2006 LG Cup (Tunisia)

2006 Tunisia LG Cup
Tournament details
Host countryTunisia
CityRadès
Dates30 May – 2 June
Teams4
Final positions
Champions Uruguay (2nd title)
Runners-up Tunisia
Third place Libya
Fourth place Belarus
Tournament statistics
Matches played4
Goals scored8 (2 per match)
Top scorer(s)8 players (1 goal)
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The 2006 Tunisia LG Cup was the 18th edition of the international friendly football tournament, the LG Cup, which was played in Tunisia between 30 May and 2 June 2006 at the 7 November Stadium,[1] with the participation of four teams: Tunisia, Uruguay, Libya and Belarus.[2] The Uruguay national team won it after defeating Tunisia in the final match.[3]

Participants

The participants were:

Venue

Radès
2006 LG Cup (Tunisia) is located in Tunisia
Radès
Radès
7 November Stadium
Capacity: 60,000

Results

All times local: CET (UTC+1)

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
 30 May – Radès
 
 
  Tunisia 3
 
 2 June – Radès
 
  Belarus 0
 
  Tunisia 1 (1)
 
 30 May – Radès
 
  Uruguay (pen.) 1 (3)
 
  Libya 1
 
 
  Uruguay 2
 
Third place
 
 
 2 June – Radès
 
 
  Libya (pen.) 0 (3)
 
 
  Belarus 0 (1)

Semifinals

Libya 1–2 Uruguay
El Taib 61' Report Vigneri 15'
Abreu 34'
Attendance: 5,000
Tunisia 3–0 Belarus
Namouchi 34', pen'
Dos Santos 46'
Jomaa 90+3'		 Report
Attendance: 20,000

Third place match

Libya 1–1 Belarus
Osman 90' Report Shtanyuk 12'
Penalties
3–1

Final

Tunisia 0–0 Uruguay
Report
Penalties
Mnari soccer ball with red X
Ghodhbane soccer ball with check mark
Bouazizi soccer ball with red X
Meriah soccer ball with red X		 1–3 soccer ball with check mark Scotti
soccer ball with red X Olivera
soccer ball with check mark Estoyanoff
soccer ball with check mark Giacomazzi
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Nasser Abbes Kabil (Egypt)


 2006 LG Cup winner 

Uruguay
Second title

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 8 goals scored in 4 matches, for an average of 2 goals per match.

1 goal

Tournament team rankings

As per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Final result
1  Uruguay 2 1 1 0 2 0 +2 4 Champions
2  Tunisia (H) 2 1 1 0 3 0 +3 4 Runner-up
3  Libya 2 0 1 1 2 2 0 1 Third place
4  Belarus 2 0 1 1 1 4 −3 1 Fourth place
Source: RSSSF
(H) Hosts

References

  1. ^ "LG Cup 2 2006 - Footballdatabase". www.footballdatabase.eu. Archived from the original on 2020-08-04. Retrieved 2021-05-29.
  2. ^ "Goalzz.com: live sports scores and news". www.goalzz.com. Archived from the original on 2021-06-02. Retrieved 2021-05-29.
  3. ^ "LG Cup Four Nations Tournament (Tunisia) 2006". RSSSF. Retrieved 2021-05-29.