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The name of the FA Cup, hosted by the Korea Football Association (KFA), will be changed to Korea Cup.

KFA announced on the 22nd that it has decided to change the name of the 'FA Cup' to 'Korea Cup' starting this year. Accordingly, the name of this year's competition is '2024 Hana Bank Korea Cup'.

The FA Cup is a tournament that determines a country's adult soccer champion, both professional and amateur. For this reason, the name of the country or a symbol representing national authority is used as the name of the competition, such as France's 'Coupe de France' (French Cup), Italy's 'Copa Italia' (Italian Cup), and Spain's 'Copa del Rey' (King's Cup). I'm doing it. In England, the home country of soccer, the FA Cup is the name of the competition.

KFA used the name FA Cup when it founded the competition in 1996. However, because it was similar to England's FA Cup, it often caused confusion, and the identity of the Korean soccer tournament was not revealed, so the need for a name change has been consistently raised.

Accordingly, KFA decided to change the name to Korea Cup, considering its meaning of representing Korean soccer and its external symbolism. 스포츠 토토사이트

The method of proceeding also changes somewhat. So far, the semifinals have been single-game, and the finals have been home-and-away. Starting this year, the semifinals will be home and away, and the finals will be a single match. The venue for the finals has been decided to be held at the Seoul World Cup Stadium starting this year.

KFA explained, “Just as the English FA Cup is played at Wembley Stadium in London, the mecca of English soccer, the final of the Korea Cup is to establish the tradition of being played at a stadium representing Korean soccer.”

The Pohang Steelers team, who won the final of the professional soccer '2023 Hana One Q Korea Football Association (FA) Cup' held at Pohang Steel Yard on the 4th, is celebrating the victory with the trophy.

In addition, VAR, which was only implemented in the finals last year, was decided to be implemented starting from the quarterfinals to improve the fairness of decisions. The number of player substitutions per game, which was 3 until last year, will increase to 5 following recent changes. If overtime goes into overtime, one more player can be replaced, as was the case last year.

In addition, the qualification of the Korea Cup winning team to participate in the 2025-26 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Champions League (ACL) was confirmed. According to the results of discussions between KFA and the Professional Football Federation, two tickets to the Champions League Elite (ACLE) finals, the highest level competition, will be given to the K League 1 winning team and the Korea Cup winning team.

The ACLE playoff advancement ticket is given to the next-ranked team in K-League 1, and the remaining K-League 1-highest-ranked team receives one ACL2 ticket. However, this only applies if the Korea Cup winning team ranks in the top 4 of K League 1.

If the Korea Cup winning team is ranked 5th or lower in the league, the 1st and 2nd place teams from K League 1 will qualify for the ACLE finals, and the 3rd place team from K League 1 will advance to the ACLE playoffs. The winning team of the Korea Cup will participate in ACL2.

A total of 60 teams from K League 1 to K5 League teams will participate in the 2024 Hana Bank Korea Cup. The first round, in which teams K3, K4, and K5 participate, will be held on March 9th and 10th. Prior to this, the first round draw will be held at the soccer center at 2 p.m. on the 23rd. 슬롯