en 1993 Nehru Cup

1993 Nehru Cup
Tournament details
Host country	India
Dates	19 January – 3 February
Teams	7 (from 4 confederations)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	North Korea (1st title)
Runners-up	Romania B
Tournament statistics
Matches played	15
Goals scored	38 (2.53 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Choi Yong-san (6 goals)
Best player(s)	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	Semi-final
Russia	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4	Eliminated
Bolivia	3	0	0	3	2	6	−4	0	Eliminated

Source: ^[2]

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

19 January 1993

North Korea	2–1	Bolivia
Kwang-min ?' Yong-son ?'	Report	Takeo ?'

21 January 1993

Romania B	1–1	Russia
Craioveanu 5'	Report	Sabitov 16'

23 January 1993

Romania B	2–0	Bolivia
Strizu 32' Craioveanu 62'	Report

25 January 1993

Russia	2–1	Bolivia
Nikulkin 16' Garin 26'	Report	Antelo 39'

27 January 1993

Romania B	3–3	North Korea
Craioveanu 52' Luca 54' Militaru 60'	Report	Won-nam 29' Yong-son 42', 70'

29 January 1993

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	Semi-final
India (H)	4	0	3	1	3	5	−2	3	Eliminated

Source: ^[3]
(H) Host

20 January 1993

16:45

Finland	0–0	India
	Report

Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Sagar Sen (India)

22 January 1993

17:15

Cameroon	0–0	Finland
	Report

Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium

Attendance: 8,000

Referee: Sirai Ahmed Saudagar (India)

24 January 1993

India	1–1	Cameroon
Vijayan ?'	Report	Maouadjo 46'

26 January 1993

17:15

India	0–2	Finland
	Report	Tauriainen 60' Rajamäki 62'

Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Badruddin Badhu Badruddin (Bangladesh)

28 January 1993

17:15

Cameroon	2–0	Finland
Bekima ?' Moosa ?'	Report

Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium

Attendance: 7,000

Referee: Gautam Kar (India)

30 January 1993

India	2–2	Cameroon
Sathyan 49' Ansari 58'	Report	Kom 11' Syalla 20'

Attendance: 25,000

Knock-out stage

Semi-finals		Final

31 January

North Korea	3
		3 February
Finland	2
		North Korea	2
1 February
		Romania B	0
Romania B	4

Cameroon	0

Semi-finals

31 January 1993

16:45

North Korea	3–2	Finland
Yong-son 33', 41' Song-gun 73'	Report	Karvinen 67' Rajamäki 71'

Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium

Attendance: 17,500

Referee: Sirai Ahmed Saudagar (India)

1 February 1993

Romania B	4–0	Cameroon
Pușcaș 16' Ștefan 39' Albeanu 45' Craioveanu 50' (pen.) Craioveanu ?'	Report	Georges ?' Bekima ?'

Referee: Sagar Sen (India)

Final

3 February 1993

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

Choi Yong-son

4 goals

Gheorghe Craioveanu

2 goals

1 goal

References

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

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[3] "Nehru Cup 1993". RSSSF. 1 January 2006. Retrieved 19 May 2022.

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