Tournament details | |
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Host country | India |
City | Mumbai |
Dates | 1–10 June 2018 |
Teams | 4 (from 3 confederations) |
Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
Final positions | |
Champions | ![]() |
Runners-up | ![]() |
Third place | ![]() |
Fourth place | ![]() |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 7 |
Goals scored | 21 (3 per match) |
Attendance | 27,399 (3,914 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | ![]() |
Best player(s) | ![]() |
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The 2018 Intercontinental Cup (known as the 2018 Hero Intercontinental Cup for sponsorship reasons [1] ) was a 4-nations football tournament held at the Mumbai Football Arena in the Indian city of Mumbai between 1 and 10 June 2018. The tournament was organized by the AIFF as part of the senior men's team's preparation for 2019 AFC Asian Cup. [2] The tournament succeeded the Nehru Cup and developed post the Tri-Nation Series, where the then India head coach Stephen Constantine revealed that the intention was to hold a four-team tournament with India competing against teams from the Caribbean, Africa, and Asia. [3] India won the tournament by defeating Kenya 2–0 in the final on 10 June 2018.
The FIFA Rankings, as of 1 June 2018:
Initially, South Africa was announced to participate in the tournament but Kenya later replaced them when South Africa expressed its inability to participate. [4] The other two nations participated in the tournament were Chinese Taipei from AFC region and New Zealand from the OFC region. [2]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
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1 | ![]() | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 2 | +7 | 6 | Advance to the Final |
2 | ![]() | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 6 | |
3 | ![]() | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 6 | |
4 | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 | −10 | 0 |
Kenya ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() |
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Report |
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India ![]() | 1–2 | ![]() |
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2018 Intercontinental Cup champion |
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After a poor attendance of 2,569 for the first match of the tournament, Indian captain Sunil Chhetri uploaded a video [7] on his Twitter and Instagram accounts pleading for Indians to attend Indian football matches. [8] Chhetri's plea was endorsed by other sports people, including Indian cricket captain Virat Kohli, cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar, and tennis player Sania Mirza. [9] People responded to the plea by booking tickets for India's upcoming game against Kenya, and the game was sold out before the match day. [10] The match was Chhetri's 100th cap for India in which he scored a brace, leading India to win 3–0. The tweet was the most retweeted tweet in 2018, per Twitter India and was awarded The Golden Tweet. [11]
Star Sports did broadcast for the 2018 Intercontinental Cup (India) on Star Sports HD2 & Star Sports 2. It was also streamed live on Hotstar and Jio TV. [12]