Starting from the summer vocation in 1984 and first organization by the local schools, the football match is aimed at developing football skills for primary and secondary students, answering the call by Deng Xiaopin Starting Football Training from Childhood. The first march attracted more than 100 teams, making headline news across the country. Mr. Wei Side who was then the Chairmen of China Football Association attended the opening and closing ceremony himself and awarded prizes to the children. After rounds of discussion by the related department, it is then decided that the football match aiming at primary and secondary students should be held on every summer vocation. It was then given its present name and listed on the annual municipal agenda.

After years of development, the match with an initial number of around 100 teams attracted 2062 teams to sign up in 1998. Its participants include 40,000 students in 18 areas across the city. There was once a time when tens of football pitches left room for the match. The students of One Hundred Cup shout their slogans: our one hundred cup, our football festival. The organizers for the match include some governmental organizations, residents’ committees and so on. One Hundred Cup, widely recognized by the public, is to the needs of society at large.

In recent years, the cup puts on many activities such as article soliciting, football knowledge competition, summer camp, photo exhibition, study tour, exchange visit, to name just a few. On its twentieth anniversary, an exhibition looking back on the history of the cup was held. The students truly find themselves in the Cup.

Over its twenty years of development, the cup has cultivated a team of excellent players like Yangcheng, Shao Jiayi, Zhouning, Yangzheng, Fenlei, Liu Zhengkun, Liu Ying as well as international-level referees like Lu Jun, Sun Baojie, Liu Tiejun, Zhang Jianjun.
On June 10th, 2005, the cup was awarded the prize the brand-name popular sports in Beijing by Beijing Sports Bureau on the tenths anniversary of the Planning of Physical Exercise for the whole nation in the Great Hall of the People. So far, the prize has been awarded to 11 activities in Beijing.