Held (usually) in Islamic countries. Sponsored by a South Korean electronics group in order to promote their new brand name (LG Electronics; originally the company was called Gold Star).
There appears not to be any direct relation between the tournaments apart from the (main) sponsors. The 2003 tournament in Nigeria was reported to be the ninth in the series, and the 2004 tournament in Libya the thirteenth, implying that not all tournaments below are 'officially' part of the series. The 1997 tournament in Tunisia definitely was the first one.
Ed. Year Winners Runners-Up Venue
1 1997 Tunisia 2-0 Nigeria Tunisia
1998 Hungary 0-0 Macedonia [4-2 pen] Iran
1999 France 1-0 Morocco Morocco
2000 South Korea 1-0 Egypt Iran
2001 South Korea 2-1 Egypt Egypt
2001 Iran 4-0 Bosnia-Hercegovina Iran
2002 Iran 0-0 Algeria B [9-8 pen] Morocco
2002 Belarus 2-0 Ukraine Russia
2002 India U-23 3-2 Vietnam Vietnam
2002 Iran 1-1 Paraguay [4-3 pen] Iran
9 2003 Nigeria 3-0 Cameroon [aet] Nigeria
2003 Uruguay 5-2 Iraq Iran
2003 Vietnam U-23 3-2 Kookmin Bank Vietnam
2004 Senegal 1-0 Nigeria Nigeria
2004 S.Korea Univ.XI 5-4 Vietnam [aet] Vietnam
13 2004 Libya 1-0 Jordan Libya
2005 Egypt 4-2 Senegal Egypt
2006 South Korea Greece Saudi Arabia
2006 Uruguay 0-0 Tunisia [3-1 pen] Tunisia
2006 Iran (?) Jordan
NB: apparently also the following tournament was organised by LG and part of the
series:
2000 UAE South Korea UAE
In addition there was at least one U-23 tournament.
2005 Vietnam Bulgaria Vietnam
Moreover, a tournament for club teams also took place in 1999:
1999 Saprissa 3-1 FAS Guatemala
A tournament in Tehran 2005 had been scheduled to be part of the series but
was eventually held without LG sponsorship for political reasons.
Prepared and maintained by Karel Stokkermans for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
Author: Karel Stokkermans
Last updated: 18 May 2007
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