Tournament details | |
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Host country | Tunisia |
City | Tunis |
Dates | 7–9 August |
Teams | 4 |
Final positions | |
Champions | ![]() |
Runners-up | ![]() |
Third place | ![]() |
Fourth place | ![]() |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 4 |
Goals scored | 13 (3.25 per match) |
1998 → |
The 1997 Tunisia LG Cup was the first edition of the international friendly football tournament, the LG Cup, which was played in Tunisia between 7 and 9 August 1997 at El Menzah Stadium, with the participation of four teams: Tunisia, Nigeria, Cameroon and Zambia. The Tunisia national team won it after defeating Nigeria in the final match. [1]
The participants were:
Tunis | |
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El Menzah Stadium | |
Capacity: 45,000 | |
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Semi-finals | Final | |||||
7 August – Radès | ||||||
![]() | 1 | |||||
9 August – Radès | ||||||
![]() | 0 | |||||
![]() | 2 | |||||
7 August – Radès | ||||||
![]() | 0 | |||||
![]() | 3 | |||||
![]() | 1 | |||||
Third place | ||||||
9 August – Radès | ||||||
![]() | 3 (4) | |||||
![]() | 3 (3) |
Nigeria ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Zeigbo ![]() | Report |
Tunisia ![]() | 3–1 | ![]() |
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Ben Slimane ![]() Souayah ![]() Gabsi ![]() | Report | Kamwandi ![]() |
1997 LG Cup winner |
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![]() Tunisia First title |