2017 King's Cup

2017 King's Cup

ฟุตบอลชิงถ้วยพระราชทานคิงส์คัพ 2017
Tournament details
Host country	Thailand
Dates	14–16 July
Teams	4 (from 3 confederations)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Thailand (15th title)
Runners-up	Belarus
Third place	Burkina Faso
Fourth place	North Korea
Tournament statistics
Matches played	4
Goals scored	9 (2.25 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Lassina Traoré (2 goals)
Fair play award	North Korea
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The 2017 Annual King's Cup Football Tournament, commonly referred to as 2017 King's Cup, was the 45th King's Cup, the annual international men's football tournament organised by Football Association of Thailand. It was held in Bangkok, Thailand, from 14 to 16 July 2017.^[1]

The matches were played at Rajamangala Stadium in Bangkok. As hosts, Thailand participated automatically in the tournament; they were joined by the African team Burkina Faso, the Asian team North Korea and the European team Belarus.

The defending champions, Thailand, who won the previous fourteen King's Cup, defended their title. Burkina Faso and Belarus made their debuts. Burkina Faso were represented by their African Nations Championship team, composed of domestic league players.^[2] Belarus were represented by their B-team, composed of domestic league players. North Korea were represented by several their B-team and a few A-team players.^[3]

Participant teams

The following teams have participated for the tournament.^[1]

Country	Association	Confederation	FIFA Ranking1	Previous best performance
Thailand (host)	FA Thailand	AFC	131	Champions (fourteen titles; last title: 2016)
Burkina Faso3	Burkinabé FF	CAF	44	Debut2
Belarus4	FF Belarus	UEFA	71	Debut2
North Korea	DPR Korea FA	AFC	113	Champions (1986, 1987, 2002)

• ¹ FIFA Ranking as of 6 July 2017.
• ²  Burkina Faso and  Belarus making their debut.
• ³  Burkina Faso will be represented by their domestic national team.
• ⁴  Belarus will be represented by their B-team^[2]

Teams profile

Country	Team profile
Thailand (host)	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – third round qualifier
Burkina Faso	2017 Africa Cup of Nations third place
North Korea	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – Second round top thirteen
Belarus	UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying Group C fourth place

Venue

Bangkok
Rajamangala Stadium
Capacity: 49,772

Draw

The draw will be held on 3 July 2017, at the Thairath Headquarter in Bangkok, Thailand. Suppasin Leelarit, vice president of Football Association of Thailand and Watchara Watcharapol, chief executive officer of Thairath TV will participate in the draw.

The 4 teams are drawn into two matches, with hosts Thailand being allocated to bottom half (semi-finals 2).^[4]

Squads

Matches

All times are local, Indochina Time (UTC+7)

Match rules

• 90 minutes.
• Penalty shoot-out after a draw in 90 minutes.
• Maximum of three substitutions.

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	14 July – Bangkok
	Burkina Faso	0 (0)
					16 July – Bangkok
	Belarus (pen.)	0 (3)
					Belarus	0 (4)
	14 July – Bangkok
					Thailand (pen.)	0 (5)
	Thailand	3
	North Korea	0
					Third place play-off
					16 July – Bangkok
					Burkina Faso (pen.)	3 (4)
					North Korea	3 (3)

Semi-finals

14 July 2017 (2017-07-14)

16:30

Burkina Faso	0–0	Belarus
	Report[dead link]
Penalties
Tapsoba Barro Ouédrago	0–3	Savitski Pavlovets Sazonovich

Rajamangala Stadium, Bangkok

Referee: Zaw Khaing (Myanmar)

14 July 2017 (2017-07-14)

19:30

Thailand	3–0	North Korea
Mongkol 40' Thitipan 77' Teeratep 90+1' (pen.)	Report[dead link]

Rajamangala Stadium, Bangkok

Referee: Yusuke Araki (Japan)

Third place play-off

16 July 2017 (2017-07-16)

16:30

Burkina Faso	3–3	North Korea
Zagré 44' L. Traoré 68', 73'	Report	Pak Song-chol 4' Myong Cha-hyon 66' (pen.) Rim Kwang-hyok 82'
Penalties
L. Traoré Ouattara Béao Tapsoba Sawadogo	4–3	Rim Kwang-hyok Jo Kwang Kim Ju-song Song Kum-il Pak Song-chol

Rajamangala Stadium, Bangkok

Referee: Zaw Khaing (Myanmar)

Final

16 July 2017 (2017-07-16)

19:30

Belarus	0–0	Thailand
	Report
Penalties
Savitski Klopotskiy Salavey Shevchenko Volkov Skitaw	4–5	Teeratep Peerapat Roller Thitipan Theerathon Siroch

Rajamangala Stadium, Bangkok

Referee: Yusuke Araki (Japan)

Winners

The 45th Annual King's Cup Football Tournament champions
Thailand Fifteenth title

Goalscorers

2 goals

• Lassina Traoré

1 goal

Final ranking

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Final result
1	Thailand (H)	2	1	1	0	3	0	+3	4	Champions
2	Belarus	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	Runners-up
3	Burkina Faso	2	0	2	0	3	3	0	2	Third place
4	North Korea	2	0	1	1	3	6	−3	1	Fourth place

FIFA ranking

The Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) sent a letter of confirmation to the Football Association of Thailand. UEFA has no objection to participation of Belarus (domestic-league players) in this tournament.

The Football Federation of Belarus will register for the tier-2 international match, which will record the result without FIFA scoring. The remaining three teams will register for the tier-1 international match.^[5]

Tier-1 International Matches
Matches	Team 1		Score	Team 2
SF2	Thailand	+222	3–0	North Korea	0
TPO	Burkina Faso	+74	3–3	North Korea	+133
Tier-2 International Matches
Matches	Team 1		Score	Team 2
SF1	Burkina Faso		0–0	Belarus
Final	Belarus		0–0	Thailand

Sponsorship

External links

• Football Association of Thailand – FAT official site
• Football Association of Thailand – FIFA site
• Belarus Football Federation – FIFA site
• Fédération Burkinabé de Foot-Ball – FIFA site
• DPR Korea Football Association – FIFA site
• Regulations Governing International Matches

References