LG Cup (association football)

The LG Cup is an international exhibition association football tournament organised by LG Electronics, a South Korean company. LG describe the competition as a "social marketing experiment". Iran has hosted the most number of times in this international tournament, which was held from 1997 to 2011, with five times.

The inaugural competition took place in 1997 in Tunis, Tunisia. ^[1]

Editions

Edition	Year	Host	Participants	Venue(s)	Winner
1	1997 Details	Tunisia	Tunisia   Nigeria   Zambia   Cameroon	El Menzah Stadium (Tunis)	Tunisia
2	1998 Details	Iran	Iran   Jamaica   Hungary   Macedonia	Azadi Stadium (Tehran)	Hungary
3	1999 Details	Morocco	Morocco   France   Cameroon   Guinea	Stade Mohammed V (Casablanca)	France
4	2000 Details	Iran	Iran   South Korea   Egypt   Macedonia	Azadi Stadium (Tehran)	South Korea
5	2000 Details	United Arab Emirates	United Arab Emirates   South Korea   Australia   Kuwait	Al-Maktoum Stadium (Dubai)	United Arab Emirates
6	2001 Details	Egypt	Egypt   South Korea   Iran   Canada	Cairo International Stadium (Cairo)	South Korea
7	2001 Details	Iran	Iran   South Africa   Oman   Bosnia and Herzegovina	Azadi Stadium (Tehran)	Iran
8	2002 Details	Russia	Russia   Belarus   Ukraine   FR Yugoslavia	Lokomotiv Stadium (Moscow)	Belarus
9	2002 Details	Vietnam	Singapore (U23)   India (U23)   Vietnam (U23)   Vietnam   Thailand (U20) Persegres Gresik United	Thống Nhất Stadium (Vietnam)	India (U23) [2]
10	2002 Details	Morocco	Morocco   Algeria   Iran   Venezuela	Stade Mohammed V (Casablanca)	Iran
11	2002 Details	Iran	Iran   Paraguay   Morocco   South Africa	Takhti Stadium (Tabriz)	Iran
12	2003 Details	Nigeria	Nigeria   Cameroon   Iran   Ghana	National Stadium Abuja & National Stadium Lagos	Nigeria
13	2003 Details	Iran	Iran   Uruguay   Cameroon   Iraq	Azadi Stadium (Tehran)	Uruguay
14	2004 Details	Nigeria	Nigeria   Senegal (U23)   Libya   Jordan	National Stadium in Lagos (Lagos)	Senegal (U23)
15	2004 Details	Libya [3]	Libya   Ecuador   Jordan   Nigeria	June 11 Stadium (Tripoli) [4]	Libya
16	2005 Details	Egypt	Egypt   Senegal   Ecuador   Uganda	Cairo International Stadium (Cairo)	Egypt
17	2006 Details	Saudi Arabia	South Korea   Greece   Saudi Arabia   Finland	Prince Faisal Fahad Stadium	South Korea
18	2006 Details	Tunisia	Tunisia   Uruguay   Belarus   Libya	National Stadium "7 November Rades" (Tunis)	Uruguay
19	2006 Details	Jordan	Jordan   Iran   Iraq	Amman International Stadium (Amman)	Iran
20	2011 Details	Kenya	Kenya   Sudan	Nyayo National Stadium (Nairobi)	Sudan
21	2011 Details	Morocco	Cameroon   Morocco   Sudan   Uganda	Stade de Marrakech (Marrakech)	Cameroon

• 2006 Jordan: Only 2 match was played like to 2025 Turkish Women's Cup.

1. 4 October 2006 IRI 2-0 IRQ
2. 6 October 2006 IRI 0-0 JOR

Most successful national teams

Team	Champions
Iran	4
South Korea	3
Uruguay	2
Egypt	1
France	1
Tunisia	1
Hungary	1
United Arab Emirates	1
Belarus	1
India (U23)	1
Nigeria	1
Senegal (U23)	1
Libya	1
Sudan	1
Cameroon	1

References

General

• futbolplanet.de (27 August 2001). "Marrakech LG Cup Africa 2011 - Morocco". futbolplanet.de. Retrieved 27 March 2012.
• jason.soffe.free.fr (27 August 2001). "IRIFF LG Cup Iran 2001". jason.soffe.free.fr. Retrieved 27 March 2012.
• jason.soffe.free.fr (27 August 2001). "IRIFF LG 4 Nations Cup Iran 2001". jason.soffe.free.fr. Retrieved 27 March 2012.
• rsssf.com (27 August 2001). "LG Cup Four Nations Tournament (Tehran) 2001". RSSSF . Retrieved 27 March 2012.

Specific

1. Karel Stokkermans (18 May 2007). "LG Cup Four Nations Tournament". RSSSF . Archived from the original on 14 July 2022. Retrieved 27 March 2012.
2. TOI, Press Trust of India (10 August 2002). "India beat Vietnam to win LG Cup football". timesofindia. indiatimes.com. The Times of India. Archived from the original on 7 December 2021. Retrieved 1 October 2021.
3. "LG Cup Four Nations Tournament (Libya) 2004". RSSSF . 31 December 2005. Archived from the original on 14 July 2022. Retrieved 19 February 2019.
4. "Libya wins first LG Cup". albawaba.com. 28 October 2004. Archived from the original on 31 July 2020. Retrieved 19 February 2019.