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 country	India
City	Ahmedabad
Dates	7–19 July 2019
Teams	4 (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 played	7
Goals scored	26 (3.71 per match)
Attendance	30,672 (4,382 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Sunil Chhetri Jong Il-gwan Ri Hyong-jin (3 goals each)
Best player(s)	Jong Il-gwan[1]
← 2018 2023 →

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:

•  Syria (85) - first appearance
•  India (101) - second appearance - host
•  Tajikistan (120) - first appearance
•  North Korea (122) - first appearance

Venue

• All matches held at the TransStadia Arena, Ahmedabad, India.^[6]

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

Matches

• Times listed are UTC+05:30.^[6]

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	Tursunov 56' Boboev 58' Rahimov 71' Samiev 75'

7 July 2019 (2019-07-07)

20:00

TransStadia Arena, Ahmedabad

Attendance: 7,293

Referee: Jasur Mukhtarov (Uzbekistan)

Syria	5–2	North Korea
Al Hamwi 41', 61' Marmour 56', 65' Al-Khatib 90'	AIFF	Jong Il-gwan 3' Ri Hyong-jin 78'

8 July 2019 (2019-07-08)

20:00

TransStadia Arena, Ahmedabad

Attendance: 681

Referee: Venkatesh Ramachandran (India)

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Tajikistan	2–0	Syria
Tursunov 46' Barotov 67'	FFT AIFF

10 July 2019

20:00

TransStadia Arena, Ahmedabad

Attendance: 732

Referee: Rahul Kumar Gupta (India)

India	2–5	North Korea
Chhangte 51' Chhetri 71'	AIFF	Jong Il-gwan 8', 28' Sim Hyon-jin 16' Ri Un-chol 63' Ri Hyong-jin 90+2'

13 July 2019

20:00

TransStadia Arena, Ahmedabad

Attendance: 9,590

Referee: Akhrol Riskullaev (Uzbekistan)

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North Korea	1–0	Tajikistan
Ri Hyong-jin 33'	AIFF FFT

15 July 2019

20:00

TransStadia Arena, Ahmedabad

Attendance: 634

Referee: Venkatesh Ramachandran (India)

India	1–1	Syria
Gahlot 52'	AIFF	Al-Khatib 78' (pen.)

16 July 2019

20:00

TransStadia Arena, Ahmedabad

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Jasur Mukhtarov (Uzbekistan)

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Final

Tajikistan	0–1	North Korea
	AIFF FFT	Pak Hyon-il 71'

19 July 2019

20:00

TransStadia Arena, Ahmedabad

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

• Sunil Chhetri
• Jong Il-gwan
• Ri Hyong-jin

2 goals

• Shadi Al Hamwi
• Mohammad Marmour
• Firas Al-Khatib
• Komron Tursunov

1 goal

• Lallianzuala Chhangte
• Narender Gahlot
• Pak Hyon-il
• Ri Un-chol
• Sim Hyon-jin
• Ilhomjon Barotov
• Sheriddin Boboev
• Muhammadjon Rahimov
• Shahrom Samiev

Broadcasting rights

Country	Broadcaster
India (host)	Star Sports 2