The 2017 Annual King's Cup Football Tournament, commonly referred to as 2017 King's Cup, was the 45th

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, the annual international men's

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tournament organised by

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. It was held in

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, from 14 to 16 July 2017. The matches were played at

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. As hosts,

participated automatically in the tournament; they were joined by the African team

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, the Asian team

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and the

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team

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. The defending champions,

, who won the previous fourteen King's Cup, defended their title.

and

made their debuts. Burkina Faso were represented by their African Nations Championship team, composed of domestic league players. Belarus were represented by their B-team, composed of domestic league players. North Korea were represented by several their B-team and a few A-team players.

Participant teams

The following teams have participated for the tournament. *

¹ FIFA Ranking as of 6 July 2017.

² and making their debut.

³ will be represented by their domestic national team.

⁴ will be represented by their B-team

Teams profile

Squads

Venue

Draw

The draw will be held on 3 July 2017, at the Thairath Headquarter in Bangkok, Thailand. Suppasin Leelarit, vice president of Football Association of Thailand and Watchara Watcharapol, chief executive officer of Thairath TV will participate in the draw. The 4 teams are drawn into two matches, with hosts Thailand being allocated to bottom half (semi-finals 2).

Matches

All times are local,

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(

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)

Match rules

*90 minutes. *

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after a draw in 90 minutes. *Maximum of three substitutions.

Bracket

Semi-finals

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Third place play-off

Final

Winners

Goalscorers

;2 goals *

Lassina Traoré Lassina Chamste Soudine Franck Traoré (born 12 January 2001) is a Burkinabé professional footballer who plays as a forward for Ukrainian Premier League club Shakhtar Donetsk and the Burkina Faso national team. Club career Rahimo Traoré beg ...

;1 goal * Ismaël Zagré * Myong Cha-hyon *

Pak Song-chol Pak Song-chol or Park Sung-chul (; 2 September 1913 – 28 October 2008) was a North Korean politician who served as Premier of North Korea from 1976 to 1977. He succeeded Kim Il. He also served as foreign minister from 1959 to 1970. Biog ...

* Rim Kwang-hyok *

Mongkol Tossakrai Mongkol Tossakrai (, born May 9, 1987), simply known as Yen (), is a Thai football coach and retired player. He was considered to have one of the top 5 goals in Matchday 13 of the Thai League 1 by FOX Sports Asia. Club career He played for ...

Teeratep Winothai Teeratep Winothai (, born 16 February 1985), simply known as Leesaw () is a Thai retired footballer who played as a forward. He previously spent his youth career with England's Crystal Palace and Everton. He got a bachelor's degree from the ...

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Final ranking

FIFA ranking

The

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(UEFA) sent a letter of confirmation to the Football Association of Thailand. UEFA has no objection to participation of Belarus (domestic-league players) in this tournament. The Football Federation of Belarus will register for the tier-2 international match, which will record the result without FIFA scoring. The remaining three teams will register for the tier-1 international match.

External links

Football Association of Thailand
– FAT official site

– FIFA site

– FIFA site

– FIFA site

– FIFA site
Regulations Governing International Matches

References

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