2006 LG Cup (Tunisia)

2006 Tunisia LG Cup

Tournament details
Host country	Tunisia
City	Radès
Dates	30 May – 2 June
Teams	4
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)
Top scorer(s)	8 players (1 goal)
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The 2006 Tunisia LG Cup was the 18th edition of the international friendly football tournament, the LG Cup, which was played in Tunisia between 30 May and 2 June 2006 at the 7 November Stadium, ^[1] with the participation of four teams: Tunisia, Uruguay, Libya and Belarus. ^[2] The Uruguay national team won it after defeating Tunisia in the final match. ^[3]

Participants

The participants were:

•   Tunisia
•   Uruguay
•   Belarus
•   Libya

Venue

Radès	Radès
7 November Stadium
Capacity: 60,000

Results

All times local: CET (UTC+1)

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

Semifinals

30 May 2006

17:00

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

7 November Stadium, Radès

Attendance: 5,000

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30 May 2006

19:30

Tunisia	3–0	Belarus
Namouchi 34', pen' Dos Santos 46' Jomaa 90+3'	Report

7 November Stadium, Radès

Attendance: 20,000

Third place match

2 June 2006

17:00

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

7 November Stadium, Radès

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, Radès

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Nasser Abbes Kabil (Egypt)

2006 LG Cup winner
Uruguay Second title

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	Fourth place

Source: RSSSF
(H) Hosts

External links

• Details at RSSSF

References

1. "LG Cup 2 2006 - Footballdatabase". www.footballdatabase.eu. Archived from the original on 2020-08-04. Retrieved 2021-05-29.
2. "Goalzz.com: live sports scores and news". www.goalzz.com. Archived from the original on 2021-06-02. Retrieved 2021-05-29.
3. "LG Cup Four Nations Tournament (Tunisia) 2006". RSSSF . Retrieved 2021-05-29.