The 39th

King's Cup King's Cup (incl. translations), may refer to: Sports Football * Copa del Rey, Spanish for "King's Cup," the main national knockout tournament in men's football * King's Cup (Bahrain), the premier national knockout football tournament * King's ...

finals was held from 21 to 23 January 2009 at the

Surakul Stadium Surakul Stadium (; ) is a multi-purpose stadium in Phuket Province, Thailand. It is currently used mostly for football matches. The stadium holds 15,000 and was built in 1959. The stadium co-hosted the 2008 AFF Suzuki Cup. The use of the Sur ...

Phuket Phuket (; , , or ''Tongkah'') is one of the Southern Thailand, southern Provinces of Thailand, provinces (''changwat'') of Thailand. It consists of the island of Phuket, List of islands of Thailand, the country's largest island, and another 3 ...

Thailand Thailand, officially the Kingdom of Thailand and historically known as Siam (the official name until 1939), is a country in Southeast Asia on the Mainland Southeast Asia, Indochinese Peninsula. With a population of almost 66 million, it spa ...

. The King's Cup (คิงส์คัพ) is an annual football tournament; the first tournament was played in 1968. This edition of the tournament was due to be played at the end of the domestic football season, the

Thailand Premier League The Thai League (, pronounced as ') or Thai League 1 (, pronounced as '), often referred to as T1, is the highest level of the Thai football league system. Contested by 16 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with Thai L ...

in October, but was postponed until early 2009 after the Thai national team made other commitments. The tournament was held in between the

2008 AFF Suzuki Cup The 2008 AFF Championship was the seventh edition of the tournament. It was primarily sponsored by Suzuki and therefore officially known as the 2008 AFF Suzuki Cup. The group stage was held in Indonesia and Thailand from 5 to 10 December 2008. ...

and the start of qualification for the

AFC Asian Cup The AFC Asian Cup is the primary association football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), determining the continental champion of Asia. It is the second-oldest c ...

. The format of this tournament had also changed from the previous edition, to a knockout basis, starting from the semi-finals, instead of a round robin group stage.

Participating nations

* Korea DPR *

Lebanon Lebanon, officially the Republic of Lebanon, is a country in the Levant region of West Asia. Situated at the crossroads of the Mediterranean Basin and the Arabian Peninsula, it is bordered by Syria to the north and east, Israel to the south ...

* Denmark League XI

Venue

Bracket

Matches

Semi finals

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3/4 Place Match

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Final

Winner

Scorers

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Sutee Suksomkit Sutee Suksomkit (, born 5 June 1978) is a Thai professional football manager and former player who is the assistant coach of Thailand U23. He is known for his skillful style of play, Sutee, nicknamed "Bird". He spent 8 years between 2001 and 2 ...

;1 goal *

Søren Rieks Søren Krucov Rieks (; born 7 April 1987) is a Danish former professional footballer who plays as a winger. During his career, he represented Esbjerg fB, NEC, IFK Göteborg, and Malmö FF. A full international between 2009 and 2010, he won thre ...

* Danny Olsen *

Ken Ilsø Ken Ilsø Larsen (born 2 December 1986) is a Danish former professional footballer who last played for Adelaide United in the A-League. He has previously represented Denmark at U19, U20 and U21 levels. Ilsø is also currently pursuing a Bachel ...

Mahmoud El Ali Mahmoud Mohamad El Ali (; born 4 March 1984) is a Lebanese former professional footballer who played as a striker. El Ali represented the Lebanon national team, scoring 12 goals in 46 games, before being banned for life from professional footb ...

Abbas Ahmed Atwi Abbas Ahmad Atwi (; born 12 September 1979) is a Lebanese football coach and former player who is the assistant coach of club Nejmeh. Making his debut for Lebanon in 2002, Atwi was the all-time most capped player for his country with 88 inter ...

Teerasil Dangda Teerasil Dangda (, ; born 6 June 1988) is a Thai professional footballer who plays as a striker for Thai League club BG Pathum United and the Thailand national team. Teerasil has played his trade in England, Switzerland, Spain, and Japan dur ...

Suchao Nutnum Suchao Nuchnum (born 17 May 1983) is a Thai professional football player who plays as a midfielder of Kanchanaburi Power F.C. of the Thai League 2 Club career Before becoming a footballer, Suchao was a Muay Thai boxer. His ring name of "Kobno ...

References

External links

RSSSF.com
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