2000 LG Cup (Iran)

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{{Infobox international football competition | tourney_name = LG Cup Four Nations Tournament | year = 2000 | yearr = | other_titles = | image = | size = 150px | alt = | caption = | city = [[Tehran]] | country = [[Iran]] | dates = 7–9 June | num_teams = 4 | confederations = <!-- use only one of these two options --> | associations = <!-- use only one of these two options --> | venues = 1 | cities = 1 | champion = South Korea | champion_other = <!-- use instead if the team is not in {{fb}} (enter your own code) --> | count = 1 | second = Egypt | second_other = <!-- use instead if the team is not in {{fb}} (enter your own code) --> | third = Iran | third_other = <!-- use instead if the team is not in {{fb}} (enter your own code) --> | fourth = Macedonia | fourth_other = <!-- use instead if the team is not in {{fb}} (enter your own code) --> | matches = 4 | goals = 10 | attendance = | top_scorer = {{flagicon|Iran}} [[Ali Daei]] | player = | young_player = | prevseason = [[1999 LG Cup (Morocco)|1999]] (Morocco) | nextseason = (UAE) [[2000 LG Cup (UAE)|2000]] }} The '''[[LG Cup (association football)|LG Cup]] Four Nations''' is an exhibition association football tournament that took place in [[Iran]]. <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesl/lgcup00.html |work=[[RSSSF]]|author=rsssf.com|title=LG Cup Four Nations Tournament (Iran) 2000 |date=|accessdate=11 January 2019}}</ref>

==Participating nations== {| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:left;" ! style="width:200px;" |Country ! style="width:100px;" |Confederation !{{nowrap|[[FIFA Men's World Ranking|FIFA ranking]]<br>(10 May 2000)}} |- |{{#invoke:flag|fb|EGY}} |align="center" |[[Confederation of African Football|CAF]] |align="center" |32 |- |{{#invoke:flag|fb|IRN}} <small>{{nowrap|(hosts)}}</small> |align="center" |[[Asian Football Confederation|AFC]] |align="center" |42 |- |{{#invoke:flag|fb|KOR}} |align="center" |[[Asian Football Confederation|AFC]] |align="center" |40 |- |{{#invoke:flag|fb|MKD}} |align="center" |[[UEFA]] |align="center" |73 |- |}

== Venues == {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |- !rowspan=4|{{location map |Iran|float=none |height=280 |width=280 |caption= |lat=35.6961 |long=51.4231 |label=[[Tehran|<span style="color:Blue; font-size:87%;">Tehran</span>]] |position=bottom }} ! [[Tehran]] |- | [[Azadi Stadium]] |- | Capacity: '''100,000''' |- | [[File:Race Esteghlal and Caspian2.jpg|200px]] |}

==Results== ===Semifinals=== {{footballbox |date = 7 June 2000 |team1 = {{fb-rt|South Korea}} |score = 2–1 | |report= https://macedonianfootball.com/kor-mkd-match-report/ |team2 = {{fb|Macedonia}} |goals1 = [[Choi Chul-woo]] {{goal|47}} <br /> [[Park Ji-sung]] {{goal|62}} |goals2 = [[Artim Šakiri |Sakiri]] {{goal|89}} |penaltyscore = |stadium = [[Azadi Stadium]], [[Tehran]] |attendance = |referee = }} ----{{footballbox |date = 7 June 2000 |team1 = {{fb-rt|Iran}} |score = 1–1 | |report= http://www.teammelli.com/matchdata/details/matchdetails.php?id=2221 |team2 = {{fb|Egypt}} |goals1 = [[Ali Daei|Daei]] {{goal|58}} |goals2 = [[Hossam Hassan|Hassan]] {{goal|52}} |penalties1 = [[Ali Daei|Daei]] {{pengoal}}<br />[[Ali Karimi (footballer, born 1978)|Karimi]] {{pengoal}}<br />[[Sattar Hamedani|Hamedani]] {{pengoal}}<br /> [[Hamed Kavianpour|Kavianpour]] {{pengoal}}<br /> [[Sohrab Bakhtiarizadeh|Bakhtiarizadeh]] {{pengoal}}<br />[[Dariush Yazdani|Yazdani]] {{penmiss}}<br /> [[Behrouz Rahbarifar|Rahbarifar]] {{pengoal}}<br /> [[Mehrdad Minavand|Minavand]] {{penmiss}}<br /> [[Javad Nekounam|Nekounam]] {{pengoal}}<br />[[Vahid Hashemian|Hasehemian]] {{penmiss}} |penaltyscore = 7–8 |penalties2 = {{pengoal}} [[Samir Kamouna|Kamouna]]<br />{{pengoal}} [[Mohammed Homos|Homos]]<br />{{pengoal}} [[Tarek El-Saeed|El-Saeed]]<br />{{pengoal}} [[Abd El-Sattar Sabry|Sabry]]<br />{{pengoal}} [[Ahmed Hassan (footballer, born 1975)|Hassan]]<br />{{penmiss}} [[Hady Khashaba|Khashaba]]<br />{{pengoal}} [[Hazem Emam|Emam]]<br />{{penmiss}} [[Ibrahim Hassan| Hassan]]<br />{{pengoal}} [[Abd El-Zaher El-Sakk|El-Sakk]]<br />{{pengoal}} [[Mohammed Farouk|Farouk]] |stadium = [[Azadi Stadium]], [[Tehran]] |attendance = |referee = }}

===Third place match=== ----{{footballbox |date = 9 June 2000 |team1 = {{fb-rt|Iran}} |score = 3–1 | |report= https://macedonianfootball.com/irn-mkd-match-report/ |team2 = {{fb|Macedonia}} |goals1 = [[Karim Bagheri|Bagheri]] {{goal|3}} <br />[[Ali Daei|Daei]] {{goal|8}} <br /> [[Hamed Kavianpour|Kavianpour]] {{goal|88}} |goals2 = [[Georgi Hristov (footballer, born 1976)|Hristov]] {{goal|5}} |penalties1 = |penaltyscore = |penalties2 = |stadium = [[Azadi Stadium]], [[Tehran]] |attendance = |referee = }}

===Final=== ----{{footballbox |date = 9 June 2000 |team1 = {{fb-rt|South Korea}} |score = 1–0 | |report= |team2 = {{fb|Egypt}} |goals1 = [[Park Kang-jo]] {{goal|63}} |goals2 = |penalties1 = |penaltyscore = |penalties2 = |stadium = [[Azadi Stadium]], [[Tehran]] |attendance = |referee = }}

{{winners|fb|2000 LG Cup (Iran) winner|South Korea|First}}

==Scorers== ; 2 goals * {{flagicon|Iran}} [[Ali Daei]] ; 1 goal * {{flagicon|Egypt}} [[Hossam Hassan]] * {{flagicon|Iran}} [[Karim Bagheri]] * {{flagicon|Iran}} [[Hamed Kavianpour]] * {{flagicon|Macedonia}} [[Artim Šakiri]] * {{flagicon|Macedonia}} [[Georgi Hristov (footballer, born 1976)|Georgi Hristov]] * {{flagicon|South Korea}} [[Park Kang-jo]] * {{flagicon|South Korea}} [[Choi Chul-woo]] * {{flagicon|South Korea}} [[Park Ji-sung]]

==See also== *[[LG Cup (association football)|LG Cup]]

==References==

{{reflist}} {{LG Cup (association football)}} {{DEFAULTSORT:LG Cup}} [[Category:International association football competitions hosted by Iran]]