2001 Merdeka Tournament

2001 Pestabola Merdeka
Tournament details
Host countryMalaysia
Dates21–30 June
Teams8
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Uzbekistan (1st title)
Runners-up Bosnia and Herzegovina
Tournament statistics
Matches played15
Goals scored37 (2.47 per match)
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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 and Herzegovina Bosnia-Herzegovina 7 3 2 1 0 4 2 +2
Bahrain Bahrain 6 3 2 0 1 6 3 +3
Slovakia Slovakia 3 3 1 0 2 2 3 –1
Malaysia Malaysia 1 3 0 1 2 4 8 –4
Slovakia Slovakia0–1Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia-Herzegovina
Milan Jambor 63' (o.g.)
Malaysia Malaysia2–4Bahrain Bahrain
Abdul Ghani Malik 25'
Gilbert Cassidy Gawing 52'		 Talal Yusuf 3'
Hussain Ali Ahmed 70', 85', 90'
Bosnia-Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina1–0Bahrain Bahrain
Almin Kulenović 3'
Malaysia Malaysia0–2Slovakia Slovakia
Mario Breska 13', 41'
Bahrain Bahrain2–0Slovakia Slovakia
Rashed Jamal 35', 66'
Malaysia Malaysia2–2Bosnia and Herzegovina 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 Uzbekistan 9 3 3 0 0 5 1 +4
Malaysia Malaysia U-23 6 3 2 0 1 4 4 0
Thailand Thailand U-23 3 3 1 0 2 3 3 0
India India 0 3 0 0 3 2 6 –4
Thailand U-23 Thailand0–1Uzbekistan Uzbekistan
Bakhtiyor Hamidullaev 69'
Malaysia U-23 Malaysia2–1India India
Indra Putra Mahayuddin 46'
Mohd Nizaruddin Yusof 74'		 Jules Alberto 85'
Malaysia U-23 Malaysia0–2Uzbekistan Uzbekistan
Andrey Vlasichev 62'
Bakhodir Seytkamalov 71'
India India0–2Thailand Thailand U-23
Manit Noyvach 17'
Nirut Surasiang 71'
Uzbekistan Uzbekistan2–1India India
Bakhtiyor Hamidullaev 19'
Anvar Berdiev 32'		 I.M. Vijayan 45'
Malaysia U-23 Malaysia2–1Thailand Thailand U-23
S. Jayaprakash 32'
K. Rajan 84'		 Wuttiya Yong-ant 75'

Knockout stage

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

Semi finals

Bosnia-Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina2–0Malaysia Malaysia U-23
Jasmin Hurić 12'
Almin Kulenović 19'
Uzbekistan Uzbekistan2–0Bahrain Bahrain
Bakhodir Seytkamalov 89', 90'

Finals

Bosnia-Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina1–2 (a.e.t.)Uzbekistan Uzbekistan
Velimir Brašnić 90' Leonid Koshelev 83'
Bakhtiyor Hamidullaev 119'

Award

 2001 Merdeka Tournament winner 

Uzbekistan
1st title