1982 Vahdat International Cup

Vahdat International Cup (Persian: جام بین المللی وحدت) was an international football tournament hosted by Iran that was played at Tehran in February 1982. This tournament's participants were teams from Iran and friend countries such as Algeria, Syria and Libya. Eight teams from four countries (Iran, Syria, Algeria, and Libya) participated, with Iran having five teams and the other three nations having one each. The Iranian teams and the Syria Army XI belonged to AFC, with Algeria Army XI and Libya Army XI belonging to CAF. The games were all played at one venue, the Shahid Shiroudi Stadium, with a capacity of 30,000 at the time. == Participants == Eight teams participated in this tournament: == Venue == == Results == Known results are as follows: === Group stage === ==== Group 1 ==== ==== Group 2 ==== === Semi finals === === Third-place match === There was no third place match, however Malavan earned third rank among all participants. === Final === == Squads == === Persepolis === Persepolis squad was short of several national team and national army team players such as Mohammad Mayeli Kohan, Nasser Mohammadkhani, Abbas Kargar, Ebrahim Kian Tahmasebi, Behrouz Soltani, Mohammad Panjali and Gholamreza Fathabadi. Several players from youth team took part in this tournament. Head coach: Ali Parvin === Esteghlal === === Malavan === === Iran U23 === === Iran Army XI === === Syria Army XI === === Algeria Army XI === === Libya Army XI === == References ==