9th International Friendship Tournament

9th International Friendship Tournament

Tournament details
Host country	Qatar
Dates	27 December – 2 January
Teams	4 (from 2 confederations)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Korea DPR (1st title)
Runners-up	Qatar
Third place	Mali
Fourth place	Iran
Tournament statistics
Matches played	6
Goals scored	11 (1.83 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Magid Mohamed Choe Kum-chol (2 goals each)

The 9th Qatar International Friendship Tournament was held in Doha, Qatar from 27 December 2009 to 2 January 2010.

The edition featured full senior national teams for the first time and also reverted to four teams from eight on previous editions.

Participating nations

• Qatar
• Iran
• Korea DPR
• Mali

Matches

Round robin tournament

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
North Korea	6	3	2	0	1	2	1	+1
Qatar	4	3	1	1	1	3	3	0
Mali	4	3	1	1	1	2	2	0
Iran	3	3	1	0	2	4	5	–1

27 December 2009
14:30 UTC+7

Mali	0–1	North Korea
		Choe Kum-chol 54'

Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium

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27 December 2009
14:30 UTC+7

Qatar	3–2	Iran
Ali Afif 6' Magid Mohamed 10', 90+2'		Milad Meydavoudi 38' Ehsan Hajsafi 47'

Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium

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30 December 2009
13:00 UTC+7

Iran	1–2	Mali
Karim Ansarifard 12'		Tenema N'Diaye 29' Dramane Traoré 31'

Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium

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30 December 2009
15:15 UTC+7

Qatar	0–1	North Korea
		Choe Kum-chol 59'

Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium

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2 January 2010
13:00 UTC+7

Qatar	0–0	Mali

Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium

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2 January 2010
15:15 UTC+7

North Korea	0–1	Iran
		Mehrzad Madanchi 42'

Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium

Winner

9th International Friendship Tournament champion
North Korea 1st title