The 2018 Intercontinental Cup (known as the 2018

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Intercontinental Cup for sponsorship reasons) was a 4-team

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tournament held at the

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in the

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n city of

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between 1 and 10 June 2018. The tournament was organized by the

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as part of the senior men's team's preparation for

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. India won the tournament by defeating Kenya 2–0 in the final on 10 June 2018.

Participating nations

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was announced to participate in the tournament but

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later replaced them when South Africa expressed its inability to participate. The other two nations participated in the tournament were

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from AFC region and

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from the OFC region.

Group stage

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Final

Winners

Crowd attendance

After a poor attendance of 2,569 for the first match of the tournament, Indian captain

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uploaded a video on his

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and Instagram accounts pleading for Indians to attend Indian football matches. Chhetri's plea was endorsed by other sports people, including Indian cricket captain

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, cricket legend

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, and tennis player

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. People responded to the plea by booking tickets for India's upcoming game against Kenya, and the game was sold out before the match day. The match was Chhetri's 100th cap for India in which he scored a brace, leading India to win 3–0. The tweet was the most retweeted tweet in 2018, per

India and was awarded ''The Golden Tweet''.

Broadcasting rights

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did broadcast for the 2018 Intercontinental Cup (India) on

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. It was also streamed live on

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and

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Goalscorers

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References

{{reflist International association football competitions hosted by India Sports competitions in Mumbai