Nehru Cup
Nehru Cup
Originally annual, later biannual friendly tournament in India.
There was a 10-year gap between the 1997 and 2007 tournaments.
In the "even" years in between, the
Rajiv Gandhi Gold Cup
for U-21 teams is held.
In 1990, the
Jawaharlal Nehru Centenary Cup
was organised in Calcutta between club teams (and the Zambia national side),
won by Olimpia from Asunci?n.
Finals
year winners runners-up venue
1982
Uruguay 2-0 China Calcutta
1983
Hungary [1] 2-1 China Cochin
1984
Poland 1-0 China Calcutta
1985
Soviet Union 2-1 Yugoslavia Cochin
1986
Soviet Union 1-0 China Trivandrum
1987
Soviet Union 2-0 Bulgaria Calicut
1988
Soviet Union 2-0 Poland Siliguri
1989
Hungary 2-1 Soviet Union Margao, Goa
1991
Romania 3-1 Hungary Thiruvananthapuram
1993
North Korea 2-0 Romania Madras
1995
Iraq 1-0 Russia Calcutta
1997
Iraq 3-1 Uzbekistan Kochi
2007
India 1-0 Syria New Delhi
2009
India 1-1 Syria [aet, 5-4 pen]
[1] 1983 winners were Halad?s from Szombathely who played as
Hungary Olympic
[*] other participants included Iraq
Note that teams are not necessarily first national squads; see annual
files for all known details.
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Author: Mikael Jönsson
Last updated: 30 May 2013
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