9th International Friendship Tournament

9th International Friendship Tournament
Tournament details
Host country  Qatar
Dates 27 December – 2 January
Teams (from 2 confederations)
Venue(s) (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Korea DPR (1st title)
Runners-up  Qatar
Third place  Mali
Fourth place  Iran
Tournament statistics
Matches played 6
Goals scored 11 (1.83 per match)
Top scorer(s) Magid Mohamed
Choe Kum-Chol (2)
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The 9th Qatar International Friendship Tournament was held in Doha, Qatar from the 27th December 2009 to the 2nd January 2010.

The edition featured full senior national teams for the first time and also reverted back to four teams from eight on previous editions.

Contents

Participating Nations

Matches

Round robin tournament

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 North Korea 6 3 2 0 1 2 1 +1
 Qatar 4 3 1 1 1 3 3 0
 Mali 4 3 1 1 1 2 2 0
 Iran 3 3 1 0 2 4 5 -1
27 December 2009
14:30 UTC+7
Mali  0 – 1  North Korea Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium
Choe Kum-Chol  54'

27 December 2009
14:30 UTC+7
Qatar  3 – 2  Iran Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium
Ali Afif  6'
Magid Mohamed  10',  90+2'
Milad Meydavoudi  38'
Ehsan Hajsafi  47'

30 December 2009
13:00 UTC+7
Iran  1 – 2  Mali Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium
Karim Ansarifard  12' Tenema N'Diaye  29'
Dramane Traoré  31'

30 December 2009
15:15 UTC+7
Qatar  0 – 1  North Korea Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium
Choe Kum-Chol  59'

2 January 2010
13:00 UTC+7
Qatar  0 – 0  Mali Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium

2 January 2010
15:15 UTC+7
North Korea  0 – 1  Iran Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium
Mehrzad Madanchi  42'

Winner

 9th International Friendship Tournament Champion 

North Korea
1st title