| Tourney Name: | Intercontinental Cup |
| Year: | 2024 |
| Country: | India |
| Dates: | 3–9 September 2024 |
| City: | Hyderabad |
| Venues: | 1 |
| Cities: | 1 |
| Num Teams: | 3 |
| Confederations: | 2 |
| Champion: | SYR |
| Count: | 1 |
| Second: | MRI |
| Third: | IND |
| Top Scorer: | Mahmoud Al-Mawas Mahmoud Al Aswad Daleho Irandust Pablo Sabbag (1 goal) |
| Matches: | 3 |
| Goals: | 5 |
| Prevseason: | 2023 |
| Nextseason: | 2025 |
| Updated: | 9 September 2024 |
| Attendance: | 42004 |
| Player: | Mahmoud Al-Mawas |
The 2024 Intercontinental Cup was the fourth edition of the Intercontinental Cup, a three-nation football tournament, typically a four-nation tournament, held at the G. M. C. Balayogi Athletic Stadium, in the Indian city of Hyderabad in September 2024.[1] The tournament was organized by the All India Football Federation (AIFF). India won the previous edition by a 2–0 victory over Lebanon in the final in June of 2023.[2] Syria won this edition by finishing in first place of the round-robin standings after defeating Mauritius 2–0 and India 3–0. With one goal each, Mahmoud Al-Mawas, Mahmoud Al Aswad, Daleho Irandust, and Pablo Sabbag finished as joint-top scorers of the competition. Mahmoud Al-Mawas of Syria was awarded best player of the tournament.[3]
The tournament is being played by teams from two different confederations in the FIFA international window from 2 to 10 September 2024. India, as host, is joined by Syria from the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), and Mauritius from the Confederation of African Football (CAF).[4] [5] The teams play each other in a round-robin phase, and the winner in the group stage will be the champions.
The FIFA Rankings of the participating national teams, [6]
| Hyderabad | |
|---|---|
| G. M. C. Balayogi Athletic Stadium | |
| Capacity: 18,000 seats | |
Disney+ Hotstar and JioTV have the rights to the majority of the Indian National Team's matches and they also covered the previous edition of the competition.[10] [11] On 22 August 2024, the Indian National Football Team announced that Jio Cinema would stream all of the matches live. They also announced the Sports18 3 will broadcast all of the matches.[12] There has been no news of any broadcasters covering the competition outside of India.
The match balls will be provided by Nivia Sports. The "NIVIA Shastra 2.0" will be the specific model used in the tournament. It is the first time the ball will be used for an international match.[13]