2007 Nehru Cup
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| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country | India |
| Dates | 17–29 August |
| Teams | 5 (from 1 confederation) |
| Venue | 1 (in 1 host city) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | File:Flag of India.svg India (1st title) |
| Runners-up | File:Flag of the United Arab Republic (1958–1971), Flag of Syria (1980–2024).svg Syria |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 11 |
| Goals scored | 41 (3.73 per match) |
| Top scorer | Syria Zyad Chaabo (5 goals) |
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The 2007 Nehru Cup International Football Tournament, also known as the ONGC Nehru Cup due to the competition's sponsorship by ONGC, was the 13th edition of the Nehru Cup a tournament organized by the All India Football Federation since 1982.[1] It was the first Nehru Cup after a ten-year break from 1997 to 2007.[2]
The tournament was played in the round-robin league format and the final was slated for 29 August in which India defeated Syria to claim its first title.[3][4] Along with the host nation India, Cambodia, Bangladesh, Syria and Kyrgyzstan also competed in the 13-day tournament at the refurbished Ambedkar Stadium, where new floodlights had been put up specially for this tournament.[5][6]
The total prize money of the tournament was $100,000. The champion team takes away a prize of $40,000, the runners-up receive $20,000 while the third place team will get $10,000. The winning team of every match received $2,500.[7]
Discussion
[edit | edit source]The Nehru Cup campaign started with an Indian 6–0 victory over the less experienced Cambodian side. India's Sunil Chhetri and Steven Dias had a great game, each of them netting twice. Baichung Bhutia had produced a wonderful performance in the match. Most of the game was played on the Cambodian side of the pitch. It was expected that India was going to take this one and they did with their second biggest recorded victory. Steven Dias was "Man of the match".
Syria started this tournament with a 2–0 victory over Bangladesh, followed by three consecutive wins over Kyrgyzstan, hosts India and Cambodia. The four wins saw Syria topping the round-roubin standings with a perfect record of 12 out of 12 points. They experienced Syrian side was led by their best goalscorers Zyad Chaabo, who scored 5 out of 14 goals for his team and Maher Al Sayed with four goals.
Hosts India, after beating Cambodia, enjoyed another win over neighbouring Bangladesh. After losing to Syria, the decisive game for the second final spot was held between the Indian team and Kyrgyzstan. India won that game 3–0 and advanced. The goals were scored by the Indian forwards Baichung Bhutia, Sunil Chhetri and Abhishek Yadav. This defeat saw the Central Asian side finishing third, while Bangladesh and Cambodia finished fourth and fifth place respectively having played a 1 all draw in their game.
The Nehru Cup final between India and Syria was held on 29 August 2007 in New Delhi. India defeated their opponents 1–0 thanks to a goal from N. P. Pradeep and won their first ever Nehru Cup trophy. The Indian team received 40,000 US-Dollar for winning this tournament.
All games of the tournament were broadcast live by Zee Sports.[8]
Matches and results
[edit | edit source]Group stage
[edit | edit source]Teams in green field progress to the Final.
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| File:Flag of the United Arab Republic (1958–1971), Flag of Syria (1980–2024).svg Syria | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 4 | +10 | 12 | Final |
| File:Flag of India.svg India | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 3 | +9 | 9 | |
| File:Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg Kyrgyzstan | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 10 | −2 | 6 | |
| File:Flag of Bangladesh.svg Bangladesh | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | −6 | 1 | |
| File:Flag of Cambodia.svg Cambodia | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 16 | −11 | 1 |
| India File:Flag of India.svg | 6–0 | File:Flag of Cambodia.svg Cambodia |
|---|---|---|
| Pradeep File:Soccerball shade.svg 16' Bhutia File:Soccerball shade.svg 45+2' (pen.) Dias File:Soccerball shade.svg 72', 89' Chhetri File:Soccerball shade.svg 82', 84' |
(Report) |
| India File:Flag of India.svg | 1–0 | File:Flag of Bangladesh.svg Bangladesh |
|---|---|---|
| Bhutia File:Soccerball shade.svg 5' | (Report) |
| Bangladesh File:Flag of Bangladesh.svg | 1–1 | File:Flag of Cambodia.svg Cambodia |
|---|---|---|
| Abul File:Soccerball shade.svg 30' | (Report) | Kasal File:Soccerball shade.svg 90' |
| Bangladesh File:Flag of Bangladesh.svg | 0–3 | File:Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg Kyrgyzstan |
|---|---|---|
| (Report) | Lutfullaev File:Soccerball shade.svg 28', 54' Djamshidov File:Soccerball shade.svg 57' |
| India File:Flag of India.svg | 3–0 | File:Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg Kyrgyzstan |
|---|---|---|
| Bhutia File:Soccerball shade.svg 39' Chhetri File:Soccerball shade.svg 60' Yadav File:Soccerball shade.svg 90+3' |
(Report) |
Final
[edit | edit source]| India File:Flag of India.svg | 1–0 | File:Flag of the United Arab Republic (1958–1971), Flag of Syria (1980–2024).svg Syria |
|---|---|---|
| Pradeep File:Soccerball shade.svg 44' | (Report) |
Winners
[edit | edit source]| 2007 Nehru Cup champion |
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| File:Flag of India.svg India First title |
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A view of match -
The captain of Indian Football team, Bhaichung Bhutia celebrating along with other players after winning the final -
Priyaranjan Dasmunsi and the footballer, Sunil Chetri along with other players celebrating after winning the final
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Statistics
[edit | edit source]Goalscorers
[edit | edit source]There were 41 goals scored in 11 matches, for an average of 3.73 goals per match.
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
- Bangladesh Mohamed Abul Hossain
- Cambodia Teab Vathanak
- Cambodia Chin Chum
- Cambodia Hok Sotitya
- Cambodia Keo Kasal
- Cambodia Chan Rithy
- India Abhishek Yadav
- India Krishnan Nair Ajayan
- Kyrgyzstan Talant Samsaliev
- Kyrgyzstan Bakytbek Mamatov
- Kyrgyzstan Vadim Harchenko
- Syria Ibrahim Al Hasan
- Syria Aatef Jenyat
- Syria Khaled Mansoor Al Baba
1 own goal
Man of the Match
[edit | edit source]- India Steven Dias (IND vs CAM)
- Syria Maher Al Sayed BAN vs SYR
- Cambodia Hok Sotitya (KGZ vs CAM)
- India Subrata Pal (IND vs BAN)
- Syria Maher Al Sayed (SYR vs KGZ)
- Bangladesh Mohamed Abul Hossain (BAN vs CAM)
- Syria Zyad Chaabo (IND vs SYR)
- Kyrgyzstan Hurshil Lutfullaev (BAN vs KGZ)
- Syria Mahmoud Al Amenah (CAM vs SYR)
- India Steven Dias (IND vs KGZ)
- India Mahesh Gawli (IND vs SYR, Final)
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