1997 LG Cup (Tunisia)
Appearance
Tournament details | |
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Host country | Tunisia |
City | Tunis |
Dates | 7–9 August |
Teams | 4 |
Final positions | |
Champions | ![]() |
Runners-up | ![]() |
Third place | ![]() |
Fourth place | ![]() |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 4 |
Goals scored | 13 (3.25 per match) |
1998 → |
The 1997 Tunisia LG Cup was the first edition of the international friendly football tournament, the LG Cup, which was played in Tunisia between 7 and 9 August 1997 at El Menzah Stadium, with the participation of four teams: Tunisia, Nigeria, Cameroon and Zambia. The Tunisia national team won it after defeating Nigeria in the final match.[1]
Participants
[edit]The participants were:
Venue
[edit]Tunis | |
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El Menzah Stadium | |
Capacity: 45,000 | |
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Results
[edit]Semi-finals | Final | |||||
7 August – Radès | ||||||
![]() | 1 | |||||
9 August – Radès | ||||||
![]() | 0 | |||||
![]() | 2 | |||||
7 August – Radès | ||||||
![]() | 0 | |||||
![]() | 3 | |||||
![]() | 1 | |||||
Third place | ||||||
9 August – Radès | ||||||
![]() | 3 (4) | |||||
![]() | 3 (3) |
Semifinals
[edit]Nigeria ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Zeigbo ![]() |
Report |
El Menzah Stadium, Tunis
Attendance: 40,000
Tunisia ![]() | 3–1 | ![]() |
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Ben Slimane ![]() Souayah ![]() Gabsi ![]() |
Report | Kamwandi ![]() |
El Menzah Stadium, Tunis
Attendance: 40,000
Third place match
[edit]Cameroon ![]() | 3–3 | ![]() |
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Suffo ![]() Kamwanga ![]() Etot ![]() |
Report | Lota ![]() ![]() Kamwandi ![]() |
Penalties | ||
4–3 |
El Menzah Stadium, Tunis
Attendance: 40,000
Final
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1997 LG Cup winner |
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![]() Tunisia First title |
External links
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ rsssf.com. "First LG Cup 1997 (Tunisia)". RSSSF. Retrieved 11 January 2019.