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Libya Win Benghazi Tournament

Sat, 1 Jan 2000 Source: PANA

TRIPOLI, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan national football team won the second edition of the Great Artificial River tournament which kicked off 23 December in Benghazi, 1,050 km east of Tripoli, after drawing 1-1 with Ghana Friday.

Libya opened the scoring through Jihad Al-Mountassir (58th) and Stephen Tetteh equalised for Ghana in the 71st minute.

In the second match of Friday's final round, Cameroon beat Togo 2-0 thanks to goals from Nkong Alai (48th) and Idrissou Mohamadou (73).

Following is the final table of the tournament: Teams P W D L Pts GD 1-Libya 4 2 2 0 8 '4 2-Ghana 4 2 2 0 8 '3 3-Gabon 4 2 1 1 7 4-Cameroon 4 1 1 2 4 5-Togo 4 0 0 4 0

Source: PANA