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 bodyCFA and Chengdu Football Association
Founded2014
RegionInternational
Number of teams4
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

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Years Champions Runners-up Third-place Fourth-place Number of teams
  Brazil   Croatia   China   New Zealand
4
  Japan   Slovakia   China   Kyrgyzstan
4
  Japan   Croatia   China   Czech Republic
4
  Hungary   Slovakia   Iran   China
4
  China   England   Hungary   Uruguay
4
  South Korea   Thailand   New Zealand   China
4
4

References

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  1. ^ "(中国足球)2014国际青年足球邀请赛6月将在成都举行巴西、克罗地亚、新西兰派队参赛_网易体育". 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.