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	13
Goals scored	36 (2.77 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.^[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	4	0	3	1	1	3	−2	3
Ghana XI	4	0	2	2	4	6	−2	2

30 March 1997

Iraq	2–0	China
Mahmoud 30' Kadhim 73'	Report

Attendance: 10,000

1 April 1997

India	0–0	China
	Report

2 April 1997

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

3 April 1997

Ghana XI	0–0	China
	Report

Attendance: 20,000

4 April 1997

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

Attendance: 20,000

5 April 1997

Iraq	1–0	Ghana XI
Saadoun 70'	Report

Attendance: 7,000

6 April 1997

India	0–1	Iraq
	Report	Chathir 24'

Attendance: 25,000

7 April 1997

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

Attendance: 20,000

8 April 1997

India	2–2	Ghana XI
Vijayan 10' Bhutia 53'	Report	Donkor 37' Owusu-Ansah 80'

Attendance: 35,000

Knock-out stage

	Semi-finals				Final
	9 April
	Uzbekistan U-19	2
					11 April
	China	1
					Iraq	3
	10 April
					Uzbekistan U-19	1
	Iraq (pen)	1 (4)
	India	1 (2)
					Third place
					12 April
					China	2
					India	1

Semi-finals

9 April 1997

Uzbekistan U-19	2–1	China
Hashimov ?' 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	2–1	India
Bao Wen Jie ?' 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

Winners

1997 Nehru Cup champion
Iraq Second title

Statistics

References