Nehru Cup

Nehru Cup
	2012 Nehru Cup official logo
Founded	1982
Region	International
Current champions	India; (3rd title)
Most successful team(s)	Soviet Union; (4 titles)
	2012 Nehru Cup

The Nehru Cup was an international association football tournament organised by the All India Football Federation (AIFF). It was launched in 1982, but was not held from 1998 to 2006. After the trophy was won by Iraq in 1997, it was reinstated only in 2007 before officially being held last in 2012.

The 2007 Nehru Cup took place from August 17–29, 2007 with Syria, Kyrgyzstan, India, Cambodia and Bangladesh when India won their first title after hosting it for the last couple of decades.

2009 Nehru Cup took place in New Delhi from August 19 to August 31, 2009. After the participation of Palestine was cancelled by the AIFF, the tournament was changed into a round-robin format with five teams playing each other and the top two clashing in the final.^[1] India defeated Syria by 5-4 on penalties after a 1-1 draw in the final on August 31, 2009.

The 2012 Nehru Cup was the 15th edition of the Nehru Cup and 3rd Nehru Cup since it was revived in 2007. It was held from August 22 to September 2.^[2] The tournament was hosted in New Delhi, India. A total of 5 teams participated in the tournament through being invited by the All India Football Federation. The final match happened between India and Cameroon B and India won the match in penalty shoot out 5-4 after the match ended 2-2 after 120 minutes of play.^[3]

AIFF revealed on May 17, 2016 that it plans to replace Nehru Cup with a new Champions Cup.^[4]

TV Coverage

1st Nehru Cup was covered by Prabir Roy with 5 on-line camera operation. This was long before Doordarshan started the same during the Delhi Asian Games in November 1982. This was inaugurated by Indira Gandhi. This was apparently the first Colour T.V. coverage.

Absence and revival

The tournament was shelved after 1997 due to lack of sponsorship and other reasons. It was revived in 2007 mainly due to persuasion by the former coach of India national football team Bob Houghton. The original rolling trophy could not be recovered from Iraq, and a new trophy was designed.

The tournament held during 2007 was called the ONGC Nehru Cup, to acknowledge sponsorship from the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation. India won the tournament defeating the much higher ranked Syria in the final by a 1-0 margin, on a goal scored by N. P. Pradeep in the 44th minute on a back pass from Baichung Bhutia.^[5]

Hopes to have another tournament in 2014 were shelved in August 2014 due to the AIFF not being able to pursue capital investment.^[6]

1990 Centenary Cup (for clubs) ^[7].

Winners

Year	Host	Final			Third place match			Teams
Year	Host	Winner	Score	Runner-up	3rd Place	Score	4th Place	Number of Teams
Nehru Cup
1982 Details	Kolkata, India	Uruguay	2 – 0	China	South Korea	Round robin	Italy Olympic	6
1983 Details	Kochi, India	Hungary Olympic	2 – 1	China (U19)	Cameroon	and (Semifinals)	Romania (U21)	7
1984 Details	Kolkata, India	Poland	1 – 0	China	Argentina	Round robin	Vasas Budapest	6
1985 Details	Kochi, India	Soviet Union	2 – 1	Yugoslavia	Morocco	and (Semifinals)	South Korea (South Korea Youth)	8
1986 Details	Thiruvananthapuram, India	Soviet Union B	1 – 0	China	Germany (East Germany Olympic)	Round robin	Peru	6
1987 Details	Kozhikode, India	Soviet Union Olympic	2 – 0	Bulgaria Olympic	Denmark (Denmark League)	and (Semifinals)	Germany (East Germany Olympic)	8
1988 Details	Siliguri, India	Soviet Union Olympic	2 – 0	Poland Olympic	Bulgaria (Bulgaria Olympic)	Round robin	Hungary (Hungary Olympic)	8
1989 Details	Margao, India	Hungary Olympic	2 – 1	Soviet Union U21	North Korea	Round robin	Iraq (Iraq Youth)	6
1991 Details	Thiruvananthapuram, India	Romania B	3 – 1	Hungary	Soviet Union	Round robin	China PR	6
1993 Details	Chennai, India	North Korea	2 – 0	Romania B	Cameroon	and (Semifinals)	Finland	7
1995 Details	Kolkata, India	Iraq	1 – 0	Russia U-20	Thailand	Round robin	India	5
1997 Details	Kochi, India	Iraq	3 – 1	Uzbekistan U-19	China PR	2 – 1	India	5
2007 Details	New Delhi, India	India	1 – 0	Syria	Kyrgyzstan	Round robin	Bangladesh	5
2009 Details	New Delhi, India	India	1 – 1 (a.e.t.) (5–4 p)	Syria	Kyrgyzstan	Round robin	Lebanon	5
2012 Details	New Delhi, India	India	2 – 2 (a.e.t.) (5–4 p)	Cameroon^[8]	Maldives	Round robin	Syria	5
Hero Tri-Nation Series
2017 Details	Mumbai, India	India	Group Stage	Saint Kitts and Nevis	Mauritius	none (only 3 team)	none	3
Intercontinental Cup
2018 Details	Mumbai, India	India	2 – 0	Kenya	New Zealand	Group Stage	Chinese Taipei	4

Performance

Performance by nation

Nations	Winners	Runners-up	Winning years
Soviet Union/Soviet Union XI/Soviet Union Olympic	4	2	1985, 1986, 1987, 1988
India	3	—	2007, 2009, 2012
Hungary Olympic/Hungary XI	2	1	1983, 1989
Iraq	2	—	1995, 1997
Poland/Poland Olympic	1	1	1984
Romania B	1	1	1991
Uruguay	1	—	1982
North Korea	1	—	1993
China	—	4	—
Syria	—	2	—
Yugoslavia	—	1	—
Bulgaria Olympic	—	1	—
Uzbekistan U-19	—	1	—
Cameroon	—	1	—

Notes:

Including a Runner-up by Russia U-20.

Medal summary

As 2012 (Exclude 2017 and 2018)


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Russia	4	2	1	7
2	India	3	0	0	3
3	Hungary	2	1	0	3
4	Iraq	2	0	0	2
5	Romania	1	1	1	3
6	Poland	1	1	0	2
7	North Korea	1	0	1	2
8	Uruguay	1	0	0	1
9	China PR	0	4	1	5
10	Syria	0	2	0	2
11	Cameroon	0	1	2	3
12	Bulgaria	0	1	1	2
13	Uzbekistan	0	1	0	1
13	Yugoslavia	0	1	0	1
15	Germany	0	0	2	2
	Kyrgyzstan	0	0	2	2
	South Korea	0	0	2	2
18	Argentina	0	0	1	1
	Denmark	0	0	1	1
	Finland	0	0	1	1
	Maldives	0	0	1	1
	Morocco	0	0	1	1
	Thailand	0	0	1	1
Totals (23 nations)		15	15	19	49

References

↑ "Palestine not part of Nehru Cup". The Indian Express. 11 August 2009. Retrieved 2 September 2012.
↑ "Wim Koevermans named as new Senior Team Coach". The All India Football Federation. Archived from the original on 5 January 2013. Retrieved 15 June 2012.
↑ "India beat Cameroon to win third successive Nehru Cup title". Times Of India. Retrieved 2 Sep 2012.
↑ "The Blue Tigers will be in action next August as the Indian FA plan to replace the Nehru Cup with the Champions Cup". goal.com. 17 May 2016. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
↑ http://www.kolkatafootballs.com/ongc_nehru_2007.html
↑ "India could host inaugural BRICS tourney". Goal. 19 August 2014. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
↑ http://www.rsssf.com/tablesn/nehru90.html
↑ https://www.fifa.com/live-scores/teams/country=ind/men/matches/index.html#year2012

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[1] "Palestine not part of Nehru Cup". The Indian Express. 11 August 2009. Retrieved 2 September 2012.

[AIFFWim-2] "Wim Koevermans named as new Senior Team Coach". The All India Football Federation. Archived from the original on 5 January 2013. Retrieved 15 June 2012.

[TOINews-3] "India beat Cameroon to win third successive Nehru Cup title". Times Of India. Retrieved 2 Sep 2012.

[replace-4] "The Blue Tigers will be in action next August as the Indian FA plan to replace the Nehru Cup with the Champions Cup". goal.com. 17 May 2016. Retrieved 17 May 2016.

[5] ttp://www.kolkatafootballs.com/ongc_nehru_2007.html

[6] "India could host inaugural BRICS tourney". Goal. 19 August 2014. Retrieved 19 August 2014.

[7] ttp://www.rsssf.com/tablesn/nehru90.html

[8] ttps://www.fifa.com/live-scores/teams/country=ind/men/matches/index.html#year2012