{"id":579,"date":"2007-08-29T09:54:48","date_gmt":"2007-08-29T09:54:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sheetudeep.com\/blog\/sports\/nehru-football-international-tournament\/"},"modified":"2010-07-30T22:23:02","modified_gmt":"2010-07-30T22:23:02","slug":"nehru-football-international-tournament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.sheetudeep.com\/blog\/sports\/nehru-football-international-tournament\/","title":{"rendered":"Nehru Cup International Football Tournament"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The <b>Nehru Cup (International Football Tournament)<\/b> was started in 1982 and was last held in 1997.The tournament was originally on the annual basis, later on held on biannual basis.<\/p>\n<p>The tournament was shelved after 1997 due to lack of sponsorship and other matters. However it was revived in 2007 mainly due to persuasion by the current coach of Indian Football team Bob Houghton.<\/p>\n<p>The tournament held during 2007 will be known as ONGC Nehru Cup. <\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"3\" width=\"100%\" border=\"1\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"middle\" colspan=\"5\"><strong>Previous Winners of Nehru Cup<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Years <\/th>\n<th>Venue <\/th>\n<th>Winners <\/th>\n<th>Runners-Up <\/th>\n<th>Score <\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1982 <\/td>\n<td>Kolkata <\/td>\n<td>Uruguay <\/td>\n<td>China <\/td>\n<td>2-0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1983 <\/td>\n<td>Cochin <\/td>\n<td>Hungary <\/td>\n<td>China <\/td>\n<td>2-1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1984 <\/td>\n<td>Kolkata <\/td>\n<td>Poland <\/td>\n<td>China <\/td>\n<td>1-0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1985 <\/td>\n<td>Cochin <\/td>\n<td>Soviet Union<\/td>\n<td>Yugoslavia <\/td>\n<td>2-1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1986 <\/td>\n<td>Kolkata <\/td>\n<td>Soviet Union <\/td>\n<td>China <\/td>\n<td>1-0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1987 <\/td>\n<td>Calicut <\/td>\n<td>Soviet Union <\/td>\n<td>Bulgaria <\/td>\n<td>2-0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1988 <\/td>\n<td>Siliguri <\/td>\n<td>Soviet Union <\/td>\n<td>Poland <\/td>\n<td>2-0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1989 <\/td>\n<td>Margao, Goa <\/td>\n<td>Hungary <\/td>\n<td>Soviet Union <\/td>\n<td>2-1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1991 <\/td>\n<td>Thiruvananthapuram <\/td>\n<td>Romania <\/td>\n<td>Hungary <\/td>\n<td>3-1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1993 <\/td>\n<td>Madras <\/td>\n<td>North Korea <\/td>\n<td>Romania <\/td>\n<td>2-0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1995 <\/td>\n<td>Kolkata <\/td>\n<td>Iraq <\/td>\n<td>Russia <\/td>\n<td>1-0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1997 <\/td>\n<td>Kochi <\/td>\n<td>Iraq <\/td>\n<td>Uzbekistan <\/td>\n<td>3-1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>Participants of Previous Nehru Cup Tournament<\/strong>  <\/p>\n<p>1982 &#8211; Uruguay, China, South Korea, Italy, Yugoslavia, India<br \/>1983 &#8211; China, Cameroon, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Iran, India<br \/>1984 &#8211; Hungary, China, Poland , Argentina, Romania, India<br \/>1985 &#8211; Iran, China, Morroco , USSR, South Korea, Algeria, Yugoslavia, India<br \/>1986 &#8211; East Germany, USSR, South Korea, Peru, China, India<br \/>1987 &#8211; Bulgeria, Denmark, China, Syria , East Germany, USSR, Nigeria, India<br \/>1988 &#8211; USSR, Poland, Hungary, China, Bulgeria, India<br \/>1989 &#8211; Iraq, North Korea, USSR, Hungary, Poland, India<br \/>1991 &#8211; Romania, USSR, Zambia, Hungary, China, India<br \/>1993 &#8211; Bolivia, Romania, Russia, North Korea, Finland, Cameroon, India<br \/>1995 &#8211; Iraq, Russia, Thailand, Uzbekisthan, India<br \/>1997 &#8211; Iraq, China, Ghana, Uzbekisthan, India<br \/><strong>2007 &#8211; Syria, Kyrgyzstan, Bangladesh, Cambodia, India<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; The Nehru Cup (International Football Tournament) was started in 1982 and was last held in 1997.The tournament was originally on the annual basis, later on held on biannual basis. 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