Merdeka Tournament 1985 (Malaysia)


Group A
24- 7 Malaysia         3-1 Swansea City
        [Kuala Lumpur, Merdeka Stadium]
        [Lim Teong Kim 44' 82', Zainal Abidin Hassan 67' / Colin Pascoe 35']
25- 7 Ghana Youth      4-0 Indonesia Youth
        [Kuala Lumpur, Merdeka Stadium]
        [Henry Acquah 17' 34', Kwasi Bongsu 33', Peter Aboagye 82']
27- 7 Malaysia         1-1 Indonesia Youth
        [Kuantan, Darulmakmur Stadium]
        [Lee Teong Kim 13' pen / Budiman Yunus 38']
27- 7 Ghana Youth      3-1 Swansea City
        [Kuala Lumpur, Merdeka Stadium]
        [Philip Tagoe 32', Ebo Smith 36' 72' / Robin Turner 11']
29- 7 Malaysia         1-0 Ghana Youth
        [Kuala Lumpur, Merdeka Stadium]
        [Dollah Salleh 24']
29- 7 Indonesia Youth  2-2 Swansea City
        [Kuala Lumpur, Merdeka Stadium]
        [Paul Price 24' 41' / Maukar Mustari 43', Theodorus Bitbit 83']

 1.MALAYSIA             3  2  1  0  5- 1  5
 2.GHANA YOUTH          3  2  0  1  7- 2  4
 3.Indonesia Youth      3  0  2  1  3- 7  2
 4.Swansea City (Wales) 3  0  1  2  4- 8  1

Notes: the Ghana team was known as the Black Meteors (a diminutive form of Black Stars, the
 nickname of the full national team); their average age was 19. The Indonesian youth team
 was made up mostly of university and school students. Swansea City is based in Wales but
 plays in the English league; the club was invited late as a replacement for Iraq.


Group B
26- 7 América-RJ          0-2 South Korea Youth
        [Kuala Lumpur, Merdeka Stadium]
        [Kim Sam-Soo 36', Hwang Young-Woo 88']
26- 7 Thailand            2-4 Malaysia U-23
        [Alor Setar, Darulaman Stadium]
        [Vithaya Laohakul 72' pen, Vitoon Kijmongkolsuk 86' / Hashim Marman 10' 34' 78',
         Faridzul Kassim 27']
28- 7 América-RJ          5-0 Thailand
        [Kuala Lumpur, Merdeka Stadium]
        [Luizinho 39' 48' 74' 82', Mauricio 45']
28- 7 South Korea Youth   4-0 Malaysia U-23
        [Kota Bharu, Kota Bharu Stadium]
        [Choi Jin-Han 34', Chung Dong-Book 37', Kim Jong-Boo 54', Kim Joon-Hyun 90']
30- 7 South Korea Youth   2-3 Thailand
        [Kuala Lumpur, Merdeka Stadium]
        [Kang Jae-Soon 44', Noh Soo-Jin 84' / Chalermvud Saghapool 16', Vitoon Kijmongolsuk 72',
         Vithaya Laohakul 82']
30- 7 América-RJ          4-0 Malaysia U-23
        [Kuala Lumpur, Merdeka Stadium]

 1.AMÉRICA-RJ (Brazil)  3  2  0  1  9- 2  4
 2.SOUTH KOREA YOUTH    3  2  0  1  8- 3  4
 3.Thailand             3  1  0  2  5-11  2
 4.Malaysian Tigers     3  1  0  2  4-10  2

Notes: Malaysian Tigers was a developmental team of young players, with the veteran
 Mokhtar Dahari as a guest player. South Korea's youth team was also described as
 their "Olympic" team, or as the "South Korea 88" team; it was a developmental team
 of young players in preparation for the 1988 Olympics in Seoul.  Thailand sent their
 full national team, minus some star players Piyapong Piew-On and Voravun Chitavanich
 due to their club commitments in South Korea and Hong Kong respectively, and Madard
 Thongtaun due to injury.


Semifinals
 1- 8 Malaysia            0-3 South Korea Youth
        [Kuala Lumpur, Merdeka Stadium]
        [Chung Dong Book x2, Kim Jong Boo]
 1- 8 América-RJ          2-1 Ghana Youth
        [Kuala Lumpur, Merdeka Stadium]

Final
 3- 8 South Korea Youth   7-4 América-RJ       [aet, 4-4 after 90 min]
        [Kuala Lumpur, Merdeka Stadium]
        [Chung Dong Book x2, Choi Jin Han x2, Kim Jong Boo x2, Hwang Yung Woo / ?]


Squads:

Malaysia
GK: Ong Yu Tiang, Ahmad Sobri, Raimi Jalil
DF: Ibrahim Saad, Kamaruddin Ahmad, Yassin Mohammed Noor, Kamaruilzaman Yusof, Tang Siew
Seng, K. Gunasegaran, Ismail Ibrahim
MF: Lim Teong Kim, Serbegeth Singh, Nasir Yusof, Mat Zan Mat Aris
FW: Khan Hung Meng, Dollah Salleh, Zainal Abidin Hassan, Fadzil Ismail, Zulkifli Hamzah,
Hussein Jaafar

Malaysian Tigers
GK: Salleh Mohammed Noor, Ramli Talib, S. Krishnamoorthy
DF: Hasnan Ahmad, Razip Ismail, Soh Chor Len, Abu Bakar Ahmad, Zulkifli Abdullah, P.
Dharmalingam, M. Ravindran
MF: Mohd Faridzul Kassim, Ramlan Askolani, Zainal Nordin, Khalid Shahdan, Lahad Daduk Sulik
FW: Azlan Johar, Azhar Shariff, Subadron Aziz, Hashim Mustapha, Michael Chang, Hashim Marman,
Mokhtar Dahari


Coaches
América-RJ: Jorge Vieira
Ghana Youth: Cecil Jones (team leader: Boye Sowah)
Indonesia Youth: G. Hartanto
Malaysia: Mohd Bakar Daud
Malaysian Tigers: Abdullah Mohammed (technical adviser: Jozef Venglos (Czechoslovakia)
South Korea Youth: Park Jong-Hwan
Swansea City: John Bond
Thailand: Charoen Nilikananda


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Sources: The Guardian, The Times, Associated Press, New Straits Times, The Age (Melbourne)

Prepared and maintained by Neil Morrison for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation

Author: Neil Morrison
Last updated: 6 Nov 2009

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