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Libya tournament: Libya Win Benghazi Tournament

Fri, 31 Dec 1999 Source: Nando Media

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

Results from third round

Libya 0 Cameroon 0

Gabon 3 (Moussavou 80, 83, Ogandaga 33)
Togo 2 (Azaya 59, Coubadja 77)

Standings: (played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, against, points)
Ghana 2 2 0 0 3 0 6
Gabon 3 2 0 1 5 5 6
Libya 2 1 1 0 2 0 4
Cameroon 3 0 1 2 1 3 1
Togo 2 0 0 2 2 5 0

Previous results: Ghana 1-0 Cameroon ; Ghana 2-0 Togo;
Ghana ?-? Gabon


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

Results from third round

Libya 0 Cameroon 0

Gabon 3 (Moussavou 80, 83, Ogandaga 33)
Togo 2 (Azaya 59, Coubadja 77)

Standings: (played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, against, points)
Ghana 2 2 0 0 3 0 6
Gabon 3 2 0 1 5 5 6
Libya 2 1 1 0 2 0 4
Cameroon 3 0 1 2 1 3 1
Togo 2 0 0 2 2 5 0

Previous results: Ghana 1-0 Cameroon ; Ghana 2-0 Togo;
Ghana ?-? Gabon


Source: Nando Media