# Intercontinental Cup (India) > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Intercontinental_Cup_(India) > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Intercontinental_Cup_(India).md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intercontinental_Cup_(India) > Source revision: 1344226053 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) International football tournament For other uses, see [Intercontinental Cup](/source/Intercontinental_Cup_(disambiguation)). Football tournament Intercontinental Cup Organiser(s) AIFF Founded 2018; 8 years ago (2018) Region India Teams 4 Current champions Syria (1st title) Most championships India (2 titles) 2024 The **Intercontinental Cup** is a four-nation [football](/source/Association_football) tournament organised by the [All India Football Federation](/source/All_India_Football_Federation) (AIFF). It was launched as a replacement for the [Nehru Cup](/source/Nehru_Cup), with the first edition held as the [2018 Intercontinental Cup (India)](/source/2018_Intercontinental_Cup_(India)).[1] Naming rights of the tournament were purchased by the [Hero MotoCorp](/source/Hero_MotoCorp), which also sponsored the national team at that time.[2] On 7 January 2023, the AIFF confirmed that the Intercontinental Cup would become an annual competition as part of their "Vision 2047" initiative.[3] The first edition was won by [India](/source/India_national_football_team), while the next edition held in [2019](/source/2019_Intercontinental_Cup_(India)) was won by [North Korea](/source/North_Korea_national_football_team).[4][5][6] ## Results Year Host city Final 3rd place 4th place Winner Score Runner-up 2018 Details Mumbai India 2–0 Kenya New Zealand Chinese Taipei 2019 Details Ahmedabad North Korea 1–0 Tajikistan Syria India 2023 Details Bhubaneswar India 2–0 Lebanon Vanuatu Mongolia 2024 Details Hyderabad Syria Round robin Mauritius India — ## Medal summary Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total 1 India 2 0 1 3 2 Syria 1 0 1 2 3 North Korea 1 0 0 1 4 Kenya 0 1 0 1 Lebanon 0 1 0 1 Mauritius 0 1 0 1 Tajikistan 0 1 0 1 8 New Zealand 0 0 1 1 Vanuatu 0 0 1 1 Totals (9 entries) 4 4 4 12 ## Statistics ### Goalscorers Players with most goals Rank Player Goals Apps Ratio Last season 1 Sunil Chhetri 13 11 1.18 2023 2 Jong Il-gwan 3 4 0.75 2018 3 Ri Hyong-jin 3 4 0.75 2018 4 Lallianzuala Chhangte 3 7 0.42 2023 5 Shadi Al Hamwi 2 3 0.66 2019 6 Mohammad Marmour 2 3 0.66 2019 7 Firas Al Khatib 2 3 0.66 2019 8 Komron Tursunov 2 4 0.5 2019 9 Jockins Atudo 2 4 0.5 2018 *NOTE: Players in **bold** are still active internationally* ## See also - [Nehru Cup](/source/Nehru_Cup) - [Tri-Nation Series](/source/Tri-Nation_Series_(India)) ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["All Whites squad named for Intercontinental Cup"](https://www.nzfootball.co.nz/newsarticle/63061). New Zealand Football. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20220714220054/https://www.nzfootball.co.nz/newsarticle/63061) from the original on 14 July 2022. Retrieved 15 July 2022. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Mumbai Football Arena To Host Hero Intercontinental Cup From June 1"](https://web.archive.org/web/20180612145833/https://www.the-aiff.com/news-center-details.htm?id=8928). *www.the-aiff.com*. Archived from [the original](https://www.the-aiff.com/news-center-details.htm?id=8928) on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 23 April 2018. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Vision 2047, the Indian football strategic roadmap"](https://www.the-aiff.com/media/uploads/2023/01/Vision-2047-The-Indian-Football-Strategic-Roadmap-2023-2047.pdf) (PDF). *Vision 2047, The Indian Football Strategic Roadmap (2023 - 2047)*. 7 January 2023. Retrieved 6 August 2024. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-aiff_statement_4-0)** ["INDIA TO PLAY SYRIA, TAJIKISTAN & DPR KOREA IN SECOND EDITION OF HERO INTERCONTINENTAL CUP IN JULY"](https://web.archive.org/web/20191206104141/https://the-aiff.com/news-center-details.htm?id=9667). *the-aiff.com*. AIFF. Archived from [the original](https://www.the-aiff.com/news-center-details.htm?id=9667) on 6 December 2019. Retrieved 13 May 2019. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-tajik_fed_statement_5-0)** ["TAJIKISTAN NATIONAL TEAM IN THE TOURNAMENT "INTERCONTINENTAL CUP 2019" WILL PLAY WITH SYRIA, THE DPRK AND INDIA"](http://fft.tj/sbornaya-tadzhikistana-na-turnire-intersontinental-cup-2019-sygraet-s-siriej-kndr-i-indiej/). *fft.tj*. Tajikistan Football Association. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20190520081525/http://fft.tj/sbornaya-tadzhikistana-na-turnire-intersontinental-cup-2019-sygraet-s-siriej-kndr-i-indiej/) from the original on 20 May 2019. Retrieved 13 May 2019. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-venue_6-0)** ["HERO INTERCONTINENTAL CUP TO BE HELD IN AHMEDABAD"](https://web.archive.org/web/20190521082013/https://the-aiff.com/news-center-details.htm?id=9687). *the-aiff.com*. AIFF. Archived from [the original](https://www.the-aiff.com/news-center-details.htm?id=9687) on 21 May 2019. 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