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.
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.
Summary YearWinnersRunners-upThird placeFourth placeTop scorer(s) 1986 1. FC Kaiserslautern Fakel Voronezh Hammarby IFNot known1987 VfB Stuttgart Legia Warsaw1988 East Germany Olympic Damian Halata Carmel Busuttil Mika Lipponen3 goals1989Five players1 goal1990Ten players1 goal1992Not known1994 Primož Gliha2 goals1996 Sašo Udovič5 goals1998 Gocha Jamarauli Mikhail Kavelashvili Marians Pahars3 goals2000 Gilbert Agius2 goals2002 George Mallia Michael Mifsud Alexandru Golban2 goals2004 Etienne Barbara2 goals2006 Alexandru Zislis2 goals2008 Ara Hakobyan2 goals
Malta Women's Tournament YearWinnersRunners-upThird placeFourth placeTop scorer(s)2021 Fridolina Rolfö2 goals2022Only three teams9 different players1 goal2024
All-time top goalscorers
RankNameTeamGoalsTournament(s)1 Sašo UdovičSlovenia51996(5)2 Mikhail KavelashviliGeorgia41994(1) and 1998(3)3 Carmel BusuttilMalta31988(3) Mika LipponenFinland Damian HalataEast Germany Olympic Primož GlihaSlovenia1994(2) and 1996(1) Valeri KarpinRussia1996(3) Gocha JamarauliGeorgia1998(3) Marians PaharsLatvia Gilbert AgiusMalta2000(2) and 2002(1) George Mallia2000(1) and 2002(2)
Hat-tricks
+Malta International Football Tournament hat-tricks # Player Time of goals For Result Against Tournament Date . Mika Lipponen 3 ', 42', 74'3–01988 Malta Football Tournament13 February 1988 . Sašo Udovič 5 ', 48', 57', 69', 74'7–11996 Malta Football Tournament7 February 1996
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