| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country | Tunisia |
| City | Tunis |
| Dates | 7–9 August |
| Teams | 4 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Tunisia (1st title) |
| Runners-up |  Nigeria |
| Third place |  Cameroon |
| Fourth place |  Zambia |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 4 |
| Goals scored | 13 (3.25 per match) |
The First LG Cup is an exhibition association football tournament that took place in Tunisia. [1]
The participants were:
| Tunis |
|---|
| Stade El Menzah |
| Capacity: 45,000 |
|
  Tunis 1997 LG Cup (Tunisia) (Tunisia) |
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| 7 August – Radès | ||||||
| Nigeria | 1 | |||||
| 9 August – Radès | ||||||
| Cameroon | 0 | |||||
| Tunisia | 2 | |||||
| 7 August – Radès | ||||||
| Nigeria | 0 | |||||
| Tunisia | 3 | |||||
| Zambia | 1 | |||||
| Third place | ||||||
| 9 August – Radès | ||||||
| Cameroon (pen.) | 3 (4) | |||||
| Zambia | 3 (3) | |||||
| Nigeria | 1–0 | Cameroon |
|---|---|---|
Zeigbo  |
Report |
| Tunisia | 3–1 | Zambia |
|---|---|---|
| Ben Slimane Souayah Gabsi |
Report | Kamwandi |
| Cameroon | 3–3 | Zambia |
|---|---|---|
| Suffo Kamwanga (o.g.) Eto'o |
Report | Lota Kamwandi |
| Penalties | ||
| 4–3 | ||
| 1997 LG Cup winner |
|---|
 Tunisia First title |