1993 Nehru Cup

1993 Nehru Cup
Tournament details
Host countryIndia
Dates19 January – 3 February
Teams7 (from 4 confederations)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions North Korea (1st title)
Runners-upRomania Romania B
Tournament statistics
Matches played15
Goals scored38 (2.53 per match)
Top scorer(s)North Korea Choi Yong-san (6 goals)
Best player(s)India I. M. Vijayan
Fair play award India
← 1991
1995 →

The 1993 Nehru Cup was held in Madras at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium. This was the 10th edition of the Nehru Cup. The participating teams were North Korea, Russia, Finland, Bolivia, Cameroon, and India.[1] North Korea won the cup, but the Man of the Tournament was India's Vijayan.

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
 North Korea 3 2 1 0 6 4 +2 7 Semi-final
 Romania B 3 1 2 0 6 4 +2 5
 Russia 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 4 Eliminated
 Bolivia 3 0 0 3 2 6 −4 0
Source: [2]

Note: none of the matches in this group are full A-internationals

North Korea 2–1 Bolivia
Kwang-min ?'
Yong-son ?'		 Report Takeo ?'
Romania  B1–1 Russia
Craioveanu 5' Report Sabitov 16'
Romania  B2–0 Bolivia
Strizu 32'
Craioveanu 62'		 Report
Russia 2–1 Bolivia
Nikulkin 16'
Garin 26'		 Report Antelo 39'
Romania  B3–3 North Korea
Craioveanu 52'
Luca 54'
Militaru 60'		 Report Won-nam 29'
Yong-son 42', 70'
North Korea 1–0 Russia
Yong-ha 84' Report

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
 Cameroon 4 1 3 0 5 3 +2 6 Semi-final
 Finland 4 1 2 1 2 2 0 5
 India (H) 4 0 3 1 3 5 −2 3 Eliminated
Source: [3]
(H) Host
Finland 0–0 India
Report
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Sagar Sen (India)
Cameroon 0–0 Finland
Report
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Sirai Ahmed Saudagar (India)
India 1–1 Cameroon
Vijayan ?' Report Maouadjo 46'
India 0–2 Finland
Report Tauriainen 60'
Rajamäki 62'
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Badruddin Badhu Badruddin (Bangladesh)
Cameroon 2–0 Finland
Bekima ?'
Moosa ?'		 Report
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Gautam Kar (India)
India 2–2 Cameroon
Sathyan 49'
Ansari 58'		 Report Kom 11'
Syalla 20'
Attendance: 25,000

Knock-out stage

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
31 January
 
 
North Korea North Korea3
 
3 February
 
Finland Finland2
 
North Korea North Korea2
 
1 February
 
Romania Romania B0
 
Romania Romania B4
 
 
Cameroon Cameroon0
 

Semi-finals

North Korea 3–2 Finland
Yong-son 33', 41'
Song-gun 73'		 Report Karvinen 67'
Rajamäki 71'
Attendance: 17,500
Referee: Sirai Ahmed Saudagar (India)
Romania  B4–0 Cameroon
Pușcaș 16'
Ștefan 39'
Albeanu 45'
Craioveanu 50' (pen.)
Craioveanu Red card ?'		 Report Georges Red card ?'
Bekima Red card ?'
Referee: Sagar Sen (India)

Final

North Korea 2–0 Romania B
Yong-son 39'
Kwang-min 78'		 Report
Attendance: 38,000
Referee: Sumantha Ghosh (India)

Winners

 1993 Nehru Cup champion 

North Korea
First title

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 38 goals scored in 15 matches, for an average of 2.53 goals per match.

6 goals

4 goals

2 goals

1 goal

References

  1. ^ "Nehru Cup 1993". RSSSF. 1 January 2006. Retrieved 19 May 2022.
  2. ^ "Nehru Cup 1993". RSSSF. 1 January 2006. Retrieved 19 May 2022.
  3. ^ "Nehru Cup 1993". RSSSF. 1 January 2006. Retrieved 19 May 2022.


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