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 Abdul Ridha Mataliev Andrey Akopyants (3 goals each)

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
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	4	0	3	1	1	3	−2	3
Ghana XI	4	0	2	2	4	6	−2	2

Iraq  v  China PR

30 March 1997

Iraq	2 – 0	China PR
Hayder Majeed  30' Alla Jabar  73'	Report

Attendance: 10,000

India  v  China PR

1 April 1997

India	0 – 0	China PR
	Report

Iraq  v  Uzbekistan U-19

2 April 1997

Iraq	6 – 1	Uzbekistan U-19
Hayder Majeed  13' Sadiq Abdul Ridha  36', 49' Hussein  49' Hayder Abdullah  83' J.Sabah  89'	Report	Mataliev  70'

Ghana XI v  China PR

3 April 1997

Ghana XI	0 – 0	China PR
	Report

Attendance: 20,000

India  v  Uzbekistan U-19

4 April 1997

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

Attendance: 20,000

Iraq  v Ghana XI

5 April 1997

Iraq	1 – 0	Ghana XI
Sadiq Hassan  70'	Report

Attendance: 7,000

India  v  Iraq

6 April 1997

India	0 – 1	Iraq
	Report	Qahtan Drain  24'

Attendance: 25,000

Uzbekistan U-19  v Ghana XI

7 April 1997

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

Attendance: 20,000

India  v Ghana XI

8 April 1997

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

Attendance: 35,000

Semi-finals

Uzbekistan U-19  v  China PR

9 April 1997

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

Attendance: 15,000

 Iraq v  India

10 April 1997

Iraq	1 – 1 (a.e.t.)	India
Sadiq Abdul Ridha  ?'	Report	Chapman  ?'
	Penalties
	4–2

Attendance: 60,000

Third place match

China PR  v  India

11 April 1997

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

Attendance: 18,500

Final

Iraq  v  Uzbekistan U-19

12 April 1997

Iraq	3 – 1	Uzbekistan U-19
Naji  ?' Kuralev  ?' (o.g.) Shihab  ?'	Report	Mataliev  ?'

Attendance: 15,000

References