1997 Nehru Cup
Tournament details | |
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Host country | India |
Dates | 30 March – 12 April |
Teams | 5 (from 2 confederations) |
Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
Final positions | |
Champions | Iraq (2nd title) |
Runners-up | Uzbekistan U-19 |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 13 |
Goals scored | 36 (2.77 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | Sadiq Saadoun (4 goals) |
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International football competition
The 1997 Nehru Cup was held in Kochi, India. The Nehru Cup is an international association football tournament, organised by the All India Football Federation, which was launched in 1982. Participating nations in 1997 were Iraq, China, India, Ghana and Uzbekistan.[1] The winner of the Nehru Cup was Iraq, whilst India did not record a single win, in drawing three matches and losing one.[2] In the semi-final match, more than 60,000 tickets were sold.[3]
Matches
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Iraq | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | +9 | 12 |
Uzbekistan U-19 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 11 | −4 | 5 |
India (H) | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 3 |
China | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 3 |
Ghana XI | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 2 |
Source: [citation needed]
(H) Host
(H) Host
Iraq | 6–1 | Uzbekistan U-19 |
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Mahmoud 13' Saadoun 36', 49' Hussein 49' Najim 83' Jeayer 89' | Report | Mataliev 70' |
Ghana XI | 0–0 | China |
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Report |
Attendance: 20,000
India | 2–2 | Uzbekistan U-19 |
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Vijayan 41' Chapman 86' | Report | Soliev 24' Akopyants 81' |
Attendance: 20,000
Uzbekistan U-19 | 3–2 | Ghana XI |
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Ponomarev 43' Mataliev 75' Akopyants 85' | Report | Yam 33', 57' |
Attendance: 20,000
India | 2–2 | Ghana XI |
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Vijayan 10' Bhutia 53' | Report | Donkor 37' Owusu-Ansah 80' |
Attendance: 35,000
Knock-out stage
Semi-finals | Final | |||||
9 April | ||||||
Uzbekistan U-19 | 2 | |||||
11 April | ||||||
China | 1 | |||||
Iraq | 3 | |||||
10 April | ||||||
Uzbekistan U-19 | 1 | |||||
Iraq (pen) | 1 (4) | |||||
India | 1 (2) | |||||
Third place | ||||||
12 April | ||||||
China | 2 | |||||
India | 1 |
Semi-finals
Uzbekistan U-19 | 2–1 | China |
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Hashimov ?' Akopyants ?' | Report | Qui Zhong Hui ?' |
Attendance: 15,000
Third place match
Final
Iraq | 3–1 | Uzbekistan U-19 |
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Fawzi 5' Kuralev ?' (o.g.) Hussein 60' | Report | Mataliev ?' |
Attendance: 15,000
Winners
1997 Nehru Cup champion |
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Iraq Second title |
Statistics
Goalscorers
There were 36 goals scored in 13 matches, for an average of 2.77 goals per match.
4 goals
3 goals
- U-19 Mataliev
- U-19 Andrey Akopyants
2 goals
1 goal
- Qui Zhong Hui
- Bao Wen Jie
- Huang Yong
- XI Alex Donkor
- XI Princeton Owusu-Ansah
- Alaa Kadhim
- Haidar Najim
- Sabah Jeayer
- Qahtan Chathir
- Hussam Fawzi
- U-19 Anvarjon Soliev
- U-19 Vyacheslav Ponomarev
- U-19 Hikmat Hashimov
1 own goal
- U-19 Kuralev (against Iraq)