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Malta International Football Tournament

The Malta International Tournament was a biannual association football friendly competition for national teams, organised by the Malta Football Association that took place in Malta between 1986 and 2008. Initially, the tournament included the participation of football clubs, but starting from 1988 this was revamped to include only national A teams.[1]

Malta International Football Tournament
Founded1986
Abolished2008
RegionMalta
Number of teams4 (or 3)
Most successful team(s) Belarus
 Malta
(2 titles)
2008 Malta International Football Tournament

Usually played in February, the competition involved a single round-robin phase where each team played once against each other. Teams are ranked by points and at the end of the competition, the team with the most points is crowned champion. Up till 2004, the competition was sponsored by Rothmans and was known as the Rothmans Tournament for sponsorship reasons.[2]

Summary edit

Year[3] Winners Runners-up Third place Fourth place Top scorer(s) Ref
1986   1. FC Kaiserslautern   Fakel Voronezh   Malta   Hammarby IF Not known [4]
1987   VfB Stuttgart   Legia Warsaw   Malta [5]
1988   East Germany Olympic   Malta   Finland   Tunisia   Damian Halata
  Carmel Busuttil
  Mika Lipponen 		3 goals [6]
1989   Algeria   Denmark   Finland   Malta Five players 1 goal [7]
1990   Norway   South Korea   Malta Ten players 1 goal [8]
1992   Malta   Norway U-21   Iceland Not known [9]
1994   Slovenia   Georgia   Tunisia   Malta   Primož Gliha 2 goals [10]
1996   Russia   Slovenia   Iceland   Malta   Sašo Udovič 5 goals [11]
1998   Georgia   Malta   Albania   Latvia   Gocha Jamarauli
  Mikhail Kavelashvili
  Marians Pahars 		3 goals [12]
2000   Albania   Malta   Andorra   Azerbaijan   Gilbert Agius 2 goals [13]
2002   Malta   Lithuania   Jordan   Moldova   George Mallia
  Michael Mifsud
  Alexandru Golban 		2 goals [14]
2004   Belarus U-23   Estonia   Malta   Moldova   Etienne Barbara 2 goals [15]
2006   Moldova U-21   Georgia   Malta   Alexandru Zislis 2 goals [16]
2008   Belarus   Armenia   Iceland   Malta   Ara Hakobyan 2 goals [17]

Malta Women's Tournament edit

Year Winners Runners-up Third place Fourth place Top scorer(s)
2021   Sweden   Slovakia   Austria   Malta   Fridolina Rolfö 2 goals
2022   Morocco   Malta   Moldova Only three teams 9 different players 1 goal
2024   Belarus   Malta   Albania

All-time top goalscorers edit

Rank Name Team Goals Tournament(s)
1   Sašo Udovič Slovenia 5 1996(5)
2   Mikhail Kavelashvili Georgia 4 1994(1) and 1998(3)
3   Carmel Busuttil Malta 3 1988(3)
  Mika Lipponen Finland
  Damian Halata East Germany Olympic
  Primož Gliha Slovenia 1994(2) and 1996(1)
  Valeri Karpin Russia 1996(3)
  Gocha Jamarauli Georgia 1998(3)
  Marians Pahars Latvia
  Gilbert Agius Malta 2000(2) and 2002(1)
  George Mallia 2000(1) and 2002(2)

Hat-tricks edit

Malta International Football Tournament hat-tricks
# Player G Time of goals For Result Against Tournament Date Ref
1. Mika Lipponen 3 35', 42', 74'   Finland 3–0   Tunisia 1988 Malta Football Tournament 13 February 1988 [18]
2. Sašo Udovič 5 42', 48', 57', 69', 74'   Slovenia 7–1   Iceland 1996 Malta Football Tournament 7 February 1996 [19]

References edit

  1. ^ https://www.rsssf.org/tablesr/rothmans.html
  2. ^ "All Time Results". Malta Football Association. Archived from the original on 2020-05-06. Retrieved 2018-11-03.
  3. ^ Antoine Busuttil (14 February 2008). "Malta (Rothmans) International Tournament". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 4 July 2019. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
  4. ^ "Rothmans Tournament 1986 (Malta)". RSSSF. 1 May 2003. Archived from the original on 21 November 2020. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
  5. ^ "Rothmans Tournament 1987 (Malta)". RSSSF. 1 May 2003. Archived from the original on 20 October 2021. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
  6. ^ "Rothmans Tournament 1988 results". EU-Football.info. Archived from the original on 16 June 2022. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
  7. ^ "Rothmans Tournament 1989 results". EU-Football.info. Archived from the original on 16 June 2022. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
  8. ^ "Rothmans Tournament 1990 results". EU-Football.info. Archived from the original on 16 June 2022. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
  9. ^ "Rothmans Tournament 1992 (Malta)". RSSSF. 8 December 1999. Archived from the original on 20 October 2021. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
  10. ^ "Rothmans Tournament 1994 results". EU-Football.info. Archived from the original on 15 June 2022. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
  11. ^ "Rothmans Tournament 1996 results". EU-Football.info. Archived from the original on 15 June 2022. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
  12. ^ "Rothmans Tournament 1998 results". EU-Football.info. Archived from the original on 15 June 2022. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
  13. ^ "Rothmans Tournament 2000 results". EU-Football.info. Archived from the original on 8 November 2018. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
  14. ^ "Rothmans Tournament 2002 results". EU-Football.info. Archived from the original on 11 January 2023. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
  15. ^ "Rothmans Tournament 2004 results". EU-Football.info. Archived from the original on 15 June 2022. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
  16. ^ "Rothmans Tournament 2006 results". EU-Football.info. Archived from the original on 15 June 2022. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
  17. ^ "Rothmans Tournament 2008 results". EU-Football.info. Archived from the original on 15 June 2022. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
  18. ^ "Finland vs Tunisia, 13 February 1988". EU-Football.info. Archived from the original on 16 June 2022. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
  19. ^ "Iceland vs Slovenia, 7 February 1996". EU-Football.info. Archived from the original on 2 October 2022. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
  

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