2001 AK Pipe International Cup

The 2001 AK Pipe International Cup was a friendly football tournament that took place in Mashhad, Iran. The tournament was sponsored by Aria Kavan Trading & Production Group.

2001 AK Pipe International Cup
Tournament details
Host countryIran
Dates15 October – 17 October
Teams4 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host cities)
Final positions
ChampionsIran Aboomoslem (1st title)
Runners-upIran Fajr Sepasi
Third placeIran Esteghlal
Tournament statistics
Matches played4
Goals scored16 (4 per match)
Top scorer(s)Iran Reza Enayati (5 goals)

Revenues generated from ticket sales for this tournament went towards refugees from war torn Afghanistan.[1]

Köpetdag Aşgabat fielded two Iranian footballers in the game against Aboomoslem, the two were Ali Khosravi and Mehdi Khazaei.[2]

Participant teams

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Initially this tournament was going to be held in August 2001 and the four participants were going to be Persepolis F.C., Partsazan Khorasan, Köpetdag Aşgabat and AK Pipe Mashhad. However Persepolis F.C. decided not to take part in the tournament due to several players' injuries.[3]

The tournament was postponed to October and the participants were as follow:[4]

  Esteghlal Azadegan League 2000–01 - Champion
  Fajr Sepasi Hazfi Cup 2000-01 - Champion
  Aboomoslem 2nd Division 2000-01 - Champion
  Köpetdag Turkmenistan League 2000 - Champion

Semifinals

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  Aboomoslem7 – 1  Köpetdag
Enayati   25'  41'  54'
Aliyev  56'  63'
Rajabi  43'
Shokri  89'
Report Bayramov   80'
Referee: Alireza Jafarzadeh (Iran)
  Esteghlal0 – 0 (a.e.t.)  Fajr Sepasi
Penalties
3 – 4

Third place Match

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Final

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Statistics

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Top scorers

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Position Player Club Goals
1   Reza Enayati   Aboomoslem 5
2   Pasha Aliyev   Aboomoslem 2
3   Hamid Rajabi   Aboomoslem 1
  Ramazan Shokri   Aboomoslem
  Nazar Bayramov   Köpetdag
  Mohammad Navazi   Esteghlal
  Farzad Majidi   Esteghlal
  Rafat Guliev   Esteghlal
  Ali Mousavi   Esteghlal
  Dariush Mikaeili   Aboomoslem
  Bahman Tahmasebi   Fajr Sepasi
_ OG 0
_ Penalty Goals 0
_ Total goals 16
Total games 4

Cards

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Position Player Club        Total
1   Hasan Razaqpour   Aboomoslem 1 0 0 1
1   Sergei Leonov   Köpetdag 1 0 0 1
Total Cards ? ? ? ?

Champion

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AK Pipe International Cup
2001 Winners
Aboomoslem

References

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  1. ^ "Title Unknown" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-03. Retrieved 2012-02-25.
  2. ^ "Title Unknown" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-12-26. Retrieved 2012-02-25.
  3. ^ "Iran Newspaper". Archived from the original on 2009-04-30. Retrieved 2012-02-25.
  4. ^ "علیرضا جعفرزاده". Archived from the original on 2012-03-03. Retrieved 2012-02-25.