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The World of Soccer Cup, an association football friendly tournament, took place in the summer of 1977, hosted by Singapore and Australia.
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The World of Soccer Cup, an association football friendly tournament, took place in the summer of 1977, hosted by Singapore and Australia.
The tournament was the idea of English entrepreneur Reg Lambourne, Strata Travel owner Tom Lawrence and Red Star Belgrade FC Secretary General Dr Miroljub Stojkovic and consisted of two competitions. The first (also known as Metro 20th Anniversary Tournament) was a straight knock-out tournament in Singapore, and the second was a mini-league in which the top two teams would play in the final. The first trophy was won by Red Star Belgrade (FK Crvena zvezda) and the second by Celtic, and was the last ever trophy Jock Stein would ever lift for Celtic.
| Team | Notes |
|---|---|
 Celtic | Scottish Premier Division champions |
 Red Star Belgrade | Yugoslav First League champions |
 Arsenal | |
 Singapore XI | Host nation (1st tournament) |
 Australia | Host nation (2nd tournament) |
| Arsenal | 1–3 | Red Star Belgrade |
|---|---|---|
| Macdonald | Filipović, Šestić, Savić |
| Celtic | 5–0 | Singapore XI |
|---|---|---|
| Conn (2), Burns, Lennox, Edvaldsson |
| Arsenal | 5–1 | Singapore XI |
|---|---|---|
| Macdonald (3), Stapleton, Brady |
| Celtic | 1–3 | Red Star Belgrade |
|---|---|---|
| Lennox pen | Petrović, Filipović (2) |
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Celtic | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 7 |
| Red Star Belgrade | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Australia XI | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 3 |
| Arsenal | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 3 |
| Celtic | 1–1 | Red Star Belgrade |
|---|---|---|
| McDonald | Savić |
| Arsenal | 1–0 | Red Star Belgrade |
|---|---|---|
| Brady |
| Australia XI | 2–3 | Celtic |
|---|---|---|
| Barnes, Ollerton | Glavin, Edvaldsson (2) |
| Australia XI | 2–3 | Red Star Belgrade |
|---|---|---|
| Kosmina, Harding | Savić, Šestić, Filipović |
| Celtic | 2–0 | Red Star Belgrade |
|---|---|---|
| McDonald, Edvaldsson |
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