2018 Vinaphone Cup Explained

Tourney Name:	Vinaphone Cup
Year:	2018
Other Titles:	Giải Bóng Đá Quốc Tế Cúp Vinaphone 2018
Country:	Vietnam
City:	Hanoi
Dates:	3–7 August 2018
Num Teams:	4
Confederations:	1
Venues:	1
Cities:	1
Count:	3
Matches:	6
Goals:	11
Top Scorer:	Oday Dabbagh Nurillo Tukhtashinov (2 goals each)
Prevseason:	2012
Nextseason:	2022

The 2018 Vinaphone Cup (also known as the tenth edition of VFF Cup) is an international Olympic association football friendly tournament, sponsored by Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications Group (VNPT) with the competition is named after Vinaphone, a subsidiary-mobile network which is part of VNPT. Vietnam as the hosts use the tournament as their preparation for the Asian Games held in Indonesia.^[1]

Vietnam emerged as the tournament champions with 7 points ahead the rest teams.^{[2] [3]}

Participating teams

The following are the list of teams participating the tournament.^[4]

Team	Best U-23 Asian Cup finish	Best Olympic finish	Best Asian Games finish
	Group stage (2013, 2018)	none	Quarterfinals (2010)
	Quarterfinals (2018)		Round of 16 (2014)
	Champions (2018)		Quarterfinals (2006, 2010)
	Runners-up (2018)		Round of 16 (2010, 2014)

Match officials

The following referees and their assistants were chosen for the tournament.^[5]

Referees

• Nazmi Nasaruddin
• Suhaizi Shukri
• Hoàng Ngọc Hà
• Nguyễn Hiền Triết

Assistant referees

• Azman Ismail
• Yusri Muhamad

Regulation

The tournament is decided through a round-robin format with team with the highest point will become the winner.

Prize money

Prize money amounts were announced in July 2018.^[6]

Position	Amount (thousand USD)
	Per team	Total
align=left bgcolor="gold"	Champion	$50,000	50
align=left bgcolor="silver"	Runner-up	$30,000	30
align=left bgcolor="#cc9966"	Third place	$10,000	10
Total		90

Venue

All matches were to be played in National Stadium, Hanoi.^[7]

Hanoi
Mỹ Đình National Stadium
Capacity: 40,192

Standings

Results

• Times listed are local, Vietnam standard time (UTC+7).

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Goalscorers

2 goals

• Oday Dabbagh
• Nurillo Tukhtashinov

1 goal

• Zahir Sulaiman
• Mohammed Obaid
• Omar El Cherif
• Nguyễn Anh Đức
• Phan Văn Đức
• Đoàn Văn Hậu
• Nguyễn Công Phượng

Notes and References

1. Web site: Công Bố Giải Bóng Đá Quốc Tế U23 - Cúp Vinaphone 2018 Và Nhà Tài Trợ Chính VNPT. Vietnamese. Vietnam Football Federation. 24 July 2018. 6 August 2018.
2. Web site: Hòa Uzbekistan, U23 Việt Nam vô địch Cúp tứ hùng. Vietnamese. Vietnam Net. 7 August 2018. 7 August 2018.
3. Web site: Tuyệt phẩm của Văn Đức giúp Olympic Việt Nam vô địch với thành tích bất bại. Trần Đoàn. Hải Anh. Thành Đồng. Vietnamese. Người Lao Động. 7 August 2018. 7 August 2018.
4. Web site: Lịch thi đấu giải Tứ hùng cúp Vinaphone 2018: Olympic Việt Nam rèn quân. Vietnamese. Voice of Vietnam. 2 August 2018. 6 August 2018.
5. Web site: Phung phí cơ hội, U23 Uzbekistan bị cầm hòa không bàn thắng ở Mỹ Đình. Vietnamese. Zing.vn. Báo Mới. 3 August 2018. 5 August 2018. Trọng tài Nguyễn Hiền Triết nổi còi bắt đầu trận đấu..
   Web site: Starting List [Vietnam vs. Palestine]]. Bóng Đá. 3 August 2018. 8 August 2018.
   Web site: Starting List [Oman vs. Vietnam]]. PLO. 5 August 2018. 8 August 2018.
   Web site: Starting List [Vietnam vs. Uzbekistan]]. PLO. 7 August 2018. 8 August 2018.
6. Web site: Lịch thi đấu của U23 Việt Nam tại Cúp tứ hùng 2018. Thiên Bình. Vietnamese. Vietnam Net. 3 August 2018. 6 August 2018.
7. Web site: Giá vé giải Tứ hùng của U23 Việt Nam tại Hà Nội thấp nhất là 150.000 đồng. Tạ Hiển. Vietnamese. VTV. 8 July 2018. 6 August 2018.