The 2019 Gree China Cup International Football Championship (
Chinese: 2019 年格力中国杯国际足球锦标赛) was the third edition of the
China Cup
The China Cup International Football Championship () is an annual association football tournament organized in China by Wanda Sports Holdings. The Championship was inaugurated in 2017 as a single-elimination tournament
A single-elimination kn ...
, an international football tournament held in
China
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annually. It took place from 21 to 25 March 2019 in the city of
Nanning
Nanning; is the capital of the Guangxi, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region in South China, southern China. It is known as the "Green City (绿城) " because of its abundance of lush subtropical foliage. Located in the South of Guangxi, Nanning ...
,
Guangxi
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.
Participating teams
On 11 February 2019, it was announced that
Thailand
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,
Uruguay
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and
Uzbekistan
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would participate in the 2019 China Cup.
Venue
Match officials
The following referees were chosen for the 2019 China Cup.
;Referees
*
Ma Ning
*
Milorad Mažić
*
Salman Ahmad Falahi
*
Mohammed Al-Shammari
;Assistant referees
* Cao Yi
* Zhang Cheng
* Mohammad Darman
* Yousuf Al-Shamari
Squads
*''Age, caps and goals as of the start of the tournament, 21 March 2019.''
China
Coach:
Fabio Cannavaro
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Source:
Thailand
Coach:
Sirisak Yodyardthai (caretaker)
Source:
Uruguay
Coach:
Óscar Tabárez
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After an unassuming career as a player and after working as a primary school ...
Source:
Uzbekistan
Coach:
Héctor Cúper
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As a player, he was a defender who spent most of his career at Ferro Carril Oeste, w ...
Source
Matches
All times are local,
Time in China, CST (
UTC+8
UTC+08:00 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of +08:00.
It is the most populous time zone in the world, as well as a possible candidate for ASEAN Common Time, mainly due to China's large population, with an estimated population ...
).
Bracket
Semi-finals
Third-place playoff
Final
Goalscorers
Notes
References
External links
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{{DEFAULTSORT:China Cup, 2019
2019
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International association football competitions hosted by China
2019 in association football
Sport in Guangxi
History of Nanning
2019 in Chinese football
March 2019 sports events in China