9th International Friendship Tournament

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9th International Friendship Tournament
Tournament details
Host country	Qatar
Dates	27 December – 2 January
Teams	4 (from 2 confederations)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Korea DPR (1st title)
Runners-up	Qatar
Third place	Mali
Fourth place	Iran
Tournament statistics
Matches played	6
Goals scored	11 (1.83 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Magid Mohamed Choe Kum-chol (2 goals each)
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International football competition

The 9th Qatar International Friendship Tournament was held in Doha, Qatar from 27 December 2009 to 2 January 2010. This edition featured senior national teams for the first time and also reverted to four teams from eight in previous editions.

The total prize money for the tournament was $600,000, of which $250,000 was allocated for the winner. Korea DPR won the tournament after Qatar was held to a goalless draw with Mali in the final match.

Participating nations

Matches

Round robin tournament

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
North Korea	6	3	2	0	1	2	1	+1
Qatar	4	3	1	1	1	3	3	0
Mali	4	3	1	1	1	2	2	0
Iran	3	3	1	0	2	4	5	–1

27 December 2009
14:30 UTC+7

Mali	0–1	North Korea
		Choe Kum-chol 54'

Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium

27 December 2009
14:30 UTC+7

Qatar	3–2	Iran
Ali Afif 6' Magid Mohamed 10', 90+2'		Milad Meydavoudi 38' Ehsan Hajsafi 47'

Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium

30 December 2009
13:00 UTC+7

Iran	1–2	Mali
Karim Ansarifard 12'		Tenema N'Diaye 29' Dramane Traoré 31'

Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium

30 December 2009
15:15 UTC+7

Qatar	0–1	North Korea
		Choe Kum-chol 59'

Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium

2 January 2010
13:00 UTC+7

Qatar	0–0	Mali

Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium

2 January 2010
15:15 UTC+7

North Korea	0–1	Iran
		Mehrzad Madanchi 42'

Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium

Winner

9th International Friendship Tournament champion
North Korea 1st title

References

^ Chool, Yoon (31 December 2009). "North Korea Beats Qatar 1-0 at Friendly Tournament". The Korea Times. Retrieved 16 July 2024.
^ Seung-woo, Kang (3 January 2010). "North Korea Wins Qatar Football Tourney". The Korea Times. Retrieved 16 June 2024.

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