2001 AK Pipe International Cup

The 2001 AK Pipe International Cup was a friendly football tournament that took place in Mashhad, Iran. The tournament was sponsored by Aria Kavan Trading & Production Group.

2001 AK Pipe International Cup
Tournament details
Host countryIran
Dates15 October – 17 October
Teams4 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Aboomoslem (1st title)
Runners-up Fajr Sepasi
Third place Esteghlal
Tournament statistics
Matches played4
Goals scored16 (4 per match)
Top scorer(s) Reza Enayati (5 goals)

Revenues generated from ticket sales for this tournament went towards refugees from war torn Afghanistan.[1]

Köpetdag Aşgabat fielded two Iranian footballers in the game against Aboomoslem, the two were Ali Khosravi and Mehdi Khazaei.[2]

Participant teams

Initially this tournament was going to be held in August 2001 and the four participants were going to be Persepolis F.C., Partsazan Khorasan, Köpetdag Aşgabat and AK Pipe Mashhad. However Persepolis F.C. decided not to take part in the tournament due to several players' injuries.[3]

The tournament was postponed to October and the participants were as follow:[4]

Esteghlal Azadegan League 2000–01 - Champion
Fajr Sepasi Hazfi Cup 2000-01 - Champion
Aboomoslem 2nd Division 2000-01 - Champion
Köpetdag Turkmenistan League 2000 - Champion

Semifinals
Aboomoslem7 – 1 Köpetdag
Enayati  25' 41' 54'
Aliyev 56' 63'
Rajabi 43'
Shokri 89'		 Report Bayramov  80'
Referee: Alireza Jafarzadeh (Iran)
Esteghlal0 – 0 (a.e.t.) Fajr Sepasi
Penalties
3 – 4

Third place Match
Esteghlal4 – 0 Köpetdag
Navazi, Majidi, Guliev, Mousavi Report

Final
Aboomoslem3-1 Fajr Sepasi
Enayati (2 goals), Mikaeili Tahmasebi

Statistics

Top scorers
Position Player Club Goals
1 Reza Enayati Aboomoslem 5
2 Pasha Aliyev Aboomoslem 2
3 Hamid Rajabi Aboomoslem 1
Ramazan Shokri Aboomoslem
Nazar Bayramov Köpetdag
Mohammad Navazi Esteghlal
Farzad Majidi Esteghlal
Rafat Guliev Esteghlal
Ali Mousavi Esteghlal
Dariush Mikaeili Aboomoslem
Bahman Tahmasebi Fajr Sepasi
_ OG 0
_ Penalty Goals 0
_ Total goals 16
Total games 4

Cards
Position Player Club Total
1 Hasan Razaqpour Aboomoslem1001
1 Sergei Leonov Köpetdag1001
Total Cards????

Champion
AK Pipe International Cup
2001 Winners
Aboomoslem

References
  1. "Title Unknown" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-03. Retrieved 2012-02-25.
  2. "Title Unknown" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-03. Retrieved 2012-02-25.
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-04-30. Retrieved 2012-02-25.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. "علیرضا جعفرزاده". Archived from the original on 2012-03-03. Retrieved 2012-02-25.
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