2009 King's Cup

2009 King's Cup
Tournament details
Host country	Thailand
Dates	21–23 January
Teams	4 (from 2 confederations)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Denmark League XI (2nd title)
Runners-up	Thailand
Third place	Lebanon
Fourth place	North Korea
Tournament statistics
Matches played	4
Goals scored	9 (2.25 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Sutee Suksomkit ; (2 goals)
	← 2007 2010 →

The 39th King's Cup finals was held from 21 to 23 January 2009 at the Surakul Stadium in Phuket, Thailand. 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 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 and the start of qualification for the AFC Asian Cup.

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 edit

Venue edit

Phuket
Surakul Stadium
Capacity: 16,000

Bracket edit

Semi-finals		Final

21 January – Phuket

Denmark League XI	1
		23 January – Phuket
Korea DPR	0
		Denmark League XI (pen.)	2 (5)
21 January – Phuket
		Thailand	2 (3)
Thailand	2

Lebanon	1
		Third place

		23 January – Phuket

		Korea DPR	0

		Lebanon	1