The 2024 Intercontinental Cup was the fourth edition of the Intercontinental Cup, a three-nation football tournament, typically a four-nation tournament, held at the G. M. C. Balayogi Athletic Stadium, in the Indian city of Hyderabad in September 2024. The tournament was organized by the All India Football Federation (AIFF). India won the previous edition by a 2âÂÂ0 victory over Lebanon in the final in June of 2023. Syria won this edition by finishing in first place of the round-robin standings after defeating Mauritius 2âÂÂ0 and India 3âÂÂ0. With one goal each, Mahmoud Al-Mawas, Mahmoud Al Aswad, Daleho Irandust, and Pablo Sabbag finished as joint-top scorers of the tournament. Mahmoud Al-Mawas of Syria was awarded best player of the tournament.
The tournament was played by teams from two different confederations in the FIFA international window from 2 to 10 September 2024. India, as host, is joined by Syria from the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), and Mauritius from the Confederation of African Football (CAF). The teams play each other in a round-robin phase, and the winner in the group stage was the champion.
The FIFA Rankings of the participating national teams,
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Disney+ Hotstar and JioTV have the rights to the majority of the Indian National Team's matches and they also covered the previous edition of the tournament. On 22 August 2024, the Indian National Football Team announced that Jio Cinema would stream all of the matches live. They also announced the Sports18 3 will broadcast all of the matches. There has been no news of any broadcasters covering the tournament outside of India.
The match balls were provided by Nivia Sports. The "NIVIA Shastra 2.0" were the specific model used in the tournament. It was the first time the ball was used for an international match.