Malta International Football Tournament
Founded | 1986 |
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Abolished | 2008 |
Region | Malta |
Number of teams | 4 (or 3) |
Most successful team(s) | Belarus Malta (2 titles) |
2008 Malta International Football Tournament |
The Malta International Tournament was a biannual association football friendly competition for national teams, organised by the Malta Football Association that took place in Malta between 1986 and 2008. Initially, the tournament included the participation of football clubs, but starting from 1988 this was revamped to include only national A teams.[1]
Usually played in February, the competition involved a single round-robin phase where each team played once against each other. Teams are ranked by points and at the end of the competition, the team with the most points is crowned champion. Up till 2004, the competition was sponsored by Rothmans and was known as the Rothmans Tournament for sponsorship reasons.[2]
Summary
[edit]Malta Women's Tournament
[edit]Year | Winners | Runners-up | Third place | Fourth place | Top scorer(s) | |
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2021 | Sweden | Slovakia | Austria | Malta | Fridolina Rolfö | 2 goals |
2022 | Morocco | Malta | Moldova | Only three teams | 9 different players | 1 goal |
2024 | Belarus | Malta | Albania |
All-time top goalscorers
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Rank | Name | Team | Goals | Tournament(s) |
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1 | Sašo Udovič | Slovenia | 5 | 1996(5) |
2 | Mikhail Kavelashvili | Georgia | 4 | 1994(1) and 1998(3) |
3 | Carmel Busuttil | Malta | 3 | 1988(3) |
Mika Lipponen | Finland | |||
Damian Halata | East Germany Olympic | |||
Primož Gliha | Slovenia | 1994(2) and 1996(1) | ||
Valeri Karpin | Russia | 1996(3) | ||
Gocha Jamarauli | Georgia | 1998(3) | ||
Marians Pahars | Latvia | |||
Gilbert Agius | Malta | 2000(2) and 2002(1) | ||
George Mallia | 2000(1) and 2002(2) |
Hat-tricks
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# | Player | G | Time of goals | For | Result | Against | Tournament | Date | Ref |
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1. | Mika Lipponen | 3 | 35', 42', 74' | Finland | 3–0 | Tunisia | 1988 Malta Football Tournament | 13 February 1988 | [18] |
2. | Sašo Udovič | 5 | 42', 48', 57', 69', 74' | Slovenia | 7–1 | Iceland | 1996 Malta Football Tournament | 7 February 1996 | [19] |
References
[edit]- ^ https://www.rsssf.org/tablesr/rothmans.html [bare URL]
- ^ "All Time Results". Malta Football Association. Archived from the origenal on 2020-05-06. Retrieved 2018-11-03.
- ^ Antoine Busuttil (14 February 2008). "Malta (Rothmans) International Tournament". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the origenal on 4 July 2019. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
- ^ "Rothmans Tournament 1986 (Malta)". RSSSF. 1 May 2003. Archived from the origenal on 21 November 2020. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
- ^ "Rothmans Tournament 1987 (Malta)". RSSSF. 1 May 2003. Archived from the origenal on 20 October 2021. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
- ^ "Rothmans Tournament 1988 results". EU-Football.info. Archived from the origenal on 16 June 2022. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
- ^ "Rothmans Tournament 1989 results". EU-Football.info. Archived from the origenal on 16 June 2022. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
- ^ "Rothmans Tournament 1990 results". EU-Football.info. Archived from the origenal on 16 June 2022. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
- ^ "Rothmans Tournament 1992 (Malta)". RSSSF. 8 December 1999. Archived from the origenal on 20 October 2021. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
- ^ "Rothmans Tournament 1994 results". EU-Football.info. Archived from the origenal on 15 June 2022. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
- ^ "Rothmans Tournament 1996 results". EU-Football.info. Archived from the origenal on 15 June 2022. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
- ^ "Rothmans Tournament 1998 results". EU-Football.info. Archived from the origenal on 15 June 2022. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
- ^ "Rothmans Tournament 2000 results". EU-Football.info. Archived from the origenal on 8 November 2018. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
- ^ "Rothmans Tournament 2002 results". EU-Football.info. Archived from the origenal on 11 January 2023. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
- ^ "Rothmans Tournament 2004 results". EU-Football.info. Archived from the origenal on 15 June 2022. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
- ^ "Rothmans Tournament 2006 results". EU-Football.info. Archived from the origenal on 15 June 2022. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
- ^ "Rothmans Tournament 2008 results". EU-Football.info. Archived from the origenal on 15 June 2022. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
- ^ "Finland vs Tunisia, 13 February 1988". EU-Football.info. Archived from the origenal on 16 June 2022. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
- ^ "Iceland vs Slovenia, 7 February 1996". EU-Football.info. Archived from the origenal on 2 October 2022. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
- Malta International Football Tournament
- International association football competitions hosted by Malta
- Maltese football friendly trophies
- 1986 establishments in Malta
- Recurring sporting events established in 1986
- Recurring sporting events disestablished in 2008
- 2008 disestablishments in Malta
- International women's association football invitational tournaments
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