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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)
Top scorer(s)	Sunil Chhetri Jong Il-gwan Ri Hyong-jin (3 goals each)
Best player(s)	Jong Il-gwan
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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. The tournament was organized by, the AIFF.

North Korea won the title by a 1–0 victory over Tajikistan in the final.

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. All the four teams played each other in a round robin phase and "the top two teams played the final."

The FIFA Rankings of participating national teams, as of 14 June 2019:

•  Syria (85)
•  India (101)
•  Tajikistan (120)
•  North Korea (122)

Venue※

• All matches held at the TransStadia Arena, Ahmedabad, India.

Ahmedabad	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※

• Times listed are UTC+05:30.

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

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Final※

Winners※

2019 Intercontinental Cup Champion
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※