2001 Merdeka Tournament

2001 Pestabola Merdeka
Tournament details
Host country Malaysia
Dates 21 - 30 June
Teams 8
Venue(s) 1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions  Uzbekistan (1st title)
Runners-up  Bosnia and Herzegovina
Tournament statistics
Matches played 15
Goals scored 37 (2.47 per match)

The 2001 Merdeka Tournament is the 37th editions of the Merdeka Tournament and was held on June 21 to June 30, 2001.

Groups

Group stage

Teams qualified for next phase

Group A

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia-Herzegovina 7321042+2
Bahrain Bahrain 6320163+3
Slovakia Slovakia 3310223-1
Malaysia Malaysia 1301248-4

21 June
20:30
Malaysia Malaysia 2 – 4 Bahrain Bahrain
Abdul Ghani Malik  25'
Gilbert Cassidy Gawing  52'
Talal Yusuf  3'
Hussain Ali Ahmed  70', 85', 90'

23 June
18:30
Bosnia-Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina 1 – 0 Bahrain Bahrain
Almin Kulenović  3'

23 June
20:30
Malaysia Malaysia 0 – 2 Slovakia Slovakia
Mario Breska  13', 41'

25 June
18:30
Bahrain Bahrain 2 – 0 Slovakia Slovakia
Rashed Jamal  35', 66'

25 June
20:30
Malaysia Malaysia 2 – 2 Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia-Herzegovina
Rusdi Suparman  70'
Ahmad Shahrul Azhar  83'
Mohd Imran Ahmad  48 (og)'
Enes Mesanović  74'

Group B

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
Uzbekistan Uzbekistan 9330051+4
Malaysia Malaysia U-23 63201440
Thailand Thailand U-23 33102330
India India 0300326-4

22 June
20:30
Malaysia U-23 Malaysia 2 – 1 India India
Indra Putra Mahayuddin  46'
Mohd Nizaruddin Yusof  74'
Jules Alberto  85'

24 June
18:30
Malaysia U-23 Malaysia 0 – 2 Uzbekistan Uzbekistan
Andrey Vlasichev  62'
Bakhodir Seytkamalov  71'

24 June
20:30
India India 0 – 2 Thailand Thailand U-23
Manit Noyvach  17'
Nirut Surasiang 71'

26 June
18:30
Uzbekistan Uzbekistan 2 – 1 India India
Bakhtiyor Hamidullaev  19'
Berdiev Anvar  32'
I.M. Vijayan  45'

26 June
20:30
Malaysia U-23 Malaysia 2 – 1 Thailand Thailand U-23
S. Jayaprakash  32'
K. Rajan  84'
Wuttiya Yong-ant  75'

Knockout stage

Semi-finals Final
28 June -
  Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia-Herzegovina 2  
  Malaysia Malaysia U-23 0  
 
30 June -
      Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia-Herzegovina 1 (aet)
    Uzbekistan Uzbekistan 2 (aet)
28 June -
  Uzbekistan Uzbekistan 2
  Bahrain Bahrain 0  

Semi finals

28 June
18:30
Bosnia-Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina 2 – 0 Malaysia Malaysia U-23
Jamsin Hurić  12'
Almin Kulenović  19'

28 June
20:30
Uzbekistan Uzbekistan 2 – 0 Bahrain Bahrain
Bakhodir Seytkamalov  89, 90'

Finals

30 June
20:30
Bosnia-Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina 1 – 2 (aet) Uzbekistan Uzbekistan
Velimir Brasnić  90' Leonid Koshelev  83'
Bakhtiyor Hamidullaev  119'

Award

 2001 Merdeka Tournament Winner 

Uzbekistan
1st title

External links

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