2018 King's Cup

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2018 King's Cup
ฟุตบอลชิงถ้วยพระราชทานคิงส์คัพ 2018
Tournament details
Host country Thailand
Dates22–25 March
Teams4 (from 3 confederations)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Slovakia (2nd title)
Runners-up Thailand
Third place Gabon
Fourth place United Arab Emirates
Tournament statistics
Matches played4
Goals scored9 (2.25 per match)
Attendance88,236 (22,059 per match)
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The 2018 Annual King's Cup Football Tournament, commonly referred to as 2018 King's Cup, was the 46th King's Cup, the annual international men's football tournament organised by Football Association of Thailand. It was held in Bangkok, Thailand, from 22 to 25 March 2018.[1]

As hosts, Thailand participated automatically in the tournament; they were joined by the African team Gabon, the Asian team United Arab Emirates and the European team Slovakia.[2][3]

Participating teams[]

The following teams have participated for the tournament.[2][3]

Country Association Confederation FIFA Ranking1 Previous best performance
 Thailand (host) FA Thailand AFC 129 Champions (fifteen titles; last title: 2017)
 Gabon Gabon FF CAF 95 Debut
 Slovakia Slovak FA UEFA 28 Champions (2004)
 United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates FA AFC 78 Fourth place (2016)
  • 1 FIFA Ranking as of 15 February 2018.[4]

Background[]

2018 FIFA World Cup Qualifying[]

 Gabon  Slovakia  Thailand  United Arab Emirates
Opponent Home Away Opponent Home Away Opponent Home Away Opponent Home Away
 Ivory Coast L 0–3 W 2–1  England L 0–1 L 1–2  Australia D 2–2 L 1–2  Australia L 0–1 L 0–2
 Mali W 3–1 D 0–0  Lithuania W 4–0 W 2–1  Iraq L 1–2 L 0–4  Iraq W 2–0 L 0–1
 Morocco D 0–0 L 0–3  Malta W 3–0 W 3–1  Japan L 0–2 L 0–4  Japan L 0–2 W 2–1
N/A N/A N/A  Scotland W 3–0 L 0–1  Saudi Arabia L 0–3 L 0–1  Saudi Arabia W 2–1 L 0–3
N/A N/A N/A  Slovenia W 1–0 L 0–1  United Arab Emirates D 1–1 L 1–3  Thailand W 3–1 D 1–1

Previous King's Cup[]

 Slovakia  Thailand  United Arab Emirates
2004 King's Cup 2017 King's Cup 2016 King's Cup
Round Opponent Result Round Opponent Result Round Opponent Result
SF  Hungary W 1–0 SF  North Korea W 3–0 SF  Jordan L 1–3
F  Thailand W 1–1 (5–4 pen.) F  Belarus W 1–1 (4–5 pen.) TPO  Syria L 0–1
Winners (1) Winners (15) Fourth place

Venue[]

All matches held at the Rajamangala National Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand.[5]

Bangkok
Rajamangala Stadium Panorama.jpg
Rajamangala National Stadium
Capacity: 49,772
Rajamangala National Stadium is located in Bangkok
Rajamangala National Stadium
Rajamangala National Stadium

Squads[]

Main article: 2018 King's Cup 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
 
      
 
 
 
 
 Slovakia2
 
25 March – Bangkok
 
 United Arab Emirates1
 
 Slovakia3
 
22 March – Bangkok
 
 Thailand2
 
 Thailand (pen.)0 (4)
 
 
 Gabon0 (2)
 
Third place play-off
 
 
25 March – Bangkok
 
 
 United Arab Emirates0
 
 
 Gabon1

Semi-finals[]

Slovakia 2–1 United Arab Emirates
  • Rusnák Goal 42'
  • Ďuriš Goal 45'
 Report
Attendance: 8,360
Referee: Gopalakrishnan Letchman (Singapore)
Thailand 0–0 Gabon
Report
Penalties
 4–2
Attendance: 25,781

Third place play-off[]

Gabon 1–0 United Arab Emirates
 Report
Attendance: 8,670
Referee: Gopalakrishnan Letchman (Singapore)

Final[]

Thailand 2–3 Slovakia
 Report
Attendance: 45,425

Winners[]

 The 46th Annual King's Cup Football Tournament
Champions 

Slovakia
Second title

Final ranking[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Final result
1  Slovakia 2 2 0 0 5 3 +2 6 Champions
2  Thailand (H) 2 0 1 1 2 3 −1 1 Runners-up
3  Gabon 2 1 1 0 1 0 +1 4 Third place
4  United Arab Emirates 2 0 0 2 1 3 −2 0 Fourth place
Source: FIFA
(H) Host

Broadcasting rights[]

Territory Channel Ref
 Slovakia TV JOJ [6]
 Thailand Thairath TV [7]

References[]

  1. ^ "โฆษกสมาคมฯ เผย บอลคิงส์คัพ 2018 เตะช่วงฟีฟ่าเดย์ ไทยรัฐทีวี ถ่ายสด" (in Thai). Thai Rath. 15 December 2017.
  2. ^ a b ""วิทยา"ลุ้นทีมบอลโลกสนเตะคิงสคัพ". Daily News (in Thai). 29 December 2017.
  3. ^ a b "ส.บอลคอนเฟิร์ม! 4 ทีมโม่แข้งคิงส์คัพ 2018 ไทยรัฐยิงสดทุกนัด" (in Thai). Thai Rath. 5 January 2018.
  4. ^ FIFA.com. "The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking - Ranking Table - FIFA.com". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on November 1, 2014. Retrieved 2018-02-20.
  5. ^ "ดาวดังเพียบ! 3 ชาติส่งแข้งชุดใหญ่ร่วมศึกฟุตบอลคิงส์คัพ" (in Thai). Thai Rath. 6 January 2018.
  6. ^ "Zápasy Slovenska na pohári King's Cup v Thajsku aj v priamom prenose | ProFutbal.sk" (in Slovak). Archived from the original on 2018-03-21. Retrieved 2018-03-20.
  7. ^ "ส.บอล ยัน! ฟุตบอลคิงส์คัพแข่ง 23 มี.ค. นี้ ไทยรัฐทีวียิงสด" (in Thai). ไทยรัฐออนไลน์. January 4, 2011. Retrieved January 5, 2018.

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