Nehru Cup

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Template:Infobox football tournament The Nehru Cup was an international association football tournament organised by the All India Football Federation (AIFF), named after the first Prime Minister of India, Jawaharlal Nehru. It was launched in 1982, but was not held from 1998 to 2006. After the trophy was won by Iraq in 1997, it was reinstated only in 2007 before officially being held last in 2012 and was replaced in 2017.

TV coverage[edit]

1st Nehru Cup was covered by Prabir Roy with a 5 on-line camera operation. This was long before Doordarshan started the same during the Delhi Asian Games in November 1982. It was inaugurated by Indira Gandhi. This was apparently the first Color T.V. coverage.

Absence, revival and replacement[edit]

The tournament was shelved after 1997 due to lack of sponsorship and other reasons. It was revived in 2007 mainly due to persuasion by the former coach of India national football team Bob Houghton. The original rolling trophy could not be recovered from Iraq, and a new trophy was designed.

The tournament held during 2007 was called the ONGC Nehru Cup, to acknowledge sponsorship from the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation. The 2007 Nehru Cup took place from 17 to 29 August 2007 with Syria, Kyrgyzstan, India, Cambodia and Bangladesh as participating nations where India won their first title after hosting it for the last couple of decades defeating the much higher ranked Syria in the final by a 1-0 margin, on a goal scored by N. P. Pradeep in the 44th minute on a back pass from Bhaichung Bhutia.[1]

2009 Nehru Cup took place in New Delhi from 19 to 31 August 2009. After the participation of Palestine was cancelled by the AIFF, the tournament was changed into a round-robin format with five teams playing each other and the top two clashing in the final.[2] India defeated Syria by 5–4 on penalties after a 1–1 draw in the final on 31 August 2009.

The 2012 Nehru Cup was the 15th edition of the Nehru Cup and 3rd Nehru Cup since it was revived in 2007. It was held from 22 August to 2 September.[3] The tournament was hosted in New Delhi, India. A total of 5 teams participated in the tournament through being invited by the All India Football Federation. The final match happened between India and Cameroon and India won the match in penalty shoot out 5-4 after the match ended 2-2 after 120 minutes of play.[4][5]

Hopes to have another tournament in 2014 were shelved in August 2014 due to the AIFF not being able to pursue capital investment.[6]

AIFF revealed on 17 May 2016 that it plans to replace Nehru Cup with a new Intercontinental Cup.[7]

Results[edit]

Year Host city Final Third place match Num.
teams
Winner Score Runner-up 3rd Place Score 4th Place
1982 Kolkata  Uruguay
2–0
  China PR  South Korea – [note 1] Template:Fbo
6
1983 Kochi  Hungary [note 2]
2–1
  China PR U-19  Cameroon
–
  Romania U-21
7
1984 Kolkata  Poland
1–0
  China PR  Argentina
–
 Hungary Vasas SC
6
1985 Kochi Template:Country data Soviet Union
2–1
 Template:Country data Yugoslavia  Morocco
–
  South Korea U-20
8
1986 Thiruvananthapuram Template:Country data Soviet Union
1–0
  China PR  East Germany
–
  Peru
6
1987 Kozhikode Template:Fbo [note 2]
2–0
 Template:Fbo [note 2]  Denmark
–
  East Germany
8
1988 Siliguri Template:Fbo [note 2]
2–0
 Template:Fbo [note 2] Template:Fbo [note 2]
–
  Hungary [note 2]
8
1989 Margao  Hungary [note 2]
2–0
 Template:Country data Soviet Union  North Korea
–
  Iraq U-20
6
1991 Thiruvananthapuram  Romania B
3–1
  Hungary Template:Country data URS
–
  China PR
6
1993 Chennai  North Korea
2–0
  Romania  Cameroon
–
  Finland
7
1995 Kolkata  Iraq
1–0
  Russia U-20  Thailand
–
  India
5
1997 Kochi  Iraq
3–1
  Uzbekistan U-19  China PR
2–1
  India
5
2007 New Delhi  India
1–0
  Syria  Kyrgyzstan
–
  Bangladesh
5
2009 New Delhi  India
1–1 Template:Aet Template:Pso
  Syria  Kyrgyzstan
–
  Lebanon
5
2012 New Delhi  India
2–2 Template:Aet Template:Pso
  Cameroon  Maldives
–
  Syria
5
Notes
  1. ↑ Round-robin format, no third match held.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 Olympic team

Medal summary[edit]

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See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ http://www.kolkatafootballs.com/ongc_nehru_2007.html
  2. ↑ "Palestine not part of Nehru Cup". The Indian Express. 11 August 2009. Retrieved 2 September 2012.
  3. ↑ "Wim Koevermans named as new Senior Team Coach". The All India Football Federation. Archived from the original on 5 January 2013. Retrieved 15 June 2012.
  4. ↑ "India beat Cameroon to win third successive Nehru Cup title". The Times Of India. 2 September 2012. Retrieved 5 November 2018.
  5. ↑ FIFA.com
  6. ↑ "India could host inaugural BRICS tourney". Goal. 19 August 2014. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
  7. ↑ "The Blue Tigers will be in action next August as the Indian FA plan to replace the Nehru Cup with the Champions Cup". goal.com. 17 May 2016. Retrieved 17 May 2016.

External links[edit]

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