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The LG Cup is an international exhibition association football tournament organised by LG Electronics, a South Korean company. LG describe the competition as a " social marketing experiment".Iran has hosted the most number of times in this international tournament, which was held from 1997 to 2011, with five times.

The inaugural competition took place in 1997 in Tunis, Tunisia. [1]

Editions

Edition Year Host Participants Venue(s) Winner
1
 1997
Details 		 Tunisia Stade El Menzha (Tunis)   Tunisia
2
 1998
Details 		 Iran Azadi Stadium ( Tehran)   Hungary
3
 1999
Details 		 Morocco Stade Mohammed V (Casablanca)   France
4
 2000
Details 		 Iran Azadi Stadium ( Tehran)   South Korea
5
 2000
Details 		 United Arab Emirates Al-Maktoum Stadium ( Dubai)   United Arab Emirates
6
 2001
Details 		 Egypt Cairo International Stadium (Cairo)   South Korea
7
 2001
Details 		 Iran Azadi Stadium ( Tehran)   Iran
8
 2002
Details 		 Russia stadium of Lokomotiv Moskva   Belarus
9
 2002
Details 		 Vietnam Thống Nhất Stadium (Vietnam)   India (U23) [2]
10
 2002
Details 		 Morocco Stade Mohammed V (Casablanca)   Iran
11
 2002
Details 		 Iran Takhti Stadium ( Tabriz)   Iran
12
 2003
Details 		 Nigeria National Stadium Abuja & National Stadium Lagos   Nigeria
13
 2003
Details 		 Iran Azadi Stadium ( Tehran)   Uruguay
14
 2004
Details 		 Nigeria National Stadium in Lagos (Lagos)   Senegal (U23)
15
 2004
Details 		 Libya [3] June 11 Stadium (Tripoli) [4]   Libya
16
 2005
Details 		 Egypt Cairo International Stadium (Cairo)   Egypt
17
 2006
Details 		 Saudi Arabia Prince Faisal Fahad Stadium  South Korea
18
 2006
Details 		 Tunisia National Stadium "7 November Rades" (Tunis)  Uruguay
19
 2006
Details 		 Jordan Amman International Stadium ( Amman)   Iran
20
 2011
Details 		 Kenya Nyayo National Stadium (Nairobi)   Sudan
21
 2011
Details 		 Morocco Stade de Marrakech ( Marrakech)   Cameroon

Most successful national teams

Team Champions
  Iran 4
  South Korea 3
  Uruguay 2
  Egypt 1
  France 1
  Tunisia 1
  Hungary 1
  United Arab Emirates 1
  Belarus 1
  India (U23) 1
  Nigeria 1
  Senegal (U23) 1
  Libya 1
  Sudan 1
  Cameroon 1

References

General

  • [1]
  • futbolplanet.de (27 August 2001). "Marrakech LG Cup Africa 2011 - Morocco". futbolplanet.de. Retrieved 27 March 2012.
  • jason.soffe.free.fr (27 August 2001). "IRIFF LG Cup Iran 2001". jason.soffe.free.fr. Retrieved 27 March 2012.
  • jason.soffe.free.fr (27 August 2001). "IRIFF LG 4 Nations Cup Iran 2001". jason.soffe.free.fr. Retrieved 27 March 2012.
  • rsssf.com (27 August 2001). "LG Cup Four Nations Tournament (Tehran) 2001". RSSSF. Retrieved 27 March 2012.

Specific

  1. ^ Karel Stokkermans (18 May 2007). "LG Cup Four Nations Tournament". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 14 July 2022. Retrieved 27 March 2012.
  2. ^ TOI, Press Trust of India (10 August 2002). "India beat Vietnam to win LG Cup football". timesofindia. indiatimes.com. The Times of India. Archived from the original on 7 December 2021. Retrieved 1 October 2021.
  3. ^ "LG Cup Four Nations Tournament (Libya) 2004". RSSSF. 31 December 2005. Archived from the original on 14 July 2022. Retrieved 19 February 2019.
  4. ^ "Libya wins first LG Cup". albawaba.com. 28 October 2004. Archived from the original on 31 July 2020. Retrieved 19 February 2019.

External links

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