The 2019 Intercontinental Cup (known as the 2019

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Intercontinental Cup for sponsorship reasons, was the second edition of the Intercontinental Cup, a 4-nations

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tournament held at TransStadia Arena in the Indian city of

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between the 7th and 19th of July 2019. The tournament was organized by the

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won the title by a 1–0 victory over

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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: * (85) - ''first appearance'' * (101) - ''second appearance'' - host * (120) - ''first appearance'' * (122) - ''first appearance''

Venue

*All matches held at the TransStadia Arena,

, India.

Matches

*Times listed are UTC+05:30.

Round Robin

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Final

Winners

Statistics

Goalscorers

Broadcasting rights

References

{{Friendly tournaments 2019 International association football competitions hosted by India Sports competitions in Ahmedabad

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