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2001 Pestabola Merdeka

Tournament details
Host country	Malaysia
Dates	21–30 June
Teams	8
Venue	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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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	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