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{{Infobox football tournament
| name                 = ECO Cup<br>RCD Cup<small>(formerly)</small>
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| organiser            = [[Regional Cooperation for Development|RCD]]<br><small>(1965–1974)</small><br>[[Economic Cooperation Organization|ECO]]<br><small>(1993)</small>
| founded              = 1965
| abolished            = 1993
| region               = [[Asian Football Confederation|AFC]]/[[UEFA]]
| number of teams      = 7 (1993)
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| domestic cup         =
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| current champions            = [[Iran national football team|Iran]]
| most successful club = [[Iran national football team|Iran]]<br>[[Turkey national football team|Turkey]]<br>(3 titles each)
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The '''ECO Cup''' was a [[association football|football]] competition for members of [[Economic Cooperation Organization]]. Previously it was known as '''RCD Cup''', RCD abbreviates Regional Corporation for Development and was an economic cooperation between Iran, Pakistan and Turkey from 1964 to 1979.<ref>{{Cite web |title=RCD PACT Tournaments 1965-1974 |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesr/rcd-pact.html |access-date=2025-01-19 |website=www.rsssf.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Ahsan |first=Ali |date=2010-12-23 |title=A history of football in Pakistan — Part II |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/593096/a-history-of-football-in-pakistan-part-ii |access-date=2025-01-19 |website=DAWN.COM |language=en}}</ref> A new organisation, ECO, was set up in 1985. In 1992, Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Azerbaijan joined ECO.<ref>{{Cite web |title=ECO Tournament 1993 - Tehran, Iran |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablese/eco93.html |access-date=2025-01-19 |website=www.rsssf.org}}</ref>

The countries that competed in one or more tournaments are [[Iran national football team|Iran]], [[Turkey national football team|Turkey]], [[Pakistan national football team|Pakistan]], [[Kazakhstan national football team|Kazakhstan]], [[Kyrgyzstan national football team|Kyrgyzstan]], [[Tajikistan national football team|Tajikistan]] and [[Turkmenistan national football team|Turkmenistan]]. [[Afghanistan national football team|Afghanistan]] and [[Uzbekistan national football team|Uzbekistan]] never participated. Also [[Turkey national football team|Turkey]] did not participate in 1993 Tournament. 1993 was the last time this tournament was held.

== Tournament format ==
RCD Cup from 1964 to 1974 was a three nation tournament and it had a league format structure. ECO Cup 1993 was a seven nation tournament with two groups for a group stage, followed by semi-finals and final. There was no 3rd place match.

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%; width: 100%; text-align: center;"
|-
!Year!!Host!!Winner!!Runner-up!!3rd Place
|- 
!colspan=5|as RCD Cup
|-
|1965 <br /> ''[[RCD Cup 1965|Details]]'' 
|{{flagicon|IRN|1964}} [[Tehran]], [[Iran]] 
|{{fb-big|Iran|1964}}
|{{fb-big|Turkey}}
|{{fb-big|Pakistan}}
|-
|1967 <br /> ''[[RCD Cup 1967|Details]]'' 
|{{flagicon|PAK}} [[Dhaka]], [[East Pakistan|Pakistan]]
|{{fb-big|Turkey}}
|{{fb-big|Iran|1964}}
|{{fb-big|Pakistan}}
|-
|1969 <br /> ''[[RCD Cup 1969|Details]]'' 
|{{flagicon|TUR}} [[Ankara]], [[Turkey]]
|{{fb-big|Turkey}}
|{{fb-big|Iran|1964}}
|{{fb-big|Pakistan}}
|-
|1970 <br /> ''[[RCD Cup 1970|Details]]'' 
|{{flagicon|IRN|1964}} [[Tehran]], [[Iran]]
|{{fb-big|Iran|1964}}
|{{fb-big|Turkey|name=Turkey Amateur}}{{efn|Turkey sent a club team or the under-23 team to this tournament.}}
|{{fb-big|Pakistan}}
|-
|1974 <br /> ''[[RCD Cup 1974|Details]]'' 
|{{flagicon|PAK}} [[Karachi]], [[Pakistan]]
|{{fb-big|Turkey}}
|{{fb-big|Iran|1964|name=Malavan}}{{efn|Iran sent [[Malavan F.C.]] to this tournament.}}
|{{fb-big|Pakistan}}
|- 
!colspan=5|as ECO Cup
|-
|1993 <br /> ''[[ECO Cup 1993|Details]]'' 
|{{flagicon|IRN}} [[Tehran]], [[Iran]]
|{{fb-big|Iran}}
|{{fb-big|Turkmenistan|1992}}
|{{fb|Tajikistan}} and <br /> {{fb|Azerbaijan}}
|}

==Medals (1965–1993)==
{{Medals table
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 | team           = 
 | gold_IRN = 3 | silver_IRN = 3 | bronze_IRN = 0
 | gold_TUR = 3 | silver_TUR = 2 | bronze_TUR = 0
 | gold_TKM = 0 | silver_TKM = 1 | bronze_TKM = 0
 | gold_PAK = 0 | silver_PAK = 0 | bronze_PAK = 5
 | gold_TJK = 0 | silver_TJK = 0 | bronze_TJK = 1
 | gold_AZE = 0 | silver_AZE = 0 | bronze_AZE = 1
}}

==Summary (1965–1993)==

{|class="wikitable sortable" width=60% style="text-align:center"
!Rank||Team||Part||M||W||D||L||GF||GA||GD||Points
|-
|1||align=left|{{fb|IRI}}||6||14||9||2||3||30||13||+17||29
|-
|2||align=left|{{fb|TUR}}||5||10||7||3||0||26||11||+15||24
|-
|3||align=left|{{fb|AZE}}||1||4||2||1||1||8||8||0||7
|-
|4||align=left|{{fb|TKM}}||1||4||2||0||2||9||4||+5||6
|-
|5||align=left|{{fb|TJK}}||1||4||1||1||2||4||4||0||4
|-
|6||align=left|{{fb|KGZ}}||1||3||0||2||1||3||4||-1||2
|-
|7||align=left|{{fb|KAZ}}||1||3||0||2||1||3||6||-3||2
|-
|8||align=left|{{fb|PAK}}||6||12||0||1||11||14||47||-33||1
|}

== Participants ==
{| class="wikitable"
!Nation!!Total!!Years
|-
|{{fb|Iran}}
|6
|1965, 1967, 1969, 1970, 1993 and including [[Malavan F.C.]] in 1974
|-
|{{fb|Pakistan}}
|6
|1965, 1967, 1969, 1970, 1974, 1993
|-
|{{fb|Turkey}}
|5
|1965, 1967, 1969, 1970, 1974
|-
|{{fb|Tajikistan}}
|1
|1993
|-
|{{fb|Turkmenistan}}
|1
|1993
|-
|{{fb|Azerbaijan}}
|1
|1993
|-
|{{fb|Kyrgyzstan}}
|1
|1993
|-
|{{flagicon|Kazakhstan|size=24px}} [[Kazakhstan national under-21 football team|Kazakhstan U21]]
|1
|1993
|}

==Comprehensive team results by tournament==
;Legend
*{{bg|gold|1st}} &mdash; Champions
*{{bg|silver|2nd}} &mdash; Runners-up
*{{bg|#cc9966|3rd}} &mdash; Third place
*SF &mdash; Semifinals (1993) 
*R1 &mdash; Round 1
*{{border|width=1px|color=gray|&nbsp; &nbsp;}} &mdash; Did not enter / Withdrew
*{{border|width=3px|color=red|&nbsp;&nbsp;}} &mdash; Hosts

For each tournament, the number of teams in each finals tournament (in brackets) are shown.

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
|-
! Team
!{{flagicon|IRN|1964}} <br> [[RCD Cup 1965|1965]]<br> (3)
!{{flagicon|PAK}} <br> [[RCD Cup 1967|1967]]<br> (3)
!{{flagicon|TUR}} <br> [[RCD Cup 1969|1969]]<br> (3)
!{{flagicon|IRN|1964}} <br> [[RCD Cup 1970|1970]]<br> (3)
!{{flagicon|PAK}} <br> [[RCD Cup 1974|1974]]<br> (3)
!{{flagicon|IRN}} <br> [[ECO Cup 1993|1993]]<br> (7)
|-
| id="AZE" align=left| {{fb|AZE}}
| || || || || ||bgcolor=#cc9966;|SF<br>{{small|3rd}}
|-
| id="IRN" align=left| {{fb|IRN}}
| bgcolor=gold style="border:3px solid red" | 1st || bgcolor=silver| 2nd || bgcolor=silver| 2nd ||bgcolor=gold style="border:3px solid red" | 1st || bgcolor=silver| 2nd ||bgcolor=gold style="border:3px solid red" | 1st
|-
| id="KAZ" align=left| {{flagicon|Kazakhstan}} [[Kazakhstan national under-21 football team|Kazakhstan U21]]
| || || || || ||R1
|-
| id="KRG" align=left| {{fb|KGZ}}
| || || || || ||R1
|-
| id="PAK" align=left| {{fb|PAK}}
|  bgcolor=#cc9966;|3rd || bgcolor=#cc9966; style="border:3px solid red"|3rd || bgcolor=#cc9966;|3rd  || bgcolor=#cc9966;|3rd || bgcolor=#cc9966; style="border:3px solid red"|3rd || R1
|-
| id="TAJ" align=left| {{fb|TJK}}
| || || || || ||bgcolor=#cc9966;|SF<br>{{small|3rd}}
|-
| id="TUR" align=left| {{fb|TUR}}
|  bgcolor=silver| 2nd || bgcolor=gold| 1st || bgcolor=gold style="border:3px solid red" | 1st ||bgcolor=silver| 2nd|| bgcolor=gold| 1st ||
|-
| id="TKM" align=left| {{fb|TKM}}
| || || || || || bgcolor=silver| 2nd
|-
|}

==Notes==
{{notelist}}

== See also ==
* [[Asian Football Confederation]]
* [[AFC Asian Cup]]
* [[AFF Championship]]
* [[EAFF East Asian Cup]]
* [[Arabian Gulf Cup]]
* [[SAFF Championship]]
* [[WAFF Championship]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesr/rcd-pact.html RSSSF Page on RCD Cup tournament]
*[https://www.rsssf.org/tablese/eco93.html RSSSF Page on ECO Cup tournament]
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