2003 LG Cup (Nigeria)

2003 LG Cup Four Nations Tournament
Tournament details
Host country	Nigeria
City	Abuja, Lagos
Dates	30 May – 1 June
Teams	4
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Nigeria (1st title)
Runners-up	Cameroon
Third place	Iran
Fourth place	Ghana
Tournament statistics
Matches played	3
Goals scored	10 (3.33 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Yakubu Aiyegbeni
	← 2002 (Iran) (Iran) 2003 →

The LG Cup Four Nations is an exhibition association football tournament that took place in Nigeria. ^[1]

Participants

The participants were:

Results

Semifinals

30 May 2003

Nigeria	3–1	Ghana
Aiyegbeni 49' (pen.), 71' Enakhire 82'		Agyema 3'

Abuja

30 May 2003

Cameroon B	2–1	Iran
Suffo 37', 68'	Report	17' (o.g.)

Abuja

Third place match

1 June 2003

Iran	v	Ghana

Iran waited for 35 minutes on the pitch, while Ghana did not show up at all, apparently demanding prize money for the fourth place finishers (uncommon in LG tournaments). Eventually Iran left, without obtaining any information from the Nigerian 'organisers'. One day later, the Nigerian FA awarded Ghana third place (and the relevant prize money) because Iran had left the pitch (sic!). Iran have understandably protested.

Final

1 June 2003

Nigeria	3–0	Cameroon B
Yobo 98' Aiyegbeni 100' Garba 102'

Lagos

Bracket

Semi-finals		Final

30 May 2003 – Abuja

Nigeria	3
		1 June 2003 - Lagos
Ghana	1
		Nigeria	3
30 May 2003 – Abuja
		Cameroon	0
Iran	1

Cameroon	2
		Third place

		1 June 2003

		Ghana	–

		Iran	–

2003 LG Cup (Nigeria) winner
Nigeria First title

Scorers

3 goal

Yakubu Aiyegbeni

2 goal

B Patrick Suffo

1 goal

References

^ rsssf.com. "LG Cup Four Nations Tournament (Nigeria) 2003". RSSSF. Retrieved 11 January 2019.

[1] rsssf.com. "LG Cup Four Nations Tournament (Nigeria) 2003". RSSSF. Retrieved 11 January 2019.

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