2000 Malta International Football Tournament

2000 Malta International Football TournamentTournament details

Host country| Malta
Dates| 6–10 February
Teams| 4
Venue(s)| 1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions|  Albania (1st title)
Runners-up|  Malta
Third place|  Andorra
Fourth place|  Azerbaijan
Tournament statistics
Matches played| 6
Goals scored| 10 (1.67 per match)
Attendance| 16,381 (2,730 per match)
Top scorer(s)|  Gilbert Agius (2 goals)

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The 2000 Malta International Tournament (known as the Rothmans Tournament for sponsorship reasons) was the tenth edition of the Malta International Tournament. The tournament, held between 6 February and 10 February 2000, was contested by Malta, Albania, Andorra and Azerbaijan.[1][2]

## Matches

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Pos | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts

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1  |  Albania (C) | 3  | 3  | 0  | 0  | 5  | 0  | +5  | 9
2  |  Malta (H) | 3  | 1  | 1  | 1  | 4  | 2  | +2  | 4
3  |  Andorra | 3  | 0  | 2  | 1  | 1  | 4  | −3  | 2
4  |  Azerbaijan | 3  | 0  | 1  | 2  | 0  | 4  | −4  | 1

Source: RSSSF
(C) Champions; (H) Hosts

6 February 2000 (2000-02-06)

Albania | 3–0|  Andorra

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Dalipi 63' (pen.)
Vata 86'
Zajmi 90' | Report |

National Stadium, Ta' Qali

Attendance: 2,500

Referee: Joseph Attard (Malta)

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6 February 2000 (2000-02-06)

Malta | 3–0|  Azerbaijan

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Buttigieg 31'
Agius 53', 90' (pen.) | Report |

National Stadium, Ta' Qali

Attendance: 2,603

Referee: Bujar Pregia (Albania)

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8 February 2000 (2000-02-08)

Albania | 1–0|  Azerbaijan

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Murati 37' | Report |

National Stadium, Ta' Qali

Attendance: 3,000

Referee: Emanuel Zammit (Malta)

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8 February 2000 (2000-02-08)

Malta | 1–1|  Andorra

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Mallia 15' | Report | Sonejee 2'

National Stadium, Ta' Qali

Attendance: 2,624

Referee: Bujar Pregia (Albania)

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10 February 2000 (2000-02-10)

Andorra | 0–0|  Azerbaijan

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| Report |

National Stadium, Ta' Qali

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Lawrence Sammut (Malta)

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10 February 2000 (2000-02-10)

Malta | 0–1|  Albania

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| Report | Sinani 54'

National Stadium, Ta' Qali

Attendance: 3,654

Referee: Xaqani Məmmədov (Azerbaijan)

## Winner

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2000 Malta Tournament winner

Albania
First title

## Statistics

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### Goalscorers

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There were 10 goals scored in 6 matches, for an average of 1.67 goals per match.

2 goals

* Gilbert Agius

1 goal

* Edmond Dalipi
* Edvin Murati
* Vioresin Sinani
* Rudi Vata
* Roland Zajmi
* John Buttigieg
* George Mallia
* Óscar Sonejee

## See also

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China Cup
Cyprus International Football Tournament

## References

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1. ^ "Rothmans Tournament 2000 (Malta)". RSSSF. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
2. ^ "Rothmans Tournament 2000 results". EU-Football.info. Retrieved 15 June 2022.

*[Pos]: Position
*[Pld]: Played
*[W]: Won
*[D]: Drawn
*[L]: Lost
*[GF]: Goals for
*[GA]: Goals against
*[GD]: Goal difference
*[Pts]: Points