| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country | Tunisia |
| City | Tunis |
| Dates | 7–9 August |
| Teams | 4 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Tunisia (1st title) |
| Runners-up |  Nigeria |
| Third place |  Cameroon |
| Fourth place |  Zambia |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 4 |
| Goals scored | 13 (3.25 per match) |
| 1998 → | |
The 1997 Tunisia LG Cup was the first edition of the international friendly football tournament, the LG Cup, which was played in Tunisia between 7 and 9 August 1997 at El Menzah Stadium, with the participation of four teams: Tunisia, Nigeria, Cameroon and Zambia. The Tunisia national team won it after defeating Nigeria in the final match.
Participants
The participants were:
Venue
| Tunis |   Tunis
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|---|---|
| El Menzah Stadium | |
| Capacity: 45,000 | |
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Results
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| 7 August – Radès | ||||||
| Nigeria | 1 | |||||
| 9 August – Radès | ||||||
| Cameroon | 0 | |||||
| Tunisia | 2 | |||||
| 7 August – Radès | ||||||
| Nigeria | 0 | |||||
| Tunisia | 3 | |||||
| Zambia | 1 | |||||
| Third place | ||||||
| 9 August – Radès | ||||||
| Cameroon (pen.) | 3 (4) | |||||
| Zambia | 3 (3) | |||||
Semifinals
| Nigeria | 1–0 | Cameroon |
|---|---|---|
Zeigbo  |
Report |
| Tunisia | 3–1 | Zambia |
|---|---|---|
| Ben Slimane Souayah Gabsi |
Report | Kamwandi |
Third place match
| Cameroon | 3–3 | Zambia |
|---|---|---|
| Suffo 45' Kamwanga 70' (o.g.) Etot 86' |
Report | Lota 32' 79' Kamwandi 68' |
| Penalties | ||
| 4–3 | ||
Final
| Tunisia | 2–0 | Nigeria |
|---|---|---|
| Souayah 12' (pen.) Jelassi 90+4' |
Report |
| 1997 LG Cup winner |
|---|
 Tunisia First title |
External links
References
- rsssf.com. "First LG Cup 1997 (Tunisia)". RSSSF. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
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