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.
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country | Iran |
| Dates | 15 October – 17 October |
| Teams | 4 (from 1 confederation) |
| Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Aboomoslem (1st title) |
| Runners-up | Fajr Sepasi |
| Third place | Esteghlal |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 4 |
| Goals scored | 16 (4 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | 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 edit
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 edit
| Aboomoslem | 7 – 1 | Köpetdag |
|---|---|---|
Enayati  25' 41' 54'Aliyev 56' 63'Rajabi 43'Shokri 89' |
Report | Bayramov 80' |
| Esteghlal | 0 – 0 (a.e.t.) | Fajr Sepasi |
|---|---|---|
| Penalties | ||
| 3 – 4 | ||
Third place Match edit
Final edit
| Aboomoslem | 3–1 | Fajr Sepasi |
|---|---|---|
| Enayati (2 goals), Mikaeili | Tahmasebi |
Statistics edit
Top scorers edit
| 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 edit
| Position | Player | Club | 
|
|
|
Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hasan Razaqpour |
Aboomoslem |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | Sergei Leonov |
Köpetdag |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total Cards | ? | ? | ? | ? | ||
Champion edit
| AK Pipe International Cup 2001 Winners |
|---|
| Aboomoslem |
References edit
- ^ "Title Unknown" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-03. Retrieved 2012-02-25.
- ^ "Title Unknown" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-12-26. Retrieved 2012-02-25.
- ^ "Iran Newspaper". Archived from the original on 2009-04-30. Retrieved 2012-02-25.
- ^ "علیرضا جعفرزاده". Archived from the original on 2012-03-03. Retrieved 2012-02-25.