2018 Vinaphone Cup
# 2018 Vinaphone Cup

The 2018 Vinaphone Cup (also known as the tenth edition of VFF Cup) is an international Olympic association football friendly tournament, sponsored by Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications Group (VNPT) with the competition is named after Vinaphone, a subsidiary-mobile network which is part of VNPT. Vietnam as the hosts use the tournament as their preparation for the Asian Games held in Indonesia.

Vietnam emerged as the tournament champions with 7 points ahead the rest teams.

## Participating teams

The following are the list of teams participating the tournament.

| Team | Best U-23 Asian Cup finish | Best Olympic finish | Best Asian Games finish |
| - | - | - | - |
| Oman | Group stage (2013, 2018) | none | Quarterfinals (2010) |
| Palestine | Quarterfinals (2018) | none | Round of 16 (2014) |
| Uzbekistan | Champions (2018) | none | Quarterfinals (2006, 2010) |
| Vietnam | Runners-up (2018) | none | Round of 16 (2010, 2014) |

## Match officials

The following referees and their assistants were chosen for the tournament.

### Referees

* Nazmi Nasaruddin
* Suhaizi Shukri
* Hoàng Ngọc Hà
* Nguyễn Hiền Triết

### Assistant referees

* Azman Ismail
* Yusri Muhamad

## Regulation

The tournament is decided through a round-robin format with team with the highest point will become the winner.

### Prize money

Prize money amounts were announced in July 2018.

| Position | Amount (thousand USD) | Amount (thousand USD) |
| - | - | - |
| Position | Per team | Total |
| Champion | $50,000 | 50 |
| Runner-up | $30,000 | 30 |
| Third place | $10,000 | 10 |
| Total | Total | 90 |

## Venue

All matches were to be played in National Stadium, Hanoi.

* Hanoi
* Mỹ Đình National Stadium
* Capacity: 40,192

## Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Vietnam (C, H) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 7 |
| 2 | Palestine | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | Uzbekistan | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 2 |
| 4 | Oman | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 2 |

## Results

* Times listed are local, Vietnam standard time (UTC+7).
* Vinaphone Cup Winners
* Vietnam 3rd title

## Goalscorers

### 2 goals

* Oday Dabbagh
* Nurillo Tukhtashinov

### 1 goal

* Zahir Sulaiman
* Mohammed Obaid
* Omar El Cherif
* Nguyễn Anh Đức
* Phan Văn Đức
* Đoàn Văn Hậu
* Nguyễn Công Phượng
