi-finals and final. There was no 3rd place match.
YearHostWinnerRunner-up3rd Place
1965
Details		Tehran, Iran
1967
Details		Lahore, Pakistan
1969
Details		Ankara, Turkey
1970
Details		Tehran, Iran
1974
Details		Karachi, Pakistan
Malavan F.C.
1993
Details		Tehran, Iran and

Medal summary

General statistics

As 1993
RankTeamPartPldWDLGFGADifPts
16149233013+1729
25107302611+1524
3142118807
41420294+56
5141124404
61302134-12
71302136-32
861201111447-331

Participants

Comprehensive team results by tournament

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For each tournament, the number of teams in each finals tournament are shown.
Team
1965
1967
1969
1970
1974
1993
SF
3rd
1st2nd2nd1st2nd1st
Kazakhstan U21R1
R1
3rd3rd3rd3rd3rdR1
SF
3rd
2nd1st1st2nd1st
2nd