1997 Nehru Cup

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.

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)

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
Mahmoud  30' Kadhim  73'	Report

Attendance: 10,000

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1 April 1997

India	0–0	China PR B
	Report

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2 April 1997

Iraq	6–1	Uzbekistan U-19
Mahmoud  13' Saadoun  36', 49' Hussein  49' Najim  83' Jeayer  89'	Report	Mataliev  70'

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3 April 1997

Ghana XI	0–0	China PR B
	Report

Attendance: 20,000

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4 April 1997

India	2–2	Uzbekistan U-19
Vijayan  41' Chapman  86'	Report	Soliev Anvarjon  24' Akopyants  81'

Attendance: 20,000

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5 April 1997

Iraq	1–0	Ghana XI
Saadoun  70'	Report

Attendance: 7,000

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6 April 1997

India	0–1	Iraq
	Report	Chathir  24'

Attendance: 25,000

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7 April 1997

Uzbekistan U-19	3–2	Ghana XI
Ponamarev  43' Mataliev  75' Akopyants  85'	Report	Sekyi Yam  33', 57'

Attendance: 20,000

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8 April 1997

India	2–2	Ghana XI
Vijayan  10' Bhutia  53'	Report	Alex Donkor  37' Oa Princeton  80'

Attendance: 35,000

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Semi-finals

9 April 1997

Uzbekistan U-19	2–1	China PR B
Khoshimov Akopyants	Report	Qui Zhong Hui

Attendance: 15,000

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10 April 1997

Iraq	1–1 (a.e.t.)	India
Saadoun	Report	Chapman
Penalties
	4–2

Attendance: 1,00,000

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Third place match

11 April 1997

China PR B	2–1	India
Bao Wen Jie Huang Yong	Report	Bhutia

Attendance: 18,500

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Final

12 April 1997

Iraq	3–1	Uzbekistan U-19
Fawzi  5' Kuralev  ?' (o.g.) Hussein  60'	Report	Mataliev

Attendance: 15,000

References

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