2022 North Bengal International Gold Cup Explained

Tourney Name:North Bengal International Gold Cup
Year:2022
Country:Bangladesh
Dates:4–18 November 2022
Venues:6
Cities:6
Num Teams:6 (from 2 countries)
Nextseason:2023

The 2022 North Bengal International Gold Cup is the inaugural edition of North Bengal International Gold Cup, an international club football tournament hosted by the FC Uttor Bongo and under the overall supervision of the Centre for Bangladesh India Friendship. It will be held from 4 to 18 November 2022.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

Participants clubs

There will be six teams contesting in the tournament.

TeamAppearancePrevious best-performance
FC Uttarbango1st
Rangpur United1st
Kirtankhola FC1st
Jaigaon FC1st
United Sikkim FC1st
United Kurseong FC1st

Venues

The matches were played following these six venues.

NilphamariPanchagarhKurigram
Sheikh Kamal StadiumPanchagarh District StadiumKurigram District Stadium
Capacity: 20,000Capacity: 10,000Capacity: 5,000
ParbatipurBoguraDinajpur
Parbatipur Football StadiumGabtali Football StadiumDinajpur District Stadium
Capacity: 5,000Capacity: 18,000Capacity: 10,000

Draw

The draw ceremony was held at Siliguri, West Bengal in India on 26 October 2022. In the group stage will held two matches, two teams was directly enter Semi-finals and others two via playing group stage matches.

Round matches dates

SNPhaseDate
1Group Stages4–8 November 2022
2Semi finals11–13 November 2022
3Third place match15 November 2022
4Final18 November 2022

Group stages

TiebreakersTeams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tie-breaking criteria were applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings.
  1. Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  2. Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  3. Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  4. If more than two teams are tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams are still tied, all head-to-head criteria above are reapplied exclusively to this subset of teams;
  5. Goal difference in all group matches;
  6. Goals scored in all group matches;
  7. Penalty shoot-out if only two teams were tied and they met in the last round of the group;
  8. Disciplinary points (yellow card = 1 point, red card as a result of two yellow cards = 3 points, direct red card = 3 points, yellow card followed by direct red card = 4 points);
  9. Drawing of lots.

Group A

Group B

Knockout stage

Bracket

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Semi-finals

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Final

Statistics

Goalscorers

Notes and References

  1. News: North Bengal International Gold Cup logo Theme Song Launching . 1 August 2022 . Daily Agami News . 25 October 2022.
  2. News: North Bengal International Gold Cup Starts From 4 November . 16 October 2022 . Daily Dhaka Wave . 25 October 2022.
  3. News: https://www.dailysaidpureralo.com/2022/08/blog-post_1.html . 1 August 2022 . bn:বাংলাদেশ ভারত ফ্রেন্ডশিপ ইন্টারন্যাশনাল গোল্ডকাপ টুর্নামেন্টের লোগো উম্মোচন . bn . Daily Saidpurer Alo . 25 October 2022.
  4. News: https://www.dailysaidpureralo.com/2022/10/blog-post_48.html . 16 August 2022 . bn:চার নভেম্বর উদ্বোধন বাংলাদেশ-ভারত ইন্টারন্যাশনাল গোল্ডকাপ . bn . Daily Saidpurer Alo . 25 October 2022.
  5. Web site: https://www.amarsangbad.com/m/country/news/237015 . 16 October 2022 . bn:৪ নভেম্বর শুরু বাংলাদেশ-ভারত ইন্টারন্যাশনাল গোল্ডকাপ টুর্নামেন্ট . bn . Daily Amar Sangbad . 25 October 2022.