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

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

Slovakia v Bosnia-Herzegovina

21 June 18:30

Slovakia	0 – 1	Bosnia-Herzegovina
		Milan Jambor  63 (og)'

Malaysia v Bahrain

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'

Bosnia-Herzegovina v Bahrain

23 June 18:30

Bosnia-Herzegovina	1 – 0	Bahrain
Almin Kulenović  3'

Malaysia v Slovakia

23 June 20:30

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

Bahrain v Slovakia

25 June 18:30

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

Malaysia v Bosnia-Herzegovina

25 June 20:30

Malaysia	2 – 2	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	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

Thailand U-23 v Uzbekistan

22 June 18:30

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

Malaysia U-23 v India

22 June 20:30

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

Malaysia U-23 v Uzbekistan

24 June 18:30

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

India v Thailand U-23

24 June 20:30

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

Uzbekistan v India

26 June 18:30

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

Malaysia U-23 v Thailand U-23

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

Semi finals

Bosnia-Herzegovina v Malaysia U-23

28 June 18:30

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

Uzbekistan v Bahrain

28 June 20:30

Uzbekistan	2 – 0	Bahrain
Bakhodir Seytkamalov  89, 90'

Finals

Bosnia-Herzegovina v Uzbekistan

30 June 20:30

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

Award

2001 Merdeka Tournament Winner
Uzbekistan 1st title

External links

• 2001 Merdeka Tournament at RSSF.com website