2008 Myanmar Grand Royal Challenge Cup

The 2008 Myanmar Grand Royal Challenge Cup was the third edition of the Myanmar Grand Royal Challenge Cup, an annual football tournament held in Myanmar. The tournament took place from 11 November to 21 November 2008 in Yangon.

2008 Myanmar Grand Royal Challenge Cup

Tournament details
Host country	Myanmar
Dates	11 November 2008 - 21 November 2008
Teams	6
Venue(s)	Thuwunna YTC Stadium
Final positions
Champions	Myanmar (2nd title)
Runners-up	Indonesia
Tournament statistics
Top scorer(s)	Soe Myat Min (5)

Teams

•  Bangladesh
•  Indonesia
•  Malaysia
•  Myanmar (hosts)
• Ulsan Hyundai Reserves^*
•  Vietnam U-23^**

^*: An invitee from the South Korean K League, Ulsan sent their reserve team.

^**: Vietnam sent their under-23 team.

Group stage

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Myanmar	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1	4
Indonesia	2	1	0	1	3	2	+1	3
Bangladesh	2	0	1	1	0	2	-2	1

11 November 2008

Myanmar	0 – 0	Bangladesh
	(Report)

Thuwunna YTC Stadium

Attendance: 5,500

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13 November 2008

15:00

Bangladesh	0 – 2	Indonesia
	(Report)	Firman 10' Talaohu 45'

Thuwunna YTC Stadium

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15 November 2008

Myanmar	2 – 1	Indonesia
Yan Paing 44' Kyaw Thiha 65'	(Report)	Ismed 38'

Thuwunna YTC Stadium

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Ulsan Hyundai Reserves	2	1	1	0	5	2	+3	4
Malaysia	2	1	1	0	4	1	+3	4
Vietnam	2	0	0	2	1	7	-6	0

12 November 2008

Malaysia	3 – 0	Vietnam
Indra Putra 26' Amirul 40' Hardi 55'	(Report)

Thuwunna YTC Stadium

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14 November 2008

Malaysia	1 – 1	Ulsan Hyundai Reserves
Adha 52'	(Report)	Seo Sung-Hwan 83'

Thuwunna YTC Stadium

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16 November 2008

Ulsan Hyundai Reserves	4 – 1	Vietnam
Lee Jin-Woo 48' Kim Sung-Min 56' Kim Cheol-Bae 68' Young Seok 82'	(Report)	Hoàng Nhật Nam 74'

Thuwunna YTC Stadium

Knockout stages

	Semi-finals				Final
	18 November
	Myanmar	4
					21 November
	Malaysia	1
					Myanmar	2
	19 November
					Indonesia	1
	Ulsan Hyundai Reserve	0 (3)
	Indonesia	0 (4)

Semi-finals

18 November 2008

Myanmar	4 – 1	Malaysia
Soe Myat Min 25', 89' Myo Min Tun 65' Aung Kyaw Moe 90+3'	(Report)[permanent dead link]	Amirul 75'

Thuwunna YTC Stadium

Attendance: 30,000

19 November 2008

Ulsan Hyundai Reserves	0 – 0 a.e.t.	Indonesia
	(Report)[permanent dead link]
Penalties
Park Dong-Hyuk Lee Jin-Ho Kim Dong-Kyu Seo Byung-Hwan Park Byung-Gyu Kwon Hyuk-Jin	3 – 4	Bambang Isnan Elie Erol Charis Firman

Thuwunna YTC Stadium

Attendance: 30,000

Final

21 November 2008

Myanmar	2 – 1	Indonesia
Soe Myat Min 3', 63'	(Report)[permanent dead link]	Moe Win 14' (o.g.)

Thuwunna YTC Stadium

Attendance: 20,000

Winners

2008 Myanmar Grand Royal Challenge Cup winners
Myanmar Second title

Goalscorers

5 goals:

• Soe Myat Min

2 goals:

• Mohd Amirul Hadi Zainal

1 goal:

• Firman Utina
• Talaohu Musafri
• Ismed Sofyan
• Indra Putra Mahayuddin
• Mohammad Hardi Jaafar
• Mohd Zaquan Adha Abdul Radzak
• Aung Kyaw Moe
• Yan Paing
• Kyaw Thiha
• Seo Sung-Hwan
• Lee Jin-Woo
• Kim Sung-Min
• Kim Cheol-Bae
• Young Seok
• Hoàng Nhật Nam

1 own goal

• Moe Win (for Indonesia)