K League Championship

Champions0 Runners-up The winners of two regular stages in four early editions qualified for the two-legged final.

The top four clubs of the regular league qualified for the championship from 1998 to 2000.

The first round was played as a single match, and the semi-final was a two-legged tie.

The final also consisted of two matches in 1998, but it changed to best-of-three the next year.

When the regular league was split into two stages again from 2004 to 2006, the top two clubs in the overall table qualified for the championship in addition to two winners.