Wembley International Tournament

The Wembley International Tournament, known as the Makita International Tournament for sponsorship reasons from 1989, was an association football pre-season friendly tournament held annually in England between 1988 and 1994.

Originally organised by IEP Tournaments, it was first staged in August 1988, with Arsenal beating A.C. Milan in the final. All the matches were held at Wembley Stadium. Typically, it hosted a combination of English and Continental teams, and was held at Wembley until 1991. Thereafter it was held at different venues around the country until the final competition in 1994. It was televised in all years by ITV.

Winners

Arsenal and Sampdoria were the record winners of the trophy, each winning three times. The only other team to win it was Chelsea.

Year	Winner	Runner-up	Third Place	Fourth Place	Venue
1988	Arsenal	AC Milan	Bayern Munich	Tottenham Hotspur	Wembley Stadium
1989	Arsenal	Liverpool	Dynamo Kyiv	FC Porto	Wembley Stadium
1990	Sampdoria	Arsenal	Real Sociedad	Aston Villa	Wembley Stadium
1991	Sampdoria	Arsenal	Panathinaikos	West Ham United	Highbury
1992	Sampdoria	Leeds United	VfB Stuttgart	Nottingham Forest	Elland Road
1993	Chelsea	Tottenham Hotspur	AFC Ajax	SS Lazio	White Hart Lane
1994	Arsenal	SSC Napoli	Chelsea	Atlético Madrid	Highbury

See also

• Umbro International Tournament

References

• "Makita Tournament 1988–1994". RSSSF.

External links

• IEP Tournaments homepage