Khor Royal Cup ( th, ถ้วยพระราชทาน ค.; ถ้วย ค.) is the fifth-highest level of club football competition which competed in the tournament in

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since 1963. It was founded by

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along with Ngor Royal Cup in 1963. Department of Physical Education was the first team to win this competition. In 1996, Khor Royal Cup was downgraded to be the fourth-tier football tournament of Thai club football competition when

founded

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as the second-tier in its place. Finally, in 2006, the tournament was downgraded to be the fifth-tier tournament due to the proposed merger of the

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and

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into one entity. In 2016, Khor Royal Cup was combined to Regional League Division 3 completely along with

Khǒr Royal Cup Khǒr Royal Cup ( th, ถ้วยพระราชทานประเภท ข. ; ถ้วย ข.), known as the Noi Cup () before a 1963 name change, was a part of the Thai football league system, founded by the Football Association of T ...

and

Ngor Royal Cup Ngor Royal Cup (Thai: ถ้วยพระราชทาน ง.; ถ้วย ง.) is the lowest level of club football competition which competed in the tournament in Thailand since 1963. It was founded by Football Association of Thailand alo ...

by Football Association of Thailand and then Khor Royal Cup become a trophy for

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Tournament format

The clubs which are still in the division and the best eight clubs from the previous edition of Ngor Royal Cup join the tournament. The first round is group stage, and the clubs will be divided into a group of 3 or 4 clubs. The winners and the runners-up of each groups qualify to the knock-out stage. Only the best four or the semi-finalist clubs of the tournament promote to

next season while the clubs which withdraw themselves from the tournament will be relegated to Ngor Royal Cup next season.

List of winners

Note: 1. 2013-14 Khor Royal Cup was delayed due to 2013–14 Thai political crisis.

References

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