2019 King's Cup

2019 King's Cup

ฟุตบอลชิงถ้วยพระราชทานคิงส์คัพ 2019
Tournament details
Host country	Thailand
Dates	5–8 June 2019
Teams	4 (from 2 confederations)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Curaçao (1st title)
Runners-up	Vietnam
Third place	India
Fourth place	Thailand
Tournament statistics
Matches played	4
Goals scored	8 (2 per match)
Attendance	55,642 (13,911 per match)
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The 2019 Annual King's Cup Football Tournament (Thai: ฟุตบอลชิงถ้วยพระราชทานคิงส์คัพ 2019), commonly referred to as 2019 King's Cup, was the 47th King's Cup, the annual international men's football tournament organised by Football Association of Thailand. It was held in Buriram, Thailand, from 5 to 8 June 2019. Two matches were held on 5 June, the winners of which qualified for the final. The two other teams played the play-off for the 3rd spot.

As hosts, Thailand participated automatically in the tournament; they were joined by the CONCACAF team Curaçao and AFC teams Vietnam and India.^[1]

Defending champions Slovakia did not participate.

Participating teams

The following teams have participated for the tournament.

Country	Association	Federation	Confederation	FIFA Ranking1	Previous best performance
Thailand (host)	FAT	AFF	AFC	114	Champions (fifteen titles; last title: 2017)
Curaçao2	FFK	CFU	CONCACAF	82	Debut
India	AIFF	SAFF	AFC	101	Third Place (1977)
Vietnam	VFF	AFF	AFC	98	Runner up (2006)

• ¹ FIFA Ranking as of 4 April 2019.^[2]
• ² Curaçao replaced El Salvador which withdrew from the tournament. El Salvador themselves replaced China which initially planned to enter the tournament.^[3]

Venue

Buriram[4][5]
Chang Arena
Capacity: 32,600

Squads

Matches

All times are local, Indochina Time (UTC+7)

Match rules

• 90 minutes.
• Penalty shoot-out after a draw in 90 minutes.
• Maximum of three substitutions.

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	5 June – Buriram
	Curaçao	3
					8 June – Buriram
	India	1
					Curaçao (p)	1 (5)
	5 June – Buriram
					Vietnam	1 (4)
	Thailand	0
	Vietnam	1
					Third place
					8 June – Buriram
					India	1
					Thailand	0

Semi-finals

5 June 2019 (2019-06-05)

15:30

Curaçao	3–1	India
Bonevacia 15' Hooi 17' Bacuna 33'	Report	Chhetri 31' (pen.)

Chang Arena, Buriram

Attendance: 8,535

Referee: Chaireang Ngam-som (Thailand)

5 June 2019 (2019-06-05)

19:45

Thailand	0–1	Vietnam
	Report	Nguyễn Anh Đức 90+4'

Chang Arena, Buriram

Attendance: 26,853

Referee: Jumpei Iida (Japan)

Third place play-off

8 June 2019 (2019-06-08)

15:30

India	1–0	Thailand
Thapa 17'	Report

Chang Arena, Buriram

Attendance: 11,836

Referee: Jumpei Iida (Japan)

Final

8 June 2019 (2019-06-08)

19:45

Curaçao	1–1	Vietnam
Carolina 58'	Report	Phạm Đức Huy 83'
Penalties
Benschop Hooi Antonia Bacuna Maria	5–4	Nguyễn Anh Đức Nguyễn Công Phượng Nguyễn Trọng Hoàng Quế Ngọc Hải Đoàn Văn Hậu

Chang Arena, Buriram

Attendance: 8,418

Referee: Wiwat Jumpao-on (Thailand)

Winners

The 47th Annual King's Cup Football Tournament Champions[6]
Curaçao First title

Final ranking

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Final result
1	Curaçao	2	1	1	0	4	2	+2	4	Champions
2	Vietnam	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1	4	Runners-up
3	India	2	1	0	1	2	3	−1	3	Third place
4	Thailand (H)	2	0	0	2	0	2	−2	0	Fourth place

Broadcasting rights

Country	Television broadcaster	Online streaming	Ref
India	Star Sports 3	Hotstar	[7][8]
Thailand	Thairath TV	Not available	[8][9]
Vietnam	VTC Digital Television		[8][10]
South Korea	MBC Sports+	MBC	2 Vietnam matches only (semi-final and final)

References

External links

• Football Association of Thailand – FAT official site
• Football Association of Thailand – FIFA site
• Regulations Governing International Matches Archived 25 October 2017 at the Wayback Machine
• 2019 King's Cup at RSSSF