Malta (Rothmans) International Tournament

Malta (Rothmans) International Tournament
Founded 1986 (1988 reorganized)
Abolished 2008
Region Malta (UEFA)
Number of teams 4 (or 3)
Last champions Belarus Belarus
Most successful team(s) Malta Malta, Belarus Belarus (2 titles)

Malta (Rothmans) International Tournament was a biannual association football friendly competition for national teams that took place in Malta from 1986 to 2008. Initially the International Tournament was held biannually in the month of February and organized by the Rothmans. It was named Rothmans International Tournament. While the two first editions were won by German club sides, later editions had national "A" teams.

From 2004 the tournament was not sponsored by Rothmans anymore and instead organized by the Malta Football Association. The tournament was renamed Malta International Tournament.[1]

The teams played three (or two) round-robin 90-minute matches in the tournament.

Champions

SeasonChampionRunner-Up3rd Place4th Place
1986 Germany 1.FC Kaiserslautern Soviet Union FC Fakel Voronezh Malta Malta Sweden Hammarby IF
1987 Germany VfB Stuttgart Poland Legia Warszawa Malta Malta
1988 East Germany East Germany Olympic Malta Malta Finland Finland Tunisia Tunisia
1989 Algeria Algeria Denmark Denmark Finland Finland Malta Malta
1990 Norway Norway South Korea South Korea Malta Malta
1992 Malta Malta Norway Norway U-21 Iceland Iceland -
1994 Slovenia Slovenia Georgia (country) Georgia Tunisia Tunisia Malta Malta
1996 Russia Russia Slovenia Slovenia Iceland Iceland Malta Malta
1998 Georgia (country) Georgia Malta Malta Albania Albania Latvia Latvia
2000 Albania Albania Malta Malta Andorra Andorra Azerbaijan Azerbaijan
2002 Malta Malta Lithuania Lithuania Jordan Jordan Moldova Moldova
2004 Belarus Belarus U-23 Estonia Estonia Malta Malta Moldova Moldova
2006 Moldova Moldova Georgia (country) Georgia Malta Malta
2008 Belarus Belarus Armenia Armenia Iceland Iceland Malta Malta

References

  1. ↑ Malta National Team. Malta Football Association.

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