LG Cup (association football)

Due to sponsorship contract between the AFF and LG even though the same name tournament

Not to be confused with 2019 AFF U-22 Youth Championship.

The LG Cup is an international exhibition association football tournament organised by LG Electronics. LG describe the competition as a "social marketing experiment".

The first competition took place in 1997 in Tunis, Tunisia.[1]

Editions
Number Year Host Participants Venue(s) Winner
1 1997
Details		  Tunisia Stade El Menzha (Tunis)  Tunisia
2 1998
Details		  Iran Azadi Stadium (Tehran)  Hungary
3 1999
Details		  Morocco Stade Mohammed V (Casablanca)  France
4 2000
Details		  Iran Azadi Stadium (Tehran)  South Korea
5 2000
Details		  United Arab Emirates Al-Maktoum Stadium (Dubai)  United Arab Emirates
6 2001
Details		  Egypt Cairo International Stadium (Cairo)  South Korea
7 2001
Details		  Iran Azadi Stadium (Tehran)  Iran
8 2002
Details		  Russia Central Dynamo Stadium (Moskva)  Belarus
9 2002
Details		  Vietnam Thong Nhat Stadium  India (U23)
10 2002
Details		  Morocco Stade Mohammed V (Casablanca)  Iran
11 2002
Details		  Iran Takhti Stadium (Tabriz)  Iran
12 2003
Details		  Nigeria National Stadium Abuja & National Stadium Lagos  Nigeria
13 2003
Details		  Iran Azadi Stadium (Tehran)  Uruguay
14 2004
Details		  Nigeria National Stadium in Lagos (Lagos)  Senegal
15 2004
Details		  Libya [2] June 11 Stadium (Tripoli) [3]  Libya
16 2005
Details		  Egypt Cairo International Stadium (Cairo)  Egypt
17 2006
Details		  Saudi Arabia Prince Faisal Fahad Stadium  South Korea
18 2006
Details		  Tunisia National Stadium "7 November Rades" (Tunis)  Uruguay
19 2006
Details		  Jordan Amman International Stadium (Amman)  Iran
20 2011
Details		  Kenya Nyayo National Stadium (Nairobi)  Sudan
21 2011
Details		  Morocco Stade de Marrakech (Marrakech)  Cameroon
22 2020
Details		  Colombia Estadio El Campin (Bogotá)

Most successful national teams
Team Champions
 Iran 4
 South Korea 3
 Uruguay 2

References
  • http://www.rsssf.com/tablesl/lgcup.html
  • 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.com. Retrieved 27 March 2012.
  1. Karel Stokkermans (18 May 2007). "LG Cup Four Nations Tournament". rsssf.com. Retrieved 27 March 2012.
  2. "LG Cup Four Nations Tournament (Libya) 2004". rsssf.com. 31 December 2005. Retrieved 19 February 2019.
  3. "Libya wins first LG Cup". albawaba.com. 28 October 2004. Retrieved 19 February 2019.
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