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2023 Intercontinental Cup (India)

2023 Hero Intercontinental Cup
Tournament details
Host countryIndia
CityBhubaneswar
Dates9–18 June 2023
Teams4 (from 2 confederations)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions India (2nd title)
Runners-up Lebanon
Third place Vanuatu
Fourth place Mongolia
Tournament statistics
Matches played7
Goals scored10 (1.43 per match)
Attendance31,200 (4,457 per match)
Top scorer(s)India Lallianzuala Chhangte
India Sunil Chhetri
(2 goals each)
Best player(s)India Sandesh Jhingan
← 2019
2024 →

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]

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

Bhubaneswar
Kalinga Stadium
20°17′17″N 85°49′25.5″E / 20.28806°N 85.823750°E / 20.28806; 85.823750 (Ahmedabad)
Capacity: 15,000 seats

Prize money

Position Amount (USD)
Champions 100000
Runners-up 50000

Source=New Indian Express

Standings

Round robin

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  India (H) 3 2 1 0 3 0 +3 7 Advances to Final
2  Lebanon 3 1 2 0 3 1 +2 5
3  Vanuatu 3 1 0 2 2 4 −2 3
4  Mongolia 3 0 1 2 0 3 −3 1
Source: AIFF
(H) Hosts

Matches

All times are local, IST (UTC+5:30).
Lebanon 3–1 Vanuatu
 Report Wohale 62'
Attendance: 400
Referee: Harish Kundu (India)
India 2–0 Mongolia
 Report
Attendance: 6,200
Referee: Songkran Bunmeekiart (Thailand)
Mongolia 0–0 Lebanon
Report
Attendance: 200
Referee: Ramachandran Venkatesh (India)
Vanuatu 0–1 India
Report Chhetri 81'
Attendance: 6,200
Referee: Virendha Rai (Bhutan)
Vanuatu 1–0 Mongolia
Gantuya 46' (o.g.) Report
Attendance: 200
Referee: Songkran Bunmeekiart (Thailand)
India 0–0 Lebanon
Report
Attendance: 5,400
Referee: Javiz Mohamed (Maldives)

Final

India 2–0 Lebanon
 Report
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. ^ a b "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. ^ "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. ^ 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. ^ 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. ^ "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. ^ 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. ^ "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. ^ "FIFA Men's Ranking". fifa.com. Archived from the original on 6 April 2023. Retrieved 15 June 2023.
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