2023 King's Cup

The 2023 Annual King's Cup Football Tournament (Thai: ฟุตบอลชิงถ้วยพระราชทานคิงส์คัพ 2023), also referred to as 2023 King's Cup, was the 49th King's Cup, the annual international men's football tournament organized by Football Association of Thailand.^[1][2]

2023 King's Cup

ฟุตบอลชิงถ้วยพระราชทานคิงส์คัพ 2023
Tournament details
Host country	Thailand
Dates	7–10 September 2023
Teams	4 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Iraq (1st title)
Runners-up	Thailand
Third place	Lebanon
Fourth place	India
Tournament statistics
Matches played	4
Goals scored	12 (3 per match)
← 2022 2024 →

As hosts, Thailand participated automatically in the tournament; they were be joined by the AFC teams India, Iraq and Lebanon.^[3][2]

Participating teams

The following teams participated in the tournament:

Country	Association	Federation	Confederation	FIFA Ranking^1	Previous best performance
Thailand (hosts)	FAT	AFF	AFC	113	Champions (15 titles; last title: 2017)
India	AIFF	SAFF	AFC	99	Third place (1977, 2019)
Iraq	IFA	WAFF	AFC	70	Runners-up (2007)
Lebanon	LFA	WAFF	AFC	100	Third place (2009)

• ¹ FIFA Ranking as of 20 July 2023.^[4]

Venue

Chiang Mai^[2]^[5]
700th Anniversary Stadium
Capacity: 17,909

Squads

Main article: 2023 King's Cup squads

A final squad of 23 players (three of whom must be goalkeepers) needed to be registered.

Matches

All times are local, ICT (UTC+7).

Match rules

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

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	7 September – Chiang Mai
	Thailand	2
					10 September – Chiang Mai
	Lebanon	1
					Thailand	2 (4)
	7 September – Chiang Mai
					Iraq	2 (5)
	Iraq	2 (5)
	India	2 (4)
					Third place play-off
					10 September – Chiang Mai
					Lebanon	1
					India	0

Semi-finals

7 September 2023 (2023-09-07)

17:30

Iraq	2–2	India
Al-Hamadi   28' (pen.) Hussein   80' (pen.)		Naorem   17' Hassan   51' (o.g.)
Penalties
Doski   Adnan   H. Ali   Al-Hamawi   Resan	5–4	Fernandes   Jhingan   Wangjam   A. Ali   R. Ali

700th Anniversary Stadium, Chiang Mai

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7 September 2023 (2023-09-07)

20:30

Thailand	2–1	Lebanon
Ayoub   45+3' (o.g.) Dangda   85'		Jradi   57'

700th Anniversary Stadium, Chiang Mai

Third place play-off

10 September 2023 (2023-09-10)

17:30

Lebanon	1–0	India
El Zein   77'

700th Anniversary Stadium, Chiang Mai

Final

10 September 2023 (2023-09-10)

20:30

Thailand	2–2	Iraq
Mickelson   37' Bordin   82'		Hussein   6' Attwan   65'
Penalties
Kritsada   Thitiphan   Pokklaw   Pathompol   Theerathon	4–5	Abdulla   Doski   Farhan   Bayesh   Attwan

700th Anniversary Stadium, Chiang Mai

Winners

The 49th Annual King's Cup Football Tournament champions
Iraq 1st title

References

1. Marcus, Mergulhao (27 March 2023). "AIFF draws busy calendar for national team as India will take part in King's Cup, Merdeka Cup and Asian Games". Times of India. from the original on 27 March 2023. Retrieved 27 March 2023.
2. "Chiang Mai set to host King's Cup again". Bangkok Post. from the original on 4 September 2023. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
3. "India participated in King's Cup in Thailand". AIFF. 17 June 2023. from the original on 18 June 2023. Retrieved 18 June 2023.
4. "FIFA Men's Ranking". fifa.com. from the original on 6 April 2023. Retrieved 15 June 2023.
5. "49th King's Cup to be held in Chiang Mai". AFF - The Official Website Of The Asean Football Federation. 18 July 2023. from the original on 16 August 2023. Retrieved 16 August 2023.

External links

• Football Association of Thailand – FAT official site (in Thai)