2023_Intercontinental_Cup_(India)

2023 Intercontinental Cup (India)

2023 Intercontinental Cup (India)

International football tournament hosted by AIFF

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]

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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:[8]

Venue

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Matches

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

Round robin

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Source: AIFF
(H) Hosts
More information Lebanon, 3–1 ...
Referee: Harish Kundu (India)
More information India, 2–0 ...
Referee: Songkran Bunmeekiart (Thailand)
More information Mongolia, 0–0 ...
Referee: Ramachandran Venkatesh (India)
More information Vanuatu, 0–1 ...
Referee: Virendha Rai (Bhutan)
More information Vanuatu, 1–0 ...
Referee: Songkran Bunmeekiart (Thailand)
More information India, 0–0 ...
Referee: Javiz Mohamed (Maldives)

Final

More information India, 2–0 ...
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

1 goal

1 own goal

References

  1. [1]
    "Bhubaneswar to host Hero Intercontinental Cup 2023 in June". the-aiff.com. Archived from the original on 19 April 2023. Retrieved 19 April 2023.
  2. [2]
    "DPR Korea lift Hero inter-continental cup 2019 title". the-aiff.com. Archived from the original on 29 July 2019. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
  3. [3]
    Das Sharma, Amitabha (18 June 2023). "India beats Lebanon to win Intercontinental Cup title". Sportstar. The Hindu. Archived from the original on 18 June 2023. Retrieved 18 June 2023.
  4. [4]
    Rawat, Akhil (18 June 2023). "Champions! Chhetri and his knights make it a momentous night for India". AIFF. Archived from the original on 18 June 2023. Retrieved 18 June 2023.
  5. [5]
    "Hero Intercontinental Cup 2023: A quick-start guide to the Blue Tigers' opponents". the-aiff.com. Archived from the original on 7 June 2023. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
  6. [6]
    Sarkar, Uttiyo (4 June 2023). "Hero Intercontinental Cup Rival Watch: Vanuatu". khelnow.com. Khel Now India. Archived from the original on 4 June 2023. Retrieved 15 June 2023.
  7. [7]
    "India to play Mongolia in Hero Intercontinental Cup 2023 opener". the-aiff.com. Archived from the original on 18 May 2023. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
  8. [8]
    "FIFA Men's Ranking". fifa.com. Archived from the original on 6 April 2023. Retrieved 15 June 2023.
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