The 2019 Sheikh Kamal International Club Cup, also known as ''Sheikh Kamal Gold Cup 2019'', was the 3rd edition of

Sheikh Kamal International Club Cup Sheikh Kamal International Club Cup (), also known as Sheikh Kamal Gold Cup, is a biennial international club association football, football tournament held in Bangladesh. The inaugural edition took place in 2015. It is hosted by the Chittagong Ab ...

, an international club football tournament hosted by the

Chittagong Abahani Chittagong Abahani Limited (), also spelled as Chattogram Abahani or Chittagong Abahoni, is a sports club based in Chittagong, Bangladesh. A wing of Abahani Limited was established at Chittagong in 1980, known as Chittagong Abahani. It is on ...

in association with the

Bangladesh Football Federation Bangladesh Football Federation (, ''Bānglādesh fūṭbôl fēḍārēshôn'') is the governing body that administers the sport of association football in Bangladesh. It is in charge of running the country's men's and women's national teams, ...

. This tournament took place at the

M. A. Aziz Stadium District Stadium, Chittagong (; also known as MA Aziz Stadium) is a multi-purpose stadium in Chittagong, Bangladesh. The stadium currently operated by the Bangladesh Football Federation, predominantly hosts football matches and has previously b ...

in the port city of

Chittagong Chittagong ( ), officially Chattogram, (, ) (, or ) is the second-largest city in Bangladesh. Home to the Port of Chittagong, it is the busiest port in Bangladesh and the Bay of Bengal. The city is also the business capital of Bangladesh. It ...

from 19 October to 30 October 2019. Participation fees for each team are US$10,000 and the champion of the tournament was awarded US$50,000 and the runner-up was awarded US$25,000. Maldivian side T.C. Sports Club were the defending champions having won the 2017 edition, but were eliminated from group stage in this edition

Participating teams

Eight clubs sent their team to participate in the tournament from five nations of AFC. Two teams from

Bangladesh Bangladesh, officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by population, eighth-most populous country in the world and among the List of countries and dependencies by ...

, three teams from India, and one team each from Laos, Malaysia and Maldives participated. Following are the participated teams: *

(''Host'') *

Bashundhara Kings Bashundhara Kings () is a professional football club based in Bashundhara Residential Area, Dhaka, Bangladesh. The club competes in the Bangladesh Premier League, the top tier of the Bangladesh football league system. The club was established i ...

Mohun Bagan Mohun Bagan Super Giant, commonly referred to as Mohun Bagan, is an Indian professional football club based in Kolkata, West Bengal. Founded in 1889, it is one of the oldest football clubs in Asia. The club competes in the Indian Super League, ...

Chennai City Chennai, also known as Madras ( its official name until 1996), is the capital and largest city of Tamil Nadu, the southernmost state of India. It is located on the Coromandel Coast of the Bay of Bengal. According to the 2011 Indian censu ...

Gokulam Kerala Gokulam Kerala Football Club is an Indian professional association football, football club based in Kozhikode, Kerala. Founded in 2017, the club competes in the I-League, the second tier of the Indian football league system. They won the 2020� ...

Terengganu Terengganu (; Terengganu Malay: ''Tranung'', formerly spelled Trengganu or Tringganu) is a sultanate and States and federal territories of Malaysia, federal state of Malaysia. The state is also known by its Arabic honorific, ''Dāru l-Iman (c ...

TC Sports Club Trust and Care Sports Club (commonly known as TC Sports Club) is a Maldivian professional football club based in Malé. They have qualified for the Dhivehi League for the first time, after crowning the 2014 Second Division Football Tournament an ...

* Young Elephants

Draw

The draw were held on 11 October 2019 in Dhaka. The eight teams were divided into 2 groups. The top 2 teams from each group will qualify for

Semi-finals A single-elimination knockout, or sudden-death tournament is a type of elimination tournament where the loser of a match-up is immediately eliminated from the tournament. Each winner will play another in the next round, until the final match-up, ...

Group draw

Venue

Group stages

* All Matches were played at

. *Times Listed are UTC+6:00

Group A

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Group B

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Knockout stage

* Time listed are UTC+6:00 * All matches played at

* In the knockout stage,

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and

penalty shoot-out The penalty shootout is a method of determining a winner in sports matches that would have otherwise been drawn or tied. The rules for penalty shootouts vary between sports and even different competitions; however, the usual form is similar to pe ...

are used to decide the winner if necessary.

Bracket

Semi-finals

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Final

Winners

Goalscorers

Prize money

Media coverage

*Bangladeshi satellite channels Channel 9,

Bangla TV Bangla TV () is a Bengali-language satellite television channel based in the United Kingdom and Bangladesh. It was established in the United Kingdom on 16 September 1999, targeting Bengali audiences both there and in Europe. It commenced transm ...

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live telecasted all matches in Bangladesh and South Asian countries as well as rest of the world. *Online stream: Cplustv YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3aNZXndc9tRpYKYKSYUbrg *

Bangladesh Betar Bangladesh Betar (; ), is the state-owned radio broadcaster of Bangladesh, initially established as the Dhaka station of All India Radio in 1939. It was later made part of Radio Pakistan. After the independence of the country in 1971, Radio Pakis ...

104.0 FM telecasted live commentary all matches from the stadium. *Print media partners are The Daily Star also

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References

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