The 40th King's Cup finals was held in

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from 17 January until 23 January. The King's Cup is an international football competition held in

. This edition featured four teams and reverted to a round robin group stage. Sweden was initially due to take part in the competition but later withdrew, thus being replaced by

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, who also later withdrew. They were replaced by

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. The tournament was moved to the North East of Thailand for the first time as the Thai Football Association continue to promote the game around the country. Denmark and Poland, the other two invitees, were represented by the Danish League XI and Polish League XI select squads.

Venue

Participating nations

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Matches

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Winner

Scorers

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* Søren Rieks *

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Patryk Małecki Patryk Adrian Małecki (; born 1 August 1988) is a Polish professional footballer who plays as a winger for Avia Świdnik. Club career He made his Wisła Kraków and Ekstraklasa debut on 10 September 2006 in a 0–0 draw against Pogoń Szczec ...

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Johan Absalonsen Johan Hindsgaul Absalonsen (born 16 September 1985) is a Danish former professional footballer who played as a left winger. He has played two games and scored one goal for the Denmark national team. Club career B1913 Born in Flemløse near Gl ...

* Jesper Bech *

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Jim Larsen Jim Larsen (born 6 November 1985) is a Danish former professional footballer who played as a centre-back. Club career Early years Larsen was born in Korsør, West Zealand, Denmark, and from an early age joined the AGF academy of Hessel Gods Fo ...

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* Morten Rasmussen *

Mikkel Thygesen Mikkel Thygesen (born 22 October 1984) is a Danish football coach and former player. Thygesen was capped three times for the Denmark national team, all friendlies. Club career Early career Born in Copenhagen, Thygesen started playing yo ...

Kamil Glik Kamil Jacek Glik (Polish pronunciation: ; born 3 February 1988) is a Polish professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Serie B club Benevento and the Poland national team. The previous clubs Glik played for include Piast Gliwice fro ...

* Maciej Iwański * Piotr Brożek * Tomasz Nowak *

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* Marcin Robak *

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* Shi Jiayi *

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* Therdsak Chaiman

External links

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