Tournament details | |
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Host country | United Arab Emirates |
City | Dubai |
Dates | 4-7 October |
Teams | 4 |
Venue(s) | Al Maktoum Stadium (in 1 host city) |
Final positions | |
Champions | ![]() |
Runners-up | ![]() |
Third place | ![]() |
Fourth place | ![]() |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 4 |
Goals scored | 10 (2.5 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | ![]() |
The 2000 Friendship Tournament was the sixth edition of the 4 nation friendly tournament that took place in October 2001. The tournament was hosted by the United Arab Emirates Football Association. It was also a part of the LG Cup series, despite an edition of that tournament having already been held by Iran earlier that year. [1] Despite their being 4 teams invited, each nation only played twice. The United Arab Emirates finished as title holders, for the third time. [2]
Dubai | |
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Al Maktoum Stadium | |
Capacity: 15,000 | |
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United Arab Emirates ![]() | 1–1 (3-2 pen) | ![]() |
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Salem ![]() | Report | Young-Pyo ![]() |
South Korea ![]() | 4-2 | ![]() |
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Jae-won ![]() Jung-yoon ![]() Ki-Hyeon ![]() Dong-gook ![]() | Report | Paul Agostino ![]() |
2000 Friendship Tournament |
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![]() United Arab Emirates Third title |
There were 10 goals scored in 4 matches, for an average of 2.5 goals per match.
2 goals
1 goal
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