1988 Malta International Football Tournament

1988 Malta International Football Tournament
Tournament details
Host country	Malta
Dates	7–13 February
Teams	4
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	East Germany (1st title)
Runners-up	Malta
Third place	Finland
Fourth place	Tunisia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	6
Goals scored	16 (2.67 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Damian Halata; Carmel Busuttil; Mika Lipponen; (3 goals)
	← 1987 1989 →

The 1988 Malta International Football Tournament (known as the Rothmans Tournament for sponsorship reasons) was the third edition of the Malta International Tournament. The competition was played between 8 and 12 February, with games hosted at the National Stadium in Ta' Qali.^[1]

Matches

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	East Germany Olympic (C)	3	3	0	8	0	+8	9
2	Malta (H)	3	2	1	4	2	+2	6
3	Finland	3	1	2	3	4	−1	3
4	Tunisia	3	0	3	1	10	−9	0

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

7 February 1988

15:15 (+1:00)

Malta	2–0	Finland
Busuttil 32', 35'	Report

National Stadium, Ta' Qali

Attendance: 4,940

Referee: Edgar Azzopardi (Malta)

Note: Carmel Busuttil set the goal-scoring record for Malta (8 goals)

7 February 1988

East Germany Olympic	5–0	Tunisia
Bredow 12' Peschke 36' Halata 39' Lindner 52' Mothes 82'	Report

National Stadium, Ta' Qali

Attendance: 5,000

10 February 1988

13:15 (UTC+1:00)

Malta	2–1	Tunisia
Vella 59' Busuttil 71'	Report	Maâloul 60'

National Stadium, Ta' Qali

Attendance: 4,000

Referee: Victor Mintoff (Malta)

10 February 1988

East Germany Olympic	2–0	Finland
Halata 51' März 70'	Report

National Stadium, Ta' Qali

13 February 1988

13:15 (UTC+1:00)

Finland	3–0	Tunisia
Lipponen 35', 42', 74'	Report

National Stadium, Ta' Qali

Attendance: 1,000

Referee: Patrick Fenech (Malta)

13 February 1988

15:15 (UTC+1:00)

East Germany Olympic	1–0	Malta
Halata 43'	Report

National Stadium, Ta' Qali

Attendance: 3,000

Winner

1988 Malta International Football Tournament
East Germany Olympic First title

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 16 goals scored in 6 matches, for an average of 2.67 goals per match.

3 goals

1 goal

Source: EU-Football^[2]

References

^ "Rothmans Tournament 1988 (Malta)". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 8 December 1999. Archived from the original on 1 October 2022. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
^ "Rothmans Tournament 1988 results". EU-Football.info. Archived from the original on 16 June 2022. Retrieved 16 June 2022.