The most famous and longest living friendly tournament in Macedonia is the annual Vuko Karov tournament held in Kavadarci. Its inaugural edition was in 1993 and since that it has regularly taken place with few interruptions.

The tournament is named after the footballer Vuko Karov, who is considered to be one of the best players in the history of GFK Tikvesh and later even served as club president. As such, the tournament is held in his honor. Usually it takes place before the start of the second half season, in late January, February or early March. However, since the 2019 edition, the tournament has been held during the summer.

NOTE: For detailed info of each edition click on the year!

edition	year	winner	runner-up	third
I	1993	Vardar	Tikvesh	SAK
II	1994	Pobeda (P)	Tikvesh	Vardar
III	1995	Osogovo	Sileks	Tikvesh
IV	1996	Sileks	Čukarički	Sloga Jugomagnat
V	1997	Sileks	Tikvesh	Čukarički
VI	1998	Partizan	Tikvesh	Vardar
VII	1999	Vardar	Tikvesh	Sloga Jugomagnat
VIII	2000	Pobeda (P)	Partizan	Pirin (B)
IX	2001	Pobeda (P)	Teleoptik	Osogovo
X	2002	Pobeda (P)	Tikvesh	Teleoptik
XI	2003	Budućnost (BD)	Napredok	Teleoptik
	2004	cancelled*
	2005	not held
XII	2006	Vardar	Kozhuf	Tikvesh
	2007	not held
	2008
	2009
XIII	2010	Sileks	Renova	Tikvesh
XIV	2011	Tikvesh	Vardar	Pelister
XV	2012	Vihren	Sileks	Tikvesh
	2013	not held
	2014	only a symbolic match took place
XVI	2015	Horizont	Pobeda	Tikvesh
XVII	2016	Pobeda	Tikvesh	Ljubanci
XVIII	2017	Pobeda	Tikvesh	Borec
XIX	2018	Euromilk	Tikvesh	Teteks
XX	2019	Belasica	Rabotnichki	Tikvesh
	2020	not held due to COVID-19 pandemic
XXI	2021	Pobeda	Tikvesh	Vardar
XXII	2022	Pelister	Pobeda	Tikvesh
XXIII	2023	Tikvesh	Gostivar	Kozhuf
XXIV	2024

*the 2004 edition was cancelled due to the tragic death of Macedonian President Boris Trajkovski, who was killed in a plane crash two days before the start of the tournament. All sporting events were cancelled.

Titles:

4 – Pobeda (P)
3 – Sileks, Vardar, Pobeda
2 – Tikvesh
1 – Belasica, Budućnost (BD), Euromilk, Horizont, Osogovo, Partizan,  Pelister, Vihren

Participation:

23 – Tikvesh
8 – Vardar
7 – Pobeda (P)
6 – Pobeda, Sileks
3 – Kozhuf, Osogovo, Pelister, Teleoptik
2 – Čukarički, Napredok, Partizan, Sloga Jugomagnat
1 – Belasica, Borac (BL), Borec, Budućnost (BD), Dobrudzha, Donji Srem, Euromilk, Gostivar, Horizont, Ljubanci, Makedonija, Metalurg, Pirin (B), Pirin (GD), Rabotnichki, Renova, SAK, Sloboda, Teteks, Vardar (N), Vihren