Intercontinental Cup (India)

For other uses, see Intercontinental Cup.

Intercontinental Cup

Organising body	AIFF
Founded	2018;7 years ago (2018)
Region	India
Number of teams	4
Current champions	Syria (1st title)
Most successful team(s)	India (2 titles)
2024

The Intercontinental Cup is a four-nation football tournament organised by the All India Football Federation (AIFF). It was launched in 2018 as a replacement for Nehru Cup, with the first edition held as the 2018 Intercontinental Cup (India). ^[1] Naming rights of the tournament were purchased by Hero MotoCorp which also sponsored the national team at that time. ^[2] On 7 January 2023, the AIFF confirmed that the Intercontinental Cup would become an annual competition as part of their "Vision 2047" initiative to improve Indian football. ^[3]

The first edition held in 2018 was won by India, while the next edition held in 2019 was won by North Korea. ^{[4] [5] [6]}

Results

Year	Host City	Final			3rd Place	4th Place
		Winner	Score	Runner-up
2018 Details	Mumbai	India	2–0	Kenya	New Zealand	Chinese Taipei
2019 Details	Ahmedabad	North Korea	1–0	Tajikistan	Syria	India
2023 Details	Bhubaneswar	India	2–0	Lebanon	Vanuatu	Mongolia
2024 Details	Hyderabad	Syria	Round robin	Mauritius	India	—

Medal summary

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	India	2	0	1	3
2	Syria	1	0	1	2
3	North Korea	1	0	0	1
4	Kenya	0	1	0	1
	Lebanon	0	1	0	1
	Mauritius	0	1	0	1
	Tajikistan	0	1	0	1
8	New Zealand	0	0	1	1
	Vanuatu	0	0	1	1
Totals (9 entries)		4	4	4	12

Statistics

Goalscorers

Players with most goals

Rank	Player	Goals	Apps	Ratio	Last season
1	Sunil Chhetri	13	11	1.18	2023
2	Jong Il-gwan	3	4	0.75	2018
3	Ri Hyong-jin	3	4	0.75	2018
4	Lallianzuala Chhangte	3	7	0.42	2023
5	Shadi Al Hamwi	2	3	0.66	2019
6	Mohammad Marmour	2	3	0.66	2019
7	Firas Al Khatib	2	3	0.66	2019
8	Komron Tursunov	2	4	0.5	2019
9	Jockins Atudo	2	4	0.5	2018

NOTE: Players in bold are still active internationally

See also

• Nehru Cup
• Tri-Nation Series

References

1. "All Whites squad named for Intercontinental Cup". New Zealand Football. Archived from the original on 14 July 2022. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
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 23 April 2018.
3. "Vision 2047, the Indian football strategic roadmap" (PDF). Vision 2047, The Indian Football Strategic Roadmap (2023 - 2047). 7 January 2023. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
4. "INDIA TO PLAY SYRIA, TAJIKISTAN & DPR KOREA IN SECOND EDITION OF HERO INTERCONTINENTAL CUP IN JULY". the-aiff.com. AIFF. Archived from the original on 6 December 2019. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
5. "TAJIKISTAN NATIONAL TEAM IN THE TOURNAMENT "INTERCONTINENTAL CUP 2019" WILL PLAY WITH SYRIA, THE DPRK AND INDIA". fft.tj. Tajikistan Football Association. Archived from the original on 20 May 2019. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
6. "HERO INTERCONTINENTAL CUP TO BE HELD IN AHMEDABAD". the-aiff.com. AIFF. Archived from the original on 21 May 2019. Retrieved 18 May 2019.

External links

• Intercontinental Cup