Sept. 11, 1977: President’s Cup (Seoul) — India 4 (Debraj, Pushparaj Kumar, Ulaganathan, Harjinder Singh) Lebanon 2 (Michael Rafaul, Charles Anthony)

Aug. 8, 1991: Pre-Olympic (Hyderabad) — India 1 (I.M. Vijayan) Lebanon 3 (Nabil Jamal 2 Salah Dalal)

May 7, 1993: Pre-World Cup (Beirut) — India 2 (Tejinder Kumar 2) Lebanon 2 (Babkin Millikian, Jamal Taha)

June 11, 1993: Pre-World Cup (Seoul) — India 1 (Bhupinder Singh Thakur) Lebanon 2 (Hassan Ayoub, Rafi Joulfagi)

Oct. 8, 2007: Pre-World Cup (Beirut) — India 1 (Sunil Chhetri) Lebanon 4 (Rida Antar, Mohammed Ghaddar 2, Mohammed Ali).

India in Pre-World Cup At A Glance

P       Won       Drawn       Lost       GF       GA

30       8       8       14       32       62

Best Performance

YR       P       Won       Drawn       Lost       GF       GA       PTS

2001       6       3       2              1              11              5       11

Narrowly missed the final-round berth of Asian Zone Qualifier

Biggest Victory

Bt Brunei 5 – 0 (Bangalore, MAY 20, 2001)

Most notable win

Bt United Arab Emirates 1- 0 (Bangalore, April 8, 2001)

Some worst defeats

Lost 0-7 to South Korea (Seoul, June 9, 1993)

Lost 0–7 to Japan (Saitama, June 9, 2004)

Highest scorer

I. M. Vijayan — 5 goals in 16 matches.