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LG Cup (association football)

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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

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Edition Year Host Participants Venue(s) Winner
1
1997
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 Tunisia El Menzah Stadium (Tunis)  Tunisia
2
1998
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 Iran Azadi Stadium (Tehran)  Hungary
3
1999
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 Morocco Stade Mohammed V (Casablanca)  France
4
2000
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 Iran Azadi Stadium (Tehran)  South Korea
5
2000
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 United Arab Emirates Al-Maktoum Stadium (Dubai)  United Arab Emirates
6
2001
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 Egypt Cairo International Stadium (Cairo)  South Korea
7
2001
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 Iran Azadi Stadium (Tehran)  Iran
8
2002
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 Russia stadium of Lokomotiv Moskva  Belarus
9
2002
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 Vietnam Thống Nhất Stadium (Vietnam)  India (U23)[2]
10
2002
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 Morocco Stade Mohammed V (Casablanca)  Iran
11
2002
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 Iran Takhti Stadium (Tabriz)  Iran
12
2003
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 Nigeria National Stadium Abuja & National Stadium Lagos  Nigeria
13
2003
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 Iran Azadi Stadium (Tehran)  Uruguay
14
2004
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 Nigeria National Stadium in Lagos (Lagos)  Senegal (U23)
15
2004
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 Libya [3] June 11 Stadium (Tripoli) [4]  Libya
16
2005
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 Egypt Cairo International Stadium (Cairo)  Egypt
17
2006
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 Saudi Arabia Prince Faisal Fahad Stadium  South Korea
18
2006
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 Tunisia National Stadium "7 November Rades" (Tunis)  Uruguay
19
2006
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 Jordan Amman International Stadium (Amman)  Iran
20
2011
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 Kenya Nyayo National Stadium (Nairobi)  Sudan
21
2011
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 Morocco Stade de Marrakech (Marrakech)  Cameroon

Most successful national teams

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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

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General

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  • [1]
  • 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

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  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.
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