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 Placeas RCD Cup1965 Details Tehran, Iran 1967 Details Dhaka, Pakistan1969 Details Ankara, Turkey1970 Details Tehran, Iran1974 Details Karachi, Pakistanas ECO Cup1993 Details Tehran, Iran and
Medals (1965–1993)
Summary (1965–1993)
RankTeamPartMWDLGFGAGDPoints16149233013+172925107302611+1524314211880741420294+56514112440461302134-1271302136-32861201111447-331
Participants NationTotalYears61965, 1967, 1969, 1970, 1993 and including Malavan F.C. in 197461965, 1967, 1969, 1970, 1974, 199351965, 1967, 1969, 1970, 197411993119931199311993 Kazakhstan U2111993
Comprehensive team results by tournament Legend — Champions — Runners-up — Third place SF — Semifinals (1993) R1 — Round 1 — Did not enter / Withdrew — Hosts
For each tournament, the number of teams in each finals tournament (in brackets) are shown.
Team 1965 (3) 1967 (3) 1969 (3) 1970 (3) 1974 (3) 1993 (7) SF 1st 2nd 2nd 1st 2nd 1st Kazakhstan U21 R1 R1 3rd 3rd 3rd 3rd 3rd R1 SF 2nd 1st 1st 2nd 1st 2nd
Notes
See also Asian Football Confederation AFC Asian Cup AFF Championship EAFF East Asian Cup Arabian Gulf Cup SAFF Championship WAFF Championship CAFA Nations Cup
References
External links RSSSF Page on RCD Cup tournament RSSSF Page on ECO Cup tournament