Malta International Football Tournament
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| name = Malta International Football Tournament
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| founded = 1986
| abolished = 2008
| region = Malta
| number of teams = 4 (or 3)
| current champions =
| most titles =
| most successful club =
| most successful team = {{fb|Belarus}}
{{fb|Malta}}
(2 titles)
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| website =
| current = 2008 Malta International Football Tournament
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The Malta International Tournament was a biannual association football friendly competition for national teams, organised by the Malta Football Association that took place in Malta between 1986 and 2008. Initially, the tournament included the participation of football clubs, but starting from 1988 this was revamped to include only national A teams.https://www.rsssf.org/tablesr/rothmans.html {{Bare URL inline|date=August 2024}}
Usually played in February, the competition involved a single round-robin phase where each team played once against each other. Teams are ranked by points and at the end of the competition, the team with the most points is crowned champion. Up till 2004, the competition was sponsored by Rothmans and was known as the Rothmans Tournament for sponsorship reasons.{{cite web |url=https://www.mfa.com.mt/en/national-team-all-results.htm |title=All Time Results |publisher=Malta Football Association |access-date=2018-11-03 |archive-date=2020-05-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200506004818/https://www.mfa.com.mt/en/national-team-all-results.htm |url-status=dead }}
Summary
Malta Women's Tournament
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| scope="col"|Year
!scope="col"|Winners !scope="col"|Runners-up !scope="col"|Third place !scope="col"|Fourth place !colspan=2|Top scorer(s) |
|---|
| align="center"|2021
|{{fbw|SWE}} |{{fbw|SVK}} |{{fbw|AUT}} |{{fbw|MLT}} |{{flagicon|SWE}} Fridolina Rolfö |2 goals |
| align="center"|2022
|{{fbw|MAR}} |{{fbw|MLT}} |{{fbw|MDA}} |Only three teams |1 goal |
| align="center"|2024
|{{fbw|BLR}} |{{fbw|MLT}} |{{fbw|ALB}} | | | |
All-time top goalscorers
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| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
!Rank !Name !Team !Goals !Tournament(s) |
| 1
|align="left"|{{flagicon|Slovenia}} Sašo Udovič |align="left"|Slovenia |5 |1996(5) |
| 2
|align="left"|{{flagicon|GEO|1990}} Mikhail Kavelashvili |align="left"|Georgia |4 |1994(1) and 1998(3) |
| rowspan="9"|3
|align="left"|{{flagicon|Malta}} Carmel Busuttil |align="left"|Malta |rowspan="9"|3 |rowspan="3"|1988(3) |
| align="left"|{{flagicon|FIN}} Mika Lipponen
|align="left"|Finland |
| align="left"|{{flagicon|GDR}} Damian Halata
|align="left"|East Germany Olympic |
| align="left"|{{flagicon|Slovenia}} Primož Gliha
|align="left"|Slovenia |1994(2) and 1996(1) |
| align="left"|{{flagicon|Russia}} Valeri Karpin
|align="left"|Russia |1996(3) |
| align="left"|{{flagicon|GEO|1990}} Gocha Jamarauli
|align="left"|Georgia |rowspan="2"|1998(3) |
| align="left"|{{flagicon|LAT}} Marians Pahars
|align="left"|Latvia |
| align="left"|{{flagicon|MLT}} Gilbert Agius
|rowspan="2" align="left"|Malta |2000(2) and 2002(1) |
| align="left"|{{flagicon|MLT}} George Mallia
|2000(1) and 2002(2) |
Hat-tricks
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|+Malta International Football Tournament hat-tricks |
| scope=col| #
!scope=col| Player !scope=col| {{abbr|G|Number of goals (if more than 3)}} !scope=col| Time of goals !scope=col| For !scope=col| Result !scope=col| Against !scope=col| Tournament !scope=col| Date !scope=col class=unsortable| {{abbr|Ref|Reference(s)}} |
|---|
| align="right"| {{nts|1}}.
|align="center"| 3 | {{Nts|35}}', 42', 74' |{{fb|FIN}} |3–0 |{{fb|TUN}} |1988 Malta Football Tournament |13 February 1988 |
| align="right"| {{nts|2}}.
|align="center"| 5 | {{Nts|42}}', 48', 57', 69', 74' |{{fb|SVN}} |7–1 |{{fb|ISL}} |1996 Malta Football Tournament |7 February 1996 |
References
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Category:International association football competitions hosted by Malta
Category:Maltese football friendly trophies
Category:1986 establishments in Malta
Category:2008 disestablishments in Malta
Category:International women's association football invitational tournaments
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