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 and 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	2
					30 June
	Malaysia U-23	0
					Bosnia	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