2006 LG Cup (Tunisia)

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]

2006 Tunisia LG Cup

Tournament details
Host country	Tunisia
City	Radès
Dates	30 May – 2 June
Teams	4
Final positions
Champions	Uruguay (2nd title)
Runners-up	Tunisia
Third place	Libya
Fourth place	Belarus
Tournament statistics
Matches played	4
Goals scored	8 (2 per match)
Top scorer(s)	8 players (1 goal)
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Participants

The participants were:

•  Tunisia
•  Uruguay
•  Belarus
•  Libya

Venue

Radès	Radès
7 November Stadium
Capacity: 60,000

Results

All times local: CET (UTC+1)

	Semi-finals				Final
	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'

30 May 2006

17:00

7 November Stadium, Radès

Attendance: 5,000

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Tunisia	3–0	Belarus
Namouchi 34', pen' Dos Santos 46' Jomaa 90+3'	Report

30 May 2006

19:30

7 November Stadium, Radès

Attendance: 20,000

Third place match

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

2 June 2006

17:00

7 November Stadium, Radès

Final

Tunisia	0–0	Uruguay
	Report
Penalties
Mnari Ghodhbane Bouazizi Meriah	1–3	Scotti Olivera Estoyanoff Giacomazzi

2 June 2006

19:30

7 November Stadium, Radès

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

• Hamed Namouchi
• Francileudo Santos
• Issam Jemâa
• Tarik El Taib
• Walid Ali Osman
• Nicolás Vigneri
• Sebastian Abreu
• Syarhey Shtanyuk

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

External links

• Details at RSSSF

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. Retrieved 2021-05-29.
3. "LG Cup Four Nations Tournament (Tunisia) 2006". RSSSF. Retrieved 2021-05-29.