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1981 President's Cup

Tournament details
Host country	South Korea
Dates	13–26 June
Teams	12
Final positions
Champions	South Korea (7th title) Racing (C) (1st title)
Third place	Vitória-ES
Fourth place	Danubio
Tournament statistics
Matches played	34
Goals scored	90 (2.65 per match)
Top scorer(s)	João Francisco (6 goals)
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The 1981 President's Cup Football Tournament (Korean: 제11회 대통령배 국제축구대회) was the 11th competition of Korea Cup. The competition was held from 13 to 26 June 1981. South Korea and Racing de Córdoba played out a 2–2 draw and shared the trophy.

Group stage

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Racing (C)	5	4	1	0	15	4	+11	9	Qualification to semi-finals
South Korea	5	3	2	0	10	3	+7	8
Saarbrücken	5	3	0	2	7	9	−2	6
Japan	5	2	0	3	4	4	0	4
Malaysia	5	1	0	4	3	12	−9	2
Châteauroux	5	0	1	4	5	12	−7	1

South Korea	1–1	Châteauroux
Byun Byung-joo 5'	Report Newscast	Bellavia 51'

Japan	0–1	Saarbrücken
	Report	Philippe 51'

Racing (C)	6–0	Malaysia

Châteauroux	0–2	Malaysia
	Report	Ibrahim 40' Julkipli 75'

Racing (C)	1–0	Japan

South Korea	4–1	Saarbrücken
Lee Kang-jo 21' Byun Byung-joo 41', 77' Cho Kwang-rae 51'	Report	Malek 56'

Racing (C)	3–0	Saarbrücken
Amuchástegui 12' López 17' Molina 82'

Châteauroux	0–2	Japan
		Kato 33' Kaneda 80'

South Korea	2–0	Malaysia
Chung Hae-won 48', 52'

Châteauroux	1–3	Saarbrücken

Japan	2–0	Malaysia
Yokoyama 22', 52'

South Korea	1–1	Racing (C)
Byun Byung-joo 74'	Report	Ballejo 40' (pen.)

Malaysia	1–2	Saarbrücken
? ?'		Metzger ?' Brehme ?'

Châteauroux	3–4	Racing (C)
	Report	Arce ?', ?'

South Korea	2–0	Japan
Oh Seok-jae 43' Lee Tae-yeop 77'

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Danubio	5	4	1	0	9	4	+5	9	Qualification to semi-finals
Vitória-ES	5	3	2	0	8	1	+7	8
Malta	5	2	2	1	4	2	+2	6
Thailand	5	2	0	3	7	7	0	4
Liechtenstein	5	1	1	3	4	8	−4	3
Indonesia	5	0	0	5	4	14	−10	0

Indonesia	0–4	Vitória-ES
	Report	Francisco ?', ?', ?' ? ?'

Liechtenstein	1–1	Malta
Sklarski 29'		Buttigieg 80'

Danubio	3–2	Thailand
Ceres 14' Caraballo 48' Berrueta 60'	Report	Vorawan 75' Chalor 77'

Danubio	3–1	Indonesia
Silva 18' (pen.) Caraballo 24' Gutiérrez 50'		Nasril 10'

Thailand	2–0	Liechtenstein
Chalor 46' Vorawan 66'

Malta	0–0	Vitória-ES

Malta	1–0	Indonesia
Xuereb 26'	Report

Thailand	0–1	Vitória-ES
	Report	Francisco 9'

Danubio	1–0	Liechtenstein
Pérez 65'	Report

Thailand	3–1	Indonesia

Liechtenstein	0–2	Vitória-ES
		Luiz Carlos 41' Francisco 67' (pen.)

Danubio	1–0	Malta
Rivero 29'

Indonesia	2–3	Liechtenstein
? ?', ?'	Report	Marxer 29', 33', 44'

Thailand	0–2	Malta
		Degiorgio ?' Xuereb ?'

Danubio	1–1	Vitória-ES
Caraballo 63' (pen.)		J. da Costa 84'

Knockout stage

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	24 June – Seoul
	Racing (C)	2
					26 June – Seoul
	Vitória-ES	1
					Racing (C)	2
	24 June – Seoul
					South Korea	2
	Danubio	0
	South Korea	2
					Third place play-off
					26 June – Seoul
					Vitória-ES	1
					Danubio	0

Semi-finals

Danubio	0–2	South Korea
	Report	Chung Hae-won 30' Byun Byung-joo 89'

Racing (C)	2–1	Vitória-ES
López 41' Amuchástegui 65'	Report	Francisco 33'

Third place play-off

Danubio	0–1	Vitória-ES
	Report	César ?'

Final

The final match originally had to play extra time, but the game was finished early by the agreement between both directors due to a violent atmosphere. The players of Racing de Córdoba received one red and five yellow cards in the final.

South Korea	2–2	Racing (C)
Chung Hae-won 50' Cho Kwang-rae 74'	Report Newscast	Oyola 6' Molina 54'

See also

• Korea Cup
• South Korea national football team results

References

1. 花郎—우루과이 아르헨—브라질 決勝進出權놓고 激突. Naver (in Korean). Kyunghyang Shinmun. 23 June 1981. Retrieved 10 November 2020.
2. 丁海遠·趙廣來 동점골로 2대2 花郎아르헨과共同優勝. Naver (in Korean). Maeil Business Newspaper. 27 June 1981. Retrieved 10 November 2020.
3. 아찔한 先制골…후련한同點골 花郎-아르헨 共同 우승. Naver (in Korean). The Chosun Ilbo. 27 June 1981. Retrieved 10 November 2020.

External links

• President's Cup 1981 (South Korea) at RSSSF

• Korea Cup