ECO Cup

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The ECO Cup is a football competition for members of Economic Cooperation Organisation. 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.

1 Tournament Format
2 Total Wins
3 Participants
4 Winner Squads
5 See also
6 External links

[edit] 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.

Year	Host	Winner	Runner-up	3rd Place
1965 Details	Tehran, Iran	Iran	Turkey	Pakistan
1967 Details	Dhaka, East Pakistan	Turkey	Iran	Pakistan
1969 Details	Ankara, Turkey	Turkey	Iran	Pakistan
1970 Details	Tehran, Iran	Iran	Turkey	Pakistan
1974 Details	Karachi, Pakistan	Turkey	Iran	Pakistan
1993 Details	Tehran, Iran	Iran	Turkmenistan	Tajikistan and Azerbaijan

[edit] Total Wins

Wins	Nations	Year
3 times	Iran	1965,1970,1993
3 times	Turkey	1967,1969,1974

[edit] Participants

Nation	Total	Years
Iran	6	1965,1967,1969,1970,1974,1993
Pakistan	6	1965,1967,1969,1970,1974,1993
Turkey	5	1965,1967,1969,1970,1974
Tajikistan	1	1993
Turkmenistan	1	1993
Azerbaijan	1	1993
Kyrgyzstan	1	1993
Kazakhstan	1	U21 Team 1993