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
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 21 to 30 June 2001.

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 (og)'

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'

23 June
18:30

Bosnia-Herzegovina	1 – 0	Bahrain
Almin Kulenović 3'

23 June
20:30

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

25 June
18:30

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

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	L	GF	GA	GD
Uzbekistan	9	3	3	0	5	1	+4
Malaysia U-23	6	3	2	1	4	4	0
Thailand U-23	3	3	1	2	3	3	0
India	0	3	0	3	2	6	-4

22 June
18:30

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

22 June
20:30

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

24 June
18:30

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

24 June
20:30

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

26 June
18:30

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

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 (aet)
28 June -
		Uzbekistan	2 (aet)
Uzbekistan	2

Bahrain	0

Semi finals

28 June
18:30

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

28 June
20:30

Uzbekistan	2 – 0	Bahrain
Bakhodir Seytkamalov 89, 90'

Finals

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

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External links

2001 Merdeka Tournament at RSSF.com website

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