2009 UAE International Cup

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2009 UAE International Cup
Tournament details
Host country UAE
Dates 15–18 November
Teams 4 (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 played 4
Goals scored 4 (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

  Semifinals     Final
                 
  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

15 November 2009
12:45
Iraq Iraq 1 – 0  Azerbaijan
Mohammed Penalty missed 64'
Abbas Goal 88'
(Report)
Tahnoun Bin Mohamed Stadium, Al Ain
Referee: Mohamed Ali Al Junaibi (UAE)

15 November 2009
15:30
United Arab Emirates  0 – 0  Czech Republic
(Report)
  Penalties  
3 – 2
Tahnoun Bin Mohamed Stadium, Al Ain
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Suleiman Jaber Dalqam (Jordan)

Third place match

18 November 2009
12:30
Czech Republic  0 – 2  Azerbaijan
(Report) Goal 25' Javadov
Goal 89' Abishov
Tahnoun Bin Mohamed Stadium, Al Ain
Attendance: 500
Referee: Farid Ali (UAE)

Final

18 November 2009
15:00
United Arab Emirates  0 – 1  Iraq
Goal 20' Karim
Tahnoun Bin Mohamed Stadium, Al Ain
Referee: Samir Mahmoud Othman (Egypt)

Awards

 UAE International Cup 2009 Winners 

Iraq
First title

Scorers