2019 King's Cup

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.

2019 King's Cup
ฟุตบอลชิงถ้วยพระราชทานคิงส์คัพ 2019
Tournament details
Host countryThailand Thailand
Dates5–8 June 2019
Teams4 (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 played4
Goals scored8 (2 per match)
Attendance55,642 (13,911 per match)
2018
2022

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.

CountryAssociationFederationConfederationFIFA Ranking1Previous best performance
 Thailand (host)FATAFFAFC114Champions (fifteen titles; last title: 2017)
 Curaçao2FFKCFUCONCACAF82Debut
 IndiaAIFFSAFFAFC101Third Place (1977)
 VietnamVFFAFFAFC98Runner 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-finalsFinal
 
      
 
5 June – Buriram
 
 
 Curaçao3
 
8 June – Buriram
 
 India1
 
 Curaçao (p)1 (5)
 
5 June – Buriram
 
 Vietnam1 (4)
 
 Thailand0
 
 
 Vietnam1
 
Third place
 
 
8 June – Buriram
 
 
 India1
 
 
 Thailand0

Semi-finals

Curaçao  3–1  India
Report
Attendance: 8,535
Referee: Chaireang Ngam-som (Thailand)

Thailand  0–1  Vietnam
Report
Attendance: 26,853
Referee: Jumpei Iida (Japan)

Third place play-off

India  1–0  Thailand
Report
Attendance: 11,836
Referee: Jumpei Iida (Japan)

Final

Winners

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

Curaçao
First title

Final ranking

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsFinal result
1  Curaçao211042+24Champions
2  Vietnam211021+14Runners-up
3  India210123−13Third place
4  Thailand (H)200202−20Fourth place
Source: FIFA
(H) Hosts

Broadcasting rights

CountryTelevision broadcasterOnline streamingRef
 IndiaStar Sports 3Hotstar[7][8]
 ThailandThairath TVNot available[8][9]
 VietnamVTC Digital Television[8][10]
 South KoreaMBC Sports+MBC2 Vietnam matches only (semi-final and final)

References