The 2018 Annual King's Cup Football Tournament, commonly referred to as 2018 King's Cup, was the 46th King's Cup, the annual international men's football tournament organised by Football Association of Thailand. It was held in Bangkok, Thailand, from 22 to 25 March 2018.
As hosts, Thailand participated automatically in the tournament; they were joined by the African team Gabon, the Asian team United Arab Emirates and the European team Slovakia.
Participating teams The following teams have participated for the tournament.
CountryAssociationConfederationFIFA Ranking1Previous best performance (host) FA Thailand AFC 129 Champions (fifteen titles; last title: 2017) Gabon FF CAF 95 Debut Slovak FA UEFA 28 Champions (2004) United Arab Emirates FA AFC 78 Fourth place (2016)
1 FIFA Ranking as of 15 February 2018.
Background 2018 FIFA World Cup Qualifying OpponentHomeAwayOpponentHomeAwayOpponentHomeAwayOpponentHomeAwayL 0–3W 2–1L 0–1L 1–2D 2–2L 1–2L 0–1L 0–2W 3–1D 0–0W 4–0W 2–1L 1–2L 0–4W 2–0L 0–1D 0–0L 0–3W 3–0W 3–1L 0–2L 0–4L 0–2W 2–1W 3–0L 0–1L 0–3L 0–1W 2–1L 0–3W 1–0L 0–1D 1–1L 1–3W 3–1D 1–1
Previous King's Cup 2004 King's Cup2017 King's Cup2016 King's CupRoundOpponentResultRoundOpponentResultRoundOpponentResultSFW 1–0SFW 3–0SFL 1–3FW 1–1 (5–4 pen.)FW 1–1 (4–5 pen.)TPOL 0–1Winners (1)Winners (15)Fourth place
Squads
Venue Bangkok Rajamangala Stadium Capacity: 49,772
Matches All times are local, Indochina Time (UTC+7)
Match rules 90 minutes. Penalty shoot-out after a draw in 90 minutes. Maximum of three substitutions.
Bracket
Semi-finals
Third place play-off
Final
Winners
Final ranking
Broadcasting rights Territory ChannelRefTV JOJThairath TV
References
External links Football Association of Thailand – FAT official site Football Association of Thailand – FIFA site Regulations Governing International Matches