2010 King's Cup

The 40th King's Cup finals was held in Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand from 17 January until 23 January. The King's Cup is an international football competition held in Thailand. This edition featured four teams and reverted to a round robin group stage.

2010 King's Cup
Tournament details
Host country Thailand
Dates17 January – 23 January
Teams4 (from 2 confederations)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Denmark (3rd title)
Runners-up Poland
Third place Thailand
Fourth place Singapore
Tournament statistics
Matches played6
Goals scored25 (4.17 per match)
Top scorer(s) Rajko Lekic
Robert Lewandowski
Patryk Małecki
Søren Rieks
(2 goals each)

Sweden was initially due to take part in the competition but later withdrew, thus being replaced by North Korea, who also later withdrew. They were replaced by Singapore. The tournament was moved to the North East of Thailand for the first time as the Thai Football Association continue to promote the game around the country. Denmark and Poland, the other two invitees, were represented by the Danish League XI and Polish League XI select squads.

Participating Nations

Matches

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Denmark League XI 3 3 0 0 11 2 +9 9
 Poland 3 2 0 1 10 5 +5 6
 Thailand 3 1 0 2 2 6 4 3
 Singapore 3 0 0 3 2 12 10 0
Source:
Denmark League XI 3–1 Poland
Rieks  22'
Rasmussen  48'
Bech  60'
Peszko  26'

Thailand 1–0 Singapore
Sutee  59'

Singapore 1–5 Denmark League XI
Nawaz  84' Larsen  8'
Poulsen  19' (pen.)
Lekic  35'
Thygesen  48'
Rieks  80'

Poland 3–1 Thailand
Glik  43'
Małecki  52'
Robak  87'
Therdsak  90' (pen.)

Poland 6–1 Singapore
Lewandowski  26' (pen.), 37'
Iwański  45' (pen.)
Brożek  69'
Małecki  80'
Nowak  88' (pen.)
Jiayi  39'

Thailand 0–3 Denmark League XI
Lekic  19'
Absalonsen  37'
Bernburg  86'

Winner

 2010 King's Cup Champion 

Denmark
3rd title

Scorers

2 goals
1 goal
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