The Korea Cup, the strongest team in Korean soccer, will open this weekend... A total of 58 teams will participate
The Korea Cup, the strongest team in Korean soccer, will open this weekend... A total of 58 teams will participate
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The Korea Cup, which determines the strongest Korean soccer team in both professional and amateur leagues, will kick off this weekend. The 2025 Hana Bank Korea Cup hosted by the Korea Football Association will kick off with the first round held from Friday to Sunday.
The Korea Cup, which was created as the "FA Cup" in 1996, has been called by its current name since last year. A total of 58 teams, including 12 teams from the K League 1, 14 from the K League 2, 14 from the K3 League, 10 from the K4 League, and eight from the K5 League, will participate in this year's event. All teams from the K League 1 to the K4 League will automatically participate, and the top eight teams from the amateur K5 League were qualified to participate last year.
The winner of the Korea Cup will be given the right to play in the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) club competition. If the winner of the Korea Cup ranks 1st to 4th in the K League 1, he or she will secure a ticket to directly advance to the AFC Champions League Elite (ACLE) in the 2026-2027 season, and if his or her league performance is below 5th, he or she will be eligible to play in the AFC Champions League 2.
In the first round of this year, K5 League Yangsan United, which defeated the K4 League team last year, is scheduled to face K3's Busan Transportation Corporation. In addition, K5 League Seoul Geonyong FC, Gimhae JaeMix, Daegu Cheongsol FC, and Yangcheon TNT will meet with top league teams to seek an upset.
The match to the round of 16 has already been confirmed through a draw last month, and the match from the quarterfinals to the finals will be decided by 메이저놀이터 a separate draw after the round of 16.
At this year's Korea Cup, the number of participants in each team has been increased to 20, and if a player is suspected of concussion during the match, "additional concussion replacement" will be implemented. VAR will be applied from the quarterfinals.