Founded | 1986 |
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Abolished | 2008 |
Region | Malta |
Number of teams | 4 (or 3) |
Most successful team(s) | ![]() ![]() (2 titles) |
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The Malta International Tournament was a biannual association football friendly competition for national teams, organised by the Malta Football Association that took place in Malta between 1986 and 2008. Initially, the tournament included the participation of football clubs, but starting from 1988 this was revamped to include only national A teams.[1]
Usually played in February, the competition involved a single round-robin phase where each team played once against each other. Teams are ranked by points and at the end of the competition, the team with the most points is crowned champion. Up till 2004, the competition was sponsored by Rothmans and was known as the Rothmans Tournament for sponsorship reasons.[2]
Year | Winners | Runners-up | Third place | Fourth place | Top scorer(s) | |
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2021 | ![]() |
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2 goals |
2022 | ![]() |
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Only three teams | 9 different players | 1 goal |
2024 | ![]() |
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Rank | Name | Team | Goals | Tournament(s) |
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1 | ![]() |
Slovenia | 5 | 1996(5) |
2 | ![]() |
Georgia | 4 | 1994(1) and 1998(3) |
3 | ![]() |
Malta | 3 | 1988(3) |
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Finland | |||
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East Germany Olympic | |||
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Slovenia | 1994(2) and 1996(1) | ||
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Russia | 1996(3) | ||
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Georgia | 1998(3) | ||
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Latvia | |||
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Malta | 2000(2) and 2002(1) | ||
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2000(1) and 2002(2) |
# | Player | G | Time of goals | For | Result | Against | Tournament | Date | Ref |
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1. | Mika Lipponen | 3 | 35', 42', 74' | ![]() |
3–0 | ![]() |
1988 Malta Football Tournament | 13 February 1988 | [18] |
2. | Sašo Udovič | 5 | 42', 48', 57', 69', 74' | ![]() |
7–1 | ![]() |
1996 Malta Football Tournament | 7 February 1996 | [19] |