Tourney Name: | International Friendship Championship |
Year: | 2018 |
Dates: | 21 March – 27 March |
Num Teams: | 3 |
Confederations: | 1 |
Venues: | 1 |
Cities: | 1 |
Count: | 1 |
Matches: | 3 |
Goals: | 11 |
Top Scorer: | Akram Afif (3 goals) |
Nextseason: | 2019 |
The 2018 International Friendship Championship was a friendly football tournament for the national teams of Iraq, Syria and Qatar. It took place during the March 2018 window of the FIFA International Match Calendar,[1] and began less than a week after FIFA lifted the ban on competitive games being played inside Iraq.
The tournament was originally scheduled to take place in Karbala but was relocated to Basra.[2] Qatar won the title by beating hosts Iraq and drawing with runners-up Syria. The last game of the tournament saw Noor Sabri make his 100th and last appearance for Iraq.
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