Panda Cup

The Panda Cup International Youth Football Tournament (Chinese: 熊猫杯国际青年足球邀请赛) is an annual international youth football tournament that is held in the city of Chengdu, China.

Panda Cup

Organising body	CFA and Chengdu Football Association
Founded	2014
Region	International
Number of teams	4
Current champions	South Korea (1st title)
Most successful team(s)	Japan (2 titles)
2023 Panda Cup

The tournament was first announced in April 2014.^[1]

The original logo was designed by a Los Angeles–based Chinese student; it was inspired by a Chinese dragon, a giant panda and the Olympic rings.^[2]

Originally an under-19 event, the tournament format began as a single round league format. Prior to the 2019 event tournament the Chinese Football Association announced the intention to expand the format in future years to include more teams or multiple age groups. An international youth football development seminar and other events run in conjunction with the Panda Cup.^[3]

Previous Tournaments

Years	Champions	Runners-up	Third-place	Fourth-place	Number of teams
2014 Details	Brazil	Croatia	China	New Zealand	4
2015 Details	Japan	Slovakia	China	Kyrgyzstan	4
2016 Details	Japan	Croatia	China	Czech Republic	4
2017 Details	Hungary	Slovakia	Iran	China	4
2018 Details	China	England	Hungary	Uruguay	4
2019 Details	South Korea	Thailand	New Zealand	China	4
2023 Details					4

References

1. . sports.163.com (in Chinese). 24 April 2017. Archived from the original on 13 October 2017. Retrieved 23 May 2017.
2. "Logo of 2014 Panda Cup Comes out". www.gochengdu.cn. 28 May 2014. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
3. "2019熊猫杯赛程出炉:中国U18国青5月底对阵韩国" (in Chinese). Sports.sina.com. Sina. 15 May 2019. Retrieved 17 May 2019.