2009 UAE International Cup

2009 UAE International Cup
Tournament details
Host countryUAE
Dates15–18 November
Teams4 (from 2 confederations)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Iraq
Runners-up United Arab Emirates
Third place Azerbaijan
Fourth place Czech Republic
Tournament statistics
Matches played4
Goals scored4 (1 per match)
Top scorer(s)Iraq Mahdi Karim
Azerbaijan Asif Abbasov
Azerbaijan Vagif Javadov
Iraq Bassim Abbas
(1 goals)

The 2009 UAE International Cup was held in Al Ain City with the participation of four teams. They were UAE, Czech Republic, Iraq and Azerbaijan. The first games were on 15 November 2009. On that day, Iraq played Azerbaijan, and that game was followed by the match between UAE and Czech Republic. The final was played on 18 November 2009 between Iraq and UAE. The third-placed match was also played on that day featuring Azerbaijan and Czech Republic. Iraq were the only team not to concede a goal in the tournament.

Knockout stage

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Semifinals Finals
      
Iraq Iraq 1
Azerbaijan Azerbaijan 0
Iraq Iraq 1
United Arab Emirates UAE 0
United Arab Emirates UAE (pen.) 0 (3)
Czech Republic Czech Republic 0 (2) Third place
Azerbaijan Azerbaijan 2
Czech Republic Czech Republic 0

Semi-finals

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Iraq Iraq1–0 Azerbaijan
Abbas 88' (Report)
Referee: Mohamed Ali Al Junaibi (UAE)

United Arab Emirates 0–0 Czech Republic
(Report)
Penalties
3 – 2
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Suleiman Jaber Dalqam (Jordan)

Third place match

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Czech Republic 0–2 Azerbaijan
(Report) Javadov 25'
Abishov 89'
Attendance: 500
Referee: Farid Ali (UAE)

Final

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United Arab Emirates 0–1 Iraq
Karim 20'
Referee: Samir Mahmoud Othman (Egypt)

Awards

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 UAE International Cup 2009 winners 

Iraq

First title

Scorers

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1 goals
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