2019 Intercontinental Cup (India)

The 2019 Intercontinental Cup (known as the 2019 Hero Intercontinental Cup for sponsorship reasons, was the second edition of the Intercontinental Cup, a 4-nations football tournament held at TransStadia Arena in the Indian city of Ahmedabad between the 7th and 19th of July 2019.[2] The tournament was organized by the AIFF.[3][4][5]

2019 Hero Intercontinental Cup
Tournament details
Host countryIndia
CityAhmedabad
Dates7–19 July 2019
Teams4 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions North Korea (1st title)
Runners-up Tajikistan
Third place Syria
Fourth place India
Tournament statistics
Matches played7
Goals scored26 (3.71 per match)
Top scorer(s)India Sunil Chhetri
North Korea Jong Il-gwan
North Korea Ri Hyong-jin
(3 goals each)
Best player(s)North Korea Jong Il-gwan[1]

North Korea won the title by a 1–0 victory over Tajikistan in the final.[1]

Participating nations

Though the tournament was supposed to be played by teams from different confederations, in this edition of the Intercontinental Cup all teams participating were from AFC only.[3][4] All the four teams played each other in a round robin phase and the top two teams played the final.[5]

The FIFA Rankings of participating national teams, as of 14 June 2019:

Venue
Ahmedabad
TransStadia Arena
(EKA Arena)
23°00′39.7″N 72°35′56.8″E
Capacity: 24,000 seats

Matches

Round Robin
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Tajikistan 3 2 0 1 6 3 +3 6 Advance to Final
2  North Korea 3 2 0 1 8 7 +1 6
3  Syria 3 1 1 1 6 5 +1 4
4  India (H) 3 0 1 2 5 10 −5 1
Source: Soccerway
(H) Hosts
India 2–4 Tajikistan
Chhetri 4' (pen.), 41' AIFF FFT
Attendance: 7,293
Referee: Jasur Mukhtarov (Uzbekistan)
Syria 5–2 North Korea
 AIFF
Referee: Venkatesh Ramachandran (India)
Tajikistan 2–0 Syria
 FFT AIFF
Attendance: 732
Referee: Rahul Kumar Gupta (India)
India 2–5 North Korea
 AIFF
Attendance: 9,590
Referee: Akhrol Riskullaev (Uzbekistan)
North Korea 1–0 Tajikistan
Ri Hyong-jin 33' AIFF FFT
Attendance: 634
Referee: Venkatesh Ramachandran (India)
India 1–1 Syria
Gahlot 52' AIFF Al-Khatib 78' (pen.)
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Jasur Mukhtarov (Uzbekistan)

Final
Tajikistan 0–1 North Korea
AIFF FFT Pak Hyon-il 71'
Attendance: 1,832
Referee: Akhrol Riskullaev (Uzbekistan)

Winners
 2019 Intercontinental Cup Champion[1] 

North Korea
First title

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 26 goals scored in 7 matches, for an average of 3.71 goals per match.

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Broadcasting rights
Country Broadcaster
 India (host) Star Sports 2

References
  1. "DPR Korea lift Hero Intercontinental Cup 2019 title". the-aiff.com. AIFF. Archived from the original on 29 July 2019. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
  2. "Mumbai Football Arena To Host Hero Intercontinental Cup From June 1". www.the-aiff.com. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
  3. "India to Pplay Syria, Tajikistan & DPR Korea in the second edition of Hero Intercontinental Cup in July". the-aiff.com. AIFF. Archived from the original on 6 December 2019. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
  4. "Tajikistan national team in the tournament "Intercontinental Cup 2019" will play with Syria, the DPR Korea and India". fft.tj. Tajikistan Football Association. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
  5. "Hero Intercontinental Cup to be held in Ahmedabad". the-aiff.com. AIFF. Archived from the original on 21 May 2019. Retrieved 18 May 2019.
  6. "Blue Tigers to face Tajikistan in Hero Intercontinental Cup 2019 opener on July 7". the-aiff.com. AIFF. Archived from the original on 12 December 2019. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
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