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]
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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]

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 / 23.011028°N 72.599111°E / 23.011028; 72.599111 (Ahmedabad)
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
TransStadia Arena, Ahmedabad
Attendance: 7,293
Referee: Jasur Mukhtarov (Uzbekistan)
Syria 5–2 North Korea
 AIFF
TransStadia Arena, Ahmedabad
Referee: Venkatesh Ramachandran (India)
Tajikistan 2–0 Syria
 FFT AIFF
TransStadia Arena, Ahmedabad
Attendance: 732
Referee: Rahul Kumar Gupta (India)
India 2–5 North Korea
 AIFF
TransStadia Arena, Ahmedabad
Attendance: 9,590
Referee: Akhrol Riskullaev (Uzbekistan)
North Korea 1–0 Tajikistan
Ri Hyong-jin 33' AIFF FFT
TransStadia Arena, Ahmedabad
Attendance: 634
Referee: Venkatesh Ramachandran (India)
India 1–1 Syria
Gahlot 52' AIFF Al-Khatib 78' (pen.)
TransStadia Arena, Ahmedabad
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Jasur Mukhtarov (Uzbekistan)

Final

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

2 goals

1 goal

Broadcasting rights

Country Broadcaster
 India (host) Star Sports 2

References

  1. ^ a b c "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. ^ a b "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. ^ a b "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. ^ a b "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. ^ a b "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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