2006 LG Cup (Tunisia)

2006 LG Cup

كأس إل جي 2006
Tournament details
Host country	Tunisia
City	Tunis
Dates	30 May – 2 June
Teams	4 (from 3 confederations)
Venue	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Uruguay (2nd title)
Runners-up	Tunisia
Third place	Libya
Fourth place	Belarus
Tournament statistics
Matches played	4
Goals scored	8 (2 per match)
Attendance	62,000 (15,500 per match)
Top scorer	8 players (1 goal each)
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The 2006LG Cup was the 18th edition of the international friendly football tournament, the LG Cup. ^[1] It was organized by the Tunisian Football Federation (TFF) and was held between 30 May and 2 June in Tunis, Tunisia.

This is the second time Tunisia has hosted the competition, after the inaugural edition in 1997. Four teams participated in the tournament: Belarus, Libya, Tunisia and Uruguay. Uruguay won the tournament for their second LG Cuo title, defeating Tunisia 3–1 in a penalty shoot-out after the final finished goalless following extra time. ^[2]

Participants

The participants were:

•   Belarus
•   Libya
•   Tunisia
•   Uruguay

Venue

All four matches was played at the 7 November Stadium in Tunis.

Tunis	Tunis
7 November Stadium
Capacity: 60,000

Results

All times are local, CET (UTC+1).

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	30 May – Tunis
	Tunisia	3
					2 June – Tunis
	Belarus	0
					Tunisia	1 (1)
	30 May – Tunis
					Uruguay (pen.)	1 (3)
	Libya	1
	Uruguay	2
					Third place
					2 June – Tunis
					Libya (pen.)	0 (3)
					Belarus	0 (1)

Semi-finals

30 May 2006

18:00

Uruguay	2–1	Libya
Vigneri 15' Abreu 34'	Report	El Taib 61'

7 November Stadium, Tunis

Attendance: 5,000 ^[3]

Referee: Atef Yacoubi (Tunisia)

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30 May 2006

20:30

Tunisia	3–0	Belarus
Namouchi 34' (pen.) Santos 46' Jomaa 90+3'	Report

7 November Stadium, Tunis

Attendance: 24,000 ^[4]

Referee: Djaballah Touati (Algeria)

Third place match

2 June 2006

17:00

Libya	1–1	Belarus
Osman 90'	Report	Shtanyuk 12'
Penalties
	3–1

7 November Stadium, Tunis

Attendance: 8,000 ^[5]

Referee: Aouaz Trabelsi (Tunisia)

Final

2 June 2006

19:30

Tunisia	0–0	Uruguay
	Report
Penalties
Mnari Ghodhbane Bouazizi Meriah	1–3	Scotti Olivera Estoyanoff Giacomazzi

7 November Stadium, Tunis

Attendance: 25,000 ^[6]

Referee: Nasser Abbas (Egypt)

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 8 goals scored in 4 matches, for an average of 2 goals per match.

1 goal

• Hamed Namouchi
• Francileudo Santos
• Issam Jemâa
• Tarik El Taib
• Walid Ali Osman
• Nicolás Vigneri
• Sebastian Abreu
• Syarhey Shtanyuk

Tournament team rankings

As per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Final result
1	Uruguay	2	1	1	0	2	0	+2	4	Champions
2	Tunisia (H)	2	1	1	0	3	0	+3	4	Runner-up
3	Libya	2	0	1	1	2	2	0	1	Third place
4	Belarus	2	0	1	1	1	4	−3	1

Source: RSSSF
(H) Hosts

References

1. "LG Cup Four Nations Tournament (Tunisia) 2006". RSSSF . Retrieved 2021-05-29.
2. "[LG Cup] Tunisia loses the final on penalties". Tunisie-Foot (in French). Retrieved 2026-01-10.
3. "Uruguay vs Libya match report". GSA Website. Retrieved 2026-01-10.
4. "Tunisia vs Belarus match report". GSA Website. Retrieved 2026-01-10.
5. "Libya vs Belarus match report". GSA Website. Retrieved 2026-01-10.
6. "Tunisia vs Uruguay match report". GSA Website. Retrieved 2026-01-10.

External links

• Details at RSSSF