1997 Nehru Cup

1997 Nehru Cup

Tournament details
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	10
Goals scored	37 (3.7 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Sadiq Saadoun (4 goals)

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. The winner of the Nehru Cup was Iraq, whilst India did not record a single win, in drawing three matches and losing one. In the semi final match, more than 60,000 tickets were sold.

Matches

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
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 PR B	4	0	3	1	1	3	−2	3
Ghana XI	4	0	2	2	4	6	−2	2

Source:
(H) Host.

30 March 1997

Iraq	2–0	China PR B
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Attendance: 10,000

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1 April 1997

India	0–0	China PR B
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2 April 1997

Iraq	6–1	Uzbekistan U-19
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3 April 1997

Ghana XI	0–0	China PR B
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Attendance: 20,000

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4 April 1997

India	2–2	Uzbekistan U-19
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Attendance: 20,000

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5 April 1997

Iraq	1–0	Ghana XI
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Attendance: 7,000

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6 April 1997

India	0–1	Iraq
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Attendance: 25,000

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7 April 1997

Uzbekistan U-19	3–2	Ghana XI
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Attendance: 20,000

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8 April 1997

India	2–2	Ghana XI
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Attendance: 35,000

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Semi-finals

9 April 1997

Uzbekistan U-19	2–1	China PR B
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Attendance: 15,000

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10 April 1997

Iraq	1–1 (a.e.t.)	India
Saadoun Error creating thumbnail: File missing	Report	Chapman Error creating thumbnail: File missing
Penalties
	4–2

Attendance: 1,00,000

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Third place match

11 April 1997

China PR B	2–1	India
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Attendance: 18,500

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Final

12 April 1997

Iraq	3–1	Uzbekistan U-19
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Attendance: 15,000

References

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