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 | ![]() |
Runners-up | ![]() |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 13 |
Goals scored | 36 (2.77 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | ![]() |
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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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![]() | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | +9 | 12 |
![]() | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 11 | −4 | 5 |
![]() | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 3 |
![]() | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 3 |
![]() | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 2 |
Source: [citation needed]
(H) Host
(H) Host
Iraq ![]() | 6–1 | ![]() |
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Mahmoud ![]() Saadoun ![]() Hussein ![]() Najim ![]() Jeayer ![]() | Report | Mataliev ![]() |
Ghana XI ![]() | 0–0 | ![]() |
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Report |
Attendance: 20,000
India ![]() | 2–2 | ![]() |
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Vijayan ![]() Chapman ![]() | Report | Soliev ![]() Akopyants ![]() |
Attendance: 20,000
Uzbekistan U-19 ![]() | 3–2 | ![]() |
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Ponomarev ![]() Mataliev ![]() Akopyants ![]() | Report | Yam ![]() |
Attendance: 20,000
India ![]() | 2–2 | ![]() |
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Vijayan ![]() Bhutia ![]() | Report | Donkor ![]() Owusu-Ansah ![]() |
Attendance: 35,000
Knock-out stage
Semi-finals | Final | |||||
9 April | ||||||
![]() | 2 | |||||
11 April | ||||||
![]() | 1 | |||||
![]() | 3 | |||||
10 April | ||||||
![]() | 1 | |||||
![]() | 1 (4) | |||||
![]() | 1 (2) | |||||
Third place | ||||||
12 April | ||||||
![]() | 2 | |||||
![]() | 1 |
Semi-finals
Uzbekistan U-19 ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() |
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Hashimov ![]() Akopyants ![]() | Report | Qui Zhong Hui ![]() |
Attendance: 15,000
Third place match
Final
Iraq ![]() | 3–1 | ![]() |
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Fawzi ![]() Kuralev ![]() Hussein ![]() | 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)