Intercontinental Cup 2018

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The Intercontinental Cup 2018 was a football tournament of four national teams from three regional confederations of the world football association FIFA , which took place from June 1 to 10, 2018 in the Mumbai Football Arena in the Indian city ​​of Mumbai . Out of consideration for the main sponsor, the motorcycle manufacturer Hero MotoCorp , the official name of the competition was "Hero Intercontinental Cup 2018".

The tournament was organized by the Indian football association All India Football Federation (AIFF) as part of the preparation of the senior national team for the 2019 Asian Football Championship . It was the first edition that was planned as an annual event. India prevailed first in the group stage and won the tournament with a 2-0 win over Kenya in the final on June 10, 2018.

The event was u. a. broadcast by Star Sports , an association of sports channels owned by Star India .

Attendees

Originally, the South African national soccer team wanted or should take part in the tournament. However, the association canceled a month before the event because it could not take part. Instead, the national football team of Kenya agreed to replace the African Football Confederation (CAF).

The other two nations participating in the tournament were Taiwan from the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) and New Zealand from the Oceanic Football Confederation (OFC).

Games

Group stage

Pl. country Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. IndiaIndia India  3  2  0  1 009: 200  +7 06th
 2. KenyaKenya Kenya  3  2  0  1 006: 400  +2 06th
 3. New ZealandNew Zealand New Zealand  3  2  0  1 004: 300  +1 06th
 4th TaiwanRepublic of China (Taiwan) Taiwan  3  0  0  3 000:100 −10 00

The tournament was played with a group in which each team competed once against each other. The first and second placed then contested the final.

The national teams of India and Taiwan met in the first game of the tournament. The game ended 5-0 for India; captain Sunil Chhetri scored his third hat trick in the national dress in the 99th game for India.

Kenya was involved in the second and third game: A 2-1 win against New Zealand was followed by a 3-0 defeat against the Indian team, in which Chhetri scored two more goals. After a goalless and “boring” first half, the first goal came from a controversial penalty in the 68th minute. Chhetri scored his second goal in stoppage time.

The New Zealand national team then played two games in a row, beating Taiwan 1-0 and hosts India 2-1. In the final group game, Kenya beat Taiwan 4-0 and qualified for the final.

final

In the final of the Intercontinental Cup 2018, the national teams of India and Kenya met again. Captain Sunil Chhetri scored the two goals in the 8th and 29th minute to make it 2-0.

spectator

At the opening game (against India Taiwan) 2,569 spectators found their way into the stadium - mainly due to the commitment of a fan group called "Blue pilgrims" ( English Blue Pilgrims ). Captain Sunil Chhetri then appealed to the fans via social media: They may “abuse” or criticize the national team, but please come to the stadium for the next game against Kenya. This call was supported by other well-known Indian athletes from other sports, such as Sania Mirza (tennis) as well as Sachin Tendulkar , Suresh Raina , Krunal Pandya and Virat Kohli (all cricket). The effort had an effect and the game against Kenya was sold out.

Trivia

With his eight goals in the tournament, Sunil Chhetri increased his yield on the national team to 64 goals, which made him the second most successful goalscorer among active football players worldwide. At the end of the tournament, only Cristiano Ronaldo was ahead of him with 81 goals while he caught up with Lionel Messi .

During the tournament Chhetri completed his 100th appearance as a national player (in the game against Kenya); Jeje Lalpekhlua made his 50th appearance (against New Zealand).

Web links

Individual evidence

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