2023 Intercontinental Cup (India)

The 2023 Intercontinental Cup (known as the 2023 Hero Intercontinental Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the third edition of the Intercontinental Cup, a four-nation football tournament held at the Kalinga Stadium, in the Indian city of Bhubaneswar between the 9 to 18 June 2023. The tournament was organized by the All India Football Federation (AIFF).^[1] North Korea won the previous edition by a 1–0 victory over Tajikistan in the final in 2019.^[2] India became the champion of this edition after defeating Lebanon by 2–0 in the final. With two goals each, Lallianzuala Chhangte and Sunil Chhetri of India were joint-top scorers of the tournament.^[3] Sandesh Jhingan of India was awarded best player of the tournament.^[4]

2023 Hero Intercontinental Cup

Naveen Patnaik handing the 2023 Intercontinental Cup trophy to Sunil Chhetri.
Tournament details
Host country	India
City	Bhubaneswar
Dates	9–18 June 2023
Teams	4 (from 2 confederations)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	India (2nd title)
Runners-up	Lebanon
Third place	Vanuatu
Fourth place	Mongolia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	7
Goals scored	10 (1.43 per match)
Attendance	31,200 (4,457 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Lallianzuala Chhangte Sunil Chhetri (2 goals each)
Best player(s)	Sandesh Jhingan
← 2019 2024 →

Participating nations

The tournament is being played by teams from two different confederations in the FIFA international window from 9 to 18 June 2023. India, as host, is joined by Lebanon and Mongolia from the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), and Vanuatu from the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC).^[5][6] The teams play each other in a round-robin phase, and the top two teams will play the final.^[7]

The FIFA Rankings of the participating national teams, as of 6 April 2023:^[update][8]

•  Lebanon (99)
•  India (101)
•  Vanuatu (164)
•  Mongolia (183)

Venue

• All matches are being held at the Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar, India.^[1]

Bhubaneswar
Kalinga Stadium	Bhubaneswar
20°17′17″N 85°49′25.5″E
Capacity: 15,000 seats

Prize money

Position	Amount (USD)
Champions	100000
Runners-up	50000

Source=New Indian Express

Standings

Round robin

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	India (H)	3	2	1	0	3	0	+3	7	Advances to Final
2	Lebanon	3	1	2	0	3	1	+2	5
3	Vanuatu	3	1	0	2	2	4	−2	3
4	Mongolia	3	0	1	2	0	3	−3	1

Source: AIFF
(H) Hosts

Matches

All times are local, IST (UTC+5:30).

9 June 2023 (2023-06-09)

16:30

Lebanon	3–1	Vanuatu
Matar 59' Kourani 72' Darwich 85' (pen.)	Report	Wohale 62'

Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar

Attendance: 400

Referee: Harish Kundu (India)

9 June 2023 (2023-06-09)

19:30

India	2–0	Mongolia
Samad 2' Chhangte 14'	Report

Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar

Attendance: 6,200

Referee: Songkran Bunmeekiart (Thailand)

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12 June 2023 (2023-06-12)

16:30

Mongolia	0–0	Lebanon
	Report

Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar

Attendance: 200

Referee: Ramachandran Venkatesh (India)

12 June 2023 (2023-06-12)

19:30

Vanuatu	0–1	India
	Report	Chhetri 81'

Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar

Attendance: 6,200

Referee: Virendha Rai (Bhutan)

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15 June 2023 (2023-06-15)

16:30

Vanuatu	1–0	Mongolia
Gantuya 46' (o.g.)	Report

Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar

Attendance: 200

Referee: Songkran Bunmeekiart (Thailand)

15 June 2023 (2023-06-15)

19:30

India	0–0	Lebanon
	Report

Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar

Attendance: 5,400

Referee: Javiz Mohamed (Maldives)

Final

18 June 2023 (2023-06-18)

19:30

India	2–0	Lebanon
Chhetri 46' Chhangte 65'	Report

Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar

Attendance: 12,600

Referee: Virendha Rai (Bhutan)

Winners

2023 Intercontinental Cup Champion
India Second title

Goalscorers

There were 10 goals scored in 7 matches, for an average of 1.43 goals per match.

2 goals

• Lallianzuala Chhangte
• Sunil Chhetri

1 goal

• Sahal Abdul Samad
• Karim Darwich
• Hassan Kourani
• Nader Matar
• John Wohale

1 own goal

• Gantogtokh Gantuya (against Vanuatu)