2001 Merdeka Tournament

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

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)
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Groups

Group stage

Teams qualified for next phase

Group A

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Bosnia-Herzegovina	7	3	2	1	0	4	2	+2
Bahrain	6	3	2	0	1	6	3	+3
Slovakia	3	3	1	0	2	2	3	–1
Malaysia	1	3	0	1	2	4	8	–4

21 June
18:30

Slovakia	0–1	Bosnia-Herzegovina
		Milan Jambor   63' (o.g.)

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21 June
20:30

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

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23 June
18:30

Bosnia-Herzegovina	1–0	Bahrain
Almin Kulenović   3'

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23 June
20:30

Malaysia	0–2	Slovakia
		Mario Breska   13', 41'

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25 June
18:30

Bahrain	2–0	Slovakia
Rashed Jamal   35', 66'

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25 June
20:30

Malaysia	2–2	Bosnia-Herzegovina
Rusdi Suparman   70' Ahmad Shahrul Azhar   83'		Mohd Imran Ahmad   48' (o.g.) Enes Mešanović   74'

Group B

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Uzbekistan	9	3	3	0	0	5	1	+4
Malaysia U-23	6	3	2	0	1	4	4	0
Thailand U-23	3	3	1	0	2	3	3	0
India	0	3	0	0	3	2	6	–4

22 June
18:30

Thailand U-23	0–1	Uzbekistan
		Bakhtiyor Hamidullaev   69'

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22 June
20:30

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

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24 June
18:30

Malaysia U-23	0–2	Uzbekistan
		Andrey Vlasichev   62' Bakhodir Seytkamalov   71'

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24 June
20:30

India	0–2	Thailand U-23
		Manit Noyvach   17' Nirut Surasiang   71'

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26 June
18:30

Uzbekistan	2–1	India
Bakhtiyor Hamidullaev   19' Anvar Berdiev   32'		I.M. Vijayan   45'

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26 June
20:30

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

Knockout stage

	Semi-finals				Final
	28 June -
	Bosnia-Herzegovina	2
					30 June -
	Malaysia U-23	0
					Bosnia-Herzegovina	1
	28 June -
					Uzbekistan (a.e.t.)	2
	Uzbekistan	2
	Bahrain	0

Semi finals

28 June
18:30

Bosnia-Herzegovina	2–0	Malaysia U-23
Jasmin Hurić   12' Almin Kulenović   19'

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28 June
20:30

Uzbekistan	2–0	Bahrain
Bakhodir Seytkamalov   89', 90'

Finals

30 June
20:30

Bosnia-Herzegovina	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Uzbekistan
Velimir Brašnić   90'		Leonid Koshelev   83' Bakhtiyor Hamidullaev   119'

Award

2001 Merdeka Tournament winner
Uzbekistan 1st title

External links

• 2001 Merdeka Tournament at RSSF.com website