The Kanga Cup is a week-long international youth association football tournament held annually in Canberra, Australia during July.

[3] The Kanga Cup is regarded as the largest of its kind in the southern hemisphere and is the most coveted prize in youth football in Australia.

[5] In 2012, the Kanga Cup welcomed the first representative team from South America in the tournament's 22-year history as 16 players of Estrella Solitaria club from the small working-class town of Batuco, Chile made the long trip over to Canberra.

Chilean Ambassador to Australia, Pedro Pablo Diaz, described the opportunity for these teenagers as an unbelievable trip of a lifetime and a chance for these kids to experience a different culture for the first time.

[7] One of the biggest surprises of the 2013 Kanga Cup was the grand final win for the visiting U18 Philippine national team, the Teen Azkals.

[9] The Kanga Cup celebrated 25 years of existence in 2015 with record entries of teams, officials, volunteers and participants.

More than 340 teams turned out between 3 and 8 July from as far away as South Korea, as the event drew 7,000 players and a total of over 10,000 people to the ACT.

While around 25 per cent of teams were from the Canberra area, many had travelled from interstate and as far away as New Zealand, the Philippines and South Korea for the tournament.

Past international participants have included: Chile, Taiwan, Denmark, England, East Timor, Fiji, Georgia, Hungary, India, Indonesia,Thailand,Italy, New Zealand, China, Philippines, Russia, South Africa, South Korea, the United States, Ghana, Singapore and others.

In past editions the Kanga Cup has attracted referees from as far abroad as England, Italy, South Korea, Hong Kong and America.