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The Korean FA Cup is a national cup knockout competition involving K League Classic, K League Challenge, National League, and various amateur and university-level clubs, which is held annually by the Korea Football Association (KFA). Its previous format began in 1921, as the All Joseon Football Tournament (1921–1940) and became the National Football Championship (1946–2000), but the FA Cup in it present format began in 1996. The KFA merged its cup competition with the FA Cup in 2000. The winner gains entry to the Asian Champions League. ==History== The All Korea Football Tournament was founded by the Korea Sports Council in 1921, during Japanese rule in Korea. Youth, student and adult football clubs from various provinces participated. After 1934, it became a part of the Korean National Sports Festival, which was the championship for various sports games and matched Koreans against other sports championships operated by Japanese who lived in Korea. The Korea Sports Council was disbanded in 1937, due to the Japanese government's oppression. The KFA succeeded it after 1938, but was cancelled after 1940 for the same reason during World War II.〔大韓蹴球協會 편 『韓國蹴球百年史』라사라, p.163-166, p.220-226.〕〔English translation of 전조선축구대회 is “All Korea Football Tournament” as described in official KFA homepage. (KFA>Archives>History )〕 After the liberation of Korea, the KFA founded the National Football Championship in 1946. Many clubs from all over Korea participated. It opened in late autumn, like its predecessor, the All Korea Football Tournament. It declined after the founding of the The Korean Professional Football League (K-League) in 1983, because professional clubs and famous players didn’t take part in it. There were several efforts to make professional clubs join the tournament,〔(내년부터 축구의 "王中王(왕중왕)" 「FA컵대회」신설 ) The Kyunghyang Shinmun, 1981-11-15.〕 and it became so successful that many top-rank clubs joined in and the KFA renamed it FA Cup for the 1988 and 1989 seasons.〔(FA컵축구 15일개막 프로•실업등42팀참가 ) The Kyunghyang Shinmun, 1988-11-10.〕〔(89축구「王中王(왕중왕)」뽑는다 ) The Kyunghyang Shinmun, 1989-11-01.〕 However, it soon returned to an amateur tournament, because of discord between the KFA and professional football clubs. KFA's FA Cup separated from the National Football Championship in 1996. The two competitions merged again in 2000. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Korean FA Cup」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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