ECO cup
The ECO-Cup was a football competition for the members of the ECO ( Organization for Economic Cooperation ). It used to be known as the RCD-Cup (Regional Corporation for Development). The ECO-Cup was last held in 1993.
The participating countries were Iran , Turkey , Pakistan , Azerbaijan , Kazakhstan , Kyrgyzstan , Tajikistan and Turkmenistan . Afghanistan and Uzbekistan never took part. In 1993 Turkey did not take part.
Tournament format
The RCD Cup was a three-nation tournament from 1964 to 1974. In 1993 the ECO-Cup was a seven-nation tournament with two groups. There was no match for 3rd place.
| year | Venue | winner | Second | Third |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
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
|
.svg){kind=small} Turkmenistan
|
 Tajikistan and Azerbaijan
|
Victories
| number | Nations | year |
|---|---|---|
| 3 × |
Iran
|
1965, 1970, 1993 |
| 3 × |
Turkey
|
1967, 1969, 1974 |
The participants
| Nations | Total | year |
|---|---|---|
|
Iran
|
6th | 1965,1967,1969,1970,1974,1993 |
|
Pakistan
|
6th | 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 |
Winning teams
- Iran 1965
- Aziz Asli
- Mohammad Ranjbar
- Parviz Ghelichkhani
- Hassan Habibi
- Mehrab Shahrokhi
- Hassan Jamali
- Mostafa Arabic
- Jalal Talebi
- Akbar Eftekhari
- Fariborz Esmaili
- Homayoun Behzadi
- Ali Jabbari
- Coach: Hossein Fekri
- Turkey 1967
- Ali Artuner
- Fehmi Sağınoğlu
- Yılmaz Şen
- Nevzat Güzelırmak
- Talat Özkarslı
- Ercan Aktuna
- Ayhan Elmastaşoğlu
- Şeref Has
- Fevzi Zemzem
- Faruk Karadoğan
- Ogün Altıparmak
- Sanlı Sarıalioğlu
- Nedim Dogan
- Trainer: Adnan Süvari
- Turkey 1969
- Sabri Dino
- Ayhan Aşut
- Nuri Toygun
- Kamuran Yavuz
- Ercan Aktuna
- Yılmaz Şen
- Mesut Şen
- Can Bartu
- Yusuf Tunaoğlu
- Nihat Yayoz
- Ender Konca
- Mümin Özkasap
- Metin Kurt
- Sanlı Sarıalioğlu
- Coach: Abdullah Gegiç
- Iran 1970
- Wet Hejazi
- Jafar Kashani
- Ibrahim Ashtiani
- Hassan Habibi
- Reza Vatankhah
- Karo Haqverdian
- Parviz Mirza Hassan
- Mehdi Monajati
- Hossein Kalani
- Gholam Vafakhah
- Haj Mohammad Mehdi
- Ali Parvin
- Mahmoud Yavari
- Coach: Mohammad BayAti
- Turkey 1974
- Yasin Özdenak
- Ahmet Bortecene
- Niko Kovi
- İsmail Arca
- Müjdat Yalman
- Tuncay Temeller
- Bülent Ünder
- Mehmet Turkan
- Dogan Küçükduru
- Melih Atacan
- Tuğrul Şener
- Sinan Alayoğlu
- Coach: Coşkun Özarı
- Iran 1993
- Ahmad Reza Abedzadeh
- BEHZAD Gholampour
- Javad Zarincheh
- Nader Mohammadkhani
- Sadegh Varmazyar
- Mohammad Khakpour
- Yahya Golmohammadi
- Afshin Peyrovani
- Farshad Falahatzadeh
- Arash Noamouz
- Hamid Derakhshan
- Mehdi Fonoonizadeh
- Karim Bagheri
- Sirous Dinmohammadi
- Reza Rezaeimanesh
- Hamid Estili
- Mohsen Garousi
- Ali Asghar Modir Roosta
- Majid Namjoo-Motlagh
- Ali Akbar Yousefi
- Javad Manafi
- Hassan Shirmohammadi
- Samad Marfavi
- Ali Daei
- Coach: Ali Parvin
See also
- AFC
- Soccer Asian Championship
- Soccer East Asian Championship
- West Asian Football Federation Championship
- Golf cup
- Soccer South Asian Championship
- ASEAN soccer championship