Held in Tehran to commemorate the 7th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution in Iran (referred to as "Fajr" which literally means Dawn).
Group A
14- 2-86 Iran 5-0 Syria B [at Azadi Stadium, 30000]
[Abdolali Changiz 5' 55', Nasser Mohammadkhani 41' 68', Morteza Yekkeh 85']
[Iran: Ahmad Sajjadi (Jalal Basharzad 80'), Shahin Bayani, Mohammad Panjali [c], Hossein Masgharsaravi,
Asghar Hajilou, Shahrokh Bayani (Mehran Najafi 74'), Sirous Ghayeghran, Hamid Derakhshan,
Nasser Mohammadkhani (Morteza Yekkeh 69'), Hamid Alidousti, Abdolali Changiz.]
[Syria B: Nafea Abdel-Qader (Saleh Matar 53'), Mahmoud Noufel, Walid Awad, Adnan Jassem, Jamal Anouishi,
Anwar Abdel-Qader [c], Nadhar Yassini, Hussam Yousef (Amer Es-Sayed Ali 83'), Adnan Kharabeh,
Ahmed Asker, Hassan Mousa.]
[Referee: Manouchehr Nazari]
[Linesmen: Hossein Tehrani, Ali Arbabi]
[Yellow cards: Nadhar Yassini, Anwar Abdel-Qader]
14- 2-86 Poland U21 3-0 Pakistan [at Azadi Stadium, 30000]
[Zbigniew Kaczmarek 11', Marek Leśniak 55', Andrzej Sikorski II 67']
[Poland U21: Janusz Jedynak, Jacek Grembocki, Witold Wenclewski, Andrzej Sikorski II, Marek Piotrowicz,
Marek Chojnacki, Andrzej Rudy, Damian Łukasik, Marek Leśniak (Marek Czakon 70'),
Krzysztof Warzycha (Dariusz Marciniak 70'), Zbigniew Kaczmarek [c].]
[Pakistan: Mohammad Jahangir, Zafar Iqbal, Mukhtar Ali, Mohammad Shahzada, Shaukat Mahmood Mufti [c],
Abdul Majeed (Abdul Wahid 63'), Zulfiqar Ahmed (Mahmood Anwar 55'), Fida-ur-Rahman, Aga Saeed,
Wazeer Ali, Samuel Gul.]
[Referee: Hamid Khoshkhan]
[Linesmen: Mohammadi (Bushehr), Ali Mohammad Lajmiri]
[Yellow card: Witold Wenclewski]
[Note: goal-times also given as 11' 60' 88']
16- 2-86 Poland U21 4-0 Syria B [at Shahid Shiroodi Stadium, 15000]
[Marek Chojnacki 6' 19', Zbigniew Kaczmarek 15', Dariusz Marciniak 56']
[Poland U21: Robert Sęk, Andrzej Sikorski II, Witold Wenclewski, Zbigniew Kaczmarek [c] (Juliusz Kruszankin),
Dariusz Marciniak, Krzysztof Warzycha (Marek Czakon), Marek Leśniak, Andrzej Słowakiewicz,
Wojciech Gorgoń, Mariusz Kuras, Marek Chojnacki.]
[Syria B: Maher Faraj, Amer Awad, Walid Awad, Adnan Jassem, Nadhar Yassini, Hassan Mousa,
Anwar Abdel-Qader [c] (Amer Es-Sayed Ali), Jamal Said, Ahmed Asker, Adnan Kharabeh,
Mahmoud Noufel (Hussam Yousef).]
[Referee: Mohammad Riahi]
[Linesmen: Mostafa Bahrami, Morteza Rahmanian]
[Yellow cards: Amer Awad, Ahmed Asker, Witold Wenclewski, Marek Leśniak, Dariusz Marciniak]
16- 2-86 Iran 2-0 Pakistan [at Shahid Shiroodi Stadium, 20000]
[Hamid Alidousti 8', Abdolali Changiz 16']
[Iran: Ahmad Sajjadi, Shahin Bayani, Hossein Masgharsaravi, Mohammad Panjali [c], Saeed Tahmatan,
Shahrokh Bayani, Sirous Ghayeghran, Hamid Derakhshan (Mehran Najafi 46'), Nasser Mohammadkhani,
Hamid Alidousti (Morteza Yekkeh 65'), Abdolali Changiz (Mahmoud Pazouki 59').]
[Pakistan: not reported]
[Referee: Jamshid Nikmehr]
[Linesmen: Mostafa Bahrami, Morteza Rahmanian]
[Yellow cards: Mohammad Shahzada, Mahmoud Pazouki]
[Red card: Zafar Iqbal 43']
18- 2-86 Syria B 1-0 Pakistan [at Azadi Stadium, 25000]
[Adnan Kharabeh 32']
[Syria B: Salah Matar, Mahmoud Noufel, Walid Awad, Adnan Jassem, Amer Awad, Nadhar Yassini,
Hussam Yousef, Fouaz Habib (Jamal Anouishi 89'), Jamal Said, Ahmed Askar,
Adnan Kharabeh (Anwar Abdel-Qader 32').]
[Pakistan: not reported]
[Referee: Mohammad Reza Emami]
[Linesmen: Hadi Dezfouli, Mostafa Bahrami]
18- 2-86 Poland U21 0-0 Iran [AET, 1-3 pen] [at Azadi Stadium, 30000]
[Poland U21: Janusz Jedynak, Jacek Grembocki, Andrzej Sikorski II, Marek Piotrowicz, Damian Łukasik,
Zbigniew Kaczmarek [c], Dariusz Marciniak, Krzysztof Warzycha, Marek Leśniak,
Wojciech Gorgoń (Marek Czakon 106'), Marek Chojnacki (Juliusz Kruszankin 106').]
[Iran: Ahmad Sajjadi, Shahin Bayani, Hossein Masgharsaravi, Mohammad Panjali [c], Asghar Hajilou,
Shahrokh Bayani, Sirous Ghayeghran (Mehran Najafi 91'), Hamid Derakhshan, Nasser Mohammadkhani
(Morteza Yekkeh 106'), Hamid Alidousti, Abdolali Changiz.]
[Referee: Bahman Bahlouli]
[Linesmen: Jamshid Nikmehr, Mehdi Abar Nirooei]
[Yellow card: Marek Leśniak]
[Penalties: Marek Czakon / Shahrokh Bayani, Hamid Derakhshan, Mehran Najafi]
1.IRAN 3 2 1 0 7- 0 5
2.POLAND U21 3 2 1 0 7- 0 5
3.Syria B 3 1 0 2 1- 9 2
4.Pakistan 3 0 0 3 0- 6 0
Notes: Iran won a penalty shootout to determine the group winner.
The Poland U21 team included Chojnacki (aged 26) and Sikorski (29) as overage players.
The Syrian team was also referred to in the Iranian press as the Al-Fotuwa club.
North Korea withdrew.
Group B
13- 2-86 Iran B 0-1 Romania U21 B [at Azadi Stadium, 7000]
[Ioan Cojocaru 81']
[Iran B: Ahmad Reza Abedzadeh, Hossein Ghavi Fekr, Mostafa Ardestani, Mojtaba Holeh Kiyan (Morteza Fonounizadeh 46'),
Mohammad Hassan Ansarifard, Mehdi Abtahi, Amir Ghalenoei, Behtash Fariba [c], Mohammad Ali Nematzadeh
(Ahmad Nikoubin 73'), Hamid Reza Mansouri (Reza Taghavi 46'), Karim Bavi.]
[Romania U21 B: Zoltan Iaşko, Niţă Cireaşă, Marian Rada [c], Ion Liviu Baicea, Cristian Bozhar, Florin Popicu
(Sorin Bobaru 65'), Marcel Sabou, Nicolae Nuţă (Gheorghe Dumitraşcu 89'), Ioan Cojocaru,
Iosif Rotariu, Pavel Badea (Claudiu Bozesan 66').]
[Referee: Mohammad Salehi]
[Linesmen: Hossein Dashtgerd, Fereydoun Karamati]
15- 2-86 Khuzestan 1-3 Romania U21 B [at Shahid Shiroodi Stadium, 8000]
[Daryoush Bakhtiarizadeh 73' pen / Nicolae Nuţă 20' pen, Marcel Sabou 32', Ioan Cojocaru 57']
[Khuzestan: Karim Bostani (Yaghoub Farisat 63'), Mojtaba Yarali, Siavash Bakhtiarizadeh, Karim Marvani,
Mahmoud Baghalzadeh, Masoud Nowrouzi, Teymour Zebdeh, Majid Masanavi (Seyed Hassan Seyed-Naameh 75'),
Daryoush Bakhtiarizadeh, Manouchehr Vaziri, Farzad Ahakpour.]
[Romania U21 B: Lucian Cristea, Niţă Cireaşă, Ion Liviu Baicea, Cristian Bozhar, Florin Popicu (Pavel Badea 82'),
Marian Rada [c], Marcel Sabou, Gheorghe Dumitraşcu, Ioan Cojocaru, Nicolae Nuţă, Sorin Bobaru.]
[Referee: Bahman Behlouli]
[Linesmen: Jamshid Nimehr, Mohammad Reza Emami]
[Yellow cards: Cristian Bozhar, Siavash Bakhtiarizadeh]
15- 2-86 Iran B 3-0 Ghana [at Shahid Shiroodi Stadium, 10000]
[Saeed Sayami 20' 29', Reza Taghavi 60']
[Iran B: Pirouz Jaghtapour, Hossein Ghavi Fekr, Mostafa Ardestani, Morteza Fonounizadeh, Mohammad Hassan Ansarifard,
Majid Namjoo-Motlagh (Mehdi Abtahi 62'), Behtash Fariba [c], Amir Ghalenoei, Reza Taghavi,
Saeed Sayami (Karim Bavi 46'), Farshad Peyous.]
[Ghana: Salifu Ansah, Joe Odoi [c], Rauf Iddi, Isaac Nana Eshun, Freeman Turkson, Ebo Smith, Abedi 'Pele' Ayew,
Henry Acquah, Ahmed Dawuda (Ibrahim Mohammad 65'), Anthony Yeboah, Asare Boateng (Ibrahim Merigah 57').]
[Referee: Hadi Dezfouli]
[Linesmen: Fereydoun Karamati, Mohammad Abarnirooei]
[Yellow card: Freeman Turkson]
17- 2-86 Iran B 0-0 Khuzestan [at Shahid Shiroodi Stadium, 10000]
[Iran B: Pirouz Jaghtapour, Hossein Ghavi Fekr, Mostafa Ardestani, Morteza Fonounizadeh,
Mohammad Hassan Ansarifard, Majid Namjoo-Motlagh (Mehdi Abtahi 66'), Behtash Fariba [c],
Amir Ghalenoei, Hamid Reza Mansouri (Saeed Sayami 46'), Karim Bavi (Reza Taghavi 46'), Farshad Peyous.]
[Khuzestan: Yaghoub Farisat [c], Mojtaba Yarali, Daryoush Bakhtiarizadeh, Mahmoud Baghalzadeh,
Siavash Bakhtiarizadeh, Majid Masanavi (Seyed Hassan Seyed-Naameh 70'), Masoud Nowrouzi,
Soleiman Saleh Tabar, Manouchehr Vaziri, Teymour Zebdeh, Farzad Ahakpour.]
[Referee: Mehdi Abarnirooei]
[Linesmen: Mohammad Riahi, Ali Arbabi]
[Yellow cards: Mostafa Ardestani, Amir Ghalenoei, Reza Taghavi]
17- 2-86 Ghana 1-0 Romania U21 B [at Shahid Shiroodi Stadium, 10000]
[Henry Acquah 35']
[Ghana: Abukari Damba, Joe Odoi, Rauf Iddi, Kwabena Asiedu, Philip Tagoe, Ibrahim Merigah
(Ollabode Williams 57'), Kwasi Bonsu, Abedi 'Pele' Ayew, Henry Acquah, Ibrahim Mohammad
(Anthony Yeboah 78'), Asare Boateng.]
[Romania U21 B: Lucian Cristea, Niţă Cireaşă, Ion Liviu Baicea, Marian Rada [c], Cristian Bozhar,
Nicolae Nuţă (Gheorghe Dumitraşcu 72'), Pavel Badea, Marcel Sabou, Claudiu Bozesan,
Ioan Cojocaru, Sorin Bobaru.]
[Referee: Fereydoun Karamati]
[Linesmen: Ali Mohammad Lajmiri, Hossein Tehrani]
[Yellow cards: Joe Odoi, Henry Acquah]
18- 2-86 Ghana 2-0 Khuzestan [at Shahid Shiroodi Stadium]
[Ebo Smith 1', Henry Acquah 83']
[Ghana: Abukari Damba, Freeman Turkson, Issac Nana Eshun, Joe Odoi [c], Philip Tagoe, Ollabode Williams
(Anthony Yeboah 74'), Abedi 'Pele' Ayew, Ebo Smith, Henry Acquah, Ibrahim Mohammad, Asare Boateng.]
[Khuzestan: Yaghoub Farisat [c], Parviz Marashian (Saleh Moghimi 74'), Daryoush Bakhtiarizadeh,
Mahmoud Baghalzadeh, Siavash Bakhtiarizadeh, Majid Masanavi, Seyed Hassan Seyed-Naameh,
Masoud Nowrouzi (Rajabali Shahmoradi 56'), Manouchehr Vaziri, Teymour Zebdeh (Jafar Delpasand 59'),
Farzad Ahakpour.]
[Referee: Mohammad Salehi]
[Linesmen: Morteza Rahmanian, Qazi Mohammad Yunus (Pakistan)]
1.ROMANIA U21 B 3 2 0 1 4- 2 4
2.GHANA 3 2 0 1 3- 3 4
3.Iran B 3 1 1 1 3- 1 3
4.Khuzestan 3 0 1 2 1- 5 1 [province of Iran]
Semi-finals
20- 2-86 Poland U21 3-1 Romania U21 B [at Azadi Stadium, 25000]
[Marek Chojnacki 24' pen, Krzysztof Warzycha 25', Marek Czakon 83' / Nicolae Nuţă 35' pen]
[Poland U21: Robert Sęk, Jacek Grembocki, Andrzej Sikorski II, Marek Piotrowicz (Juliusz Kruszankin 70'),
Damian Łukasik, Witold Wenclewski, Zbigniew Kaczmarek [c], Krzysztof Warzycha, Marek Czakon,
Marek Chojnacki (Mariusz Kuras 74'), Marek Leśniak.]
[Romania U21 B: Lucian Cirstea (Zoltan Iaşko 32'), Niţă Cireaşă, Marian Rada [c], Cristian Bozhar, Florin Popicu,
Ion Liviu Baicea, Marcel Sabou (Ioan Cojocaru 65'), Nicolae Nuţă (Pavel Badea 73'),
Gheorghe Dumitraşcu, Iosif Rotariu, Sorin Bobaru.]
[Referee: Hadi Dezfouli]
[Linesmen: Mostafa Bahrami, Ali Arbabi]
[Yellow cards: Marek Leśniak, Gheorghe Dumitraşcu, Marian Rada]
20- 2-86 Iran 2-0 Ghana [at Azadi Stadium, 35000]
[Hamid Alidousti 10', Shahrokh Bayani 40' pen]
[Iran: Ahmad Sajjadi, Shahin Bayani, Hossein Masgharsaravi, Mohammad Panjali [c], Asghar Hajilou, Shahrokh Bayani
(Mehran Najafi 46'), Sirous Ghayeghran, Hamid Derakhshan, Nasser Mohammadkhani (Morteza Yekkeh 54'),
Hamid Alidousti, Abdolali Changiz (Mahmoud Pazouki 89').]
[Ghana: Abukari Damba, Joe Odoi [c], Philip Tagoe, Rauf Iddi, Kwabena Asiedu, Abedi 'Pele' Ayew,
Ebo Smith, Kwasi Bonsu (Anthony Yeboah 57'), Henry Acquah, Ibrahim Mohammed, Asare Boateng.]
[Referee: Hamid Khoshkhan]
[Linesmen: Ali Mohammad Lajmiri, Hossein Tehrani]
[Yellow cards: Kwasi Bonsu, Ibrahim Mohammed]
Third place match
21- 2-86 Ghana 1-0 Romania U21 B [at Azadi Stadium]
[Ebo Smith 87']
[Lineups not reported]
[Referee: Jamshid Akhbari]
[Linesmen: Mohammad Reza Emami, Jamshid Nikmehr]
[Yellow cards: Rauf Iddi (x2), Kwabena Asiedu, Ahmed Dawuda, Cristian Bozhar, Pavel Badea]
[Red card: Rauf Iddi]
Final
21- 2-86 Poland U21 2-2 Iran [AET 3-1 pen] [at Azadi Stadium, 65000]
[Marek Czakon 39' 93' / Morteza Yekkeh 22' 107']
[Poland U21: Janusz Jedynak, Jacek Grembocki, Marek Piotrowicz, Witold Wenclewski, Zbigniew Kaczmarek [c],
Dariusz Marciniak, Krzysztof Warzycha, Juliusz Kruszankin, Marek Czakon, Marek Chojnacki,
Wojciech Gorgoń. (no subs reported)]
[Iran: Ahmad Sajjadi, Shahin Bayani, Hossein Masgharsaravi, Mohammad Panjali [c], Asghar Hajilou,
Mehran Najafi (Mahmoud Pazouki 91'), Sirous Ghayeghran, Hamid Derakhshan, Morteza Yekkeh,
Hamid Alidousti, Abdolali Changiz.]
[Penalties: Zbigniew Kaczmarek, Marek Czakon, Krzysztof Warzycha / Hamid Derakhshan]
[Referee: Manouchehr Nazari]
[Linesmen: Mohammad Riahi, Ali Mohammad Lajmiri]
Ghana squad
Leader: Yaw Akrasi Sarpong (Secretary PNDC)
Coach: Anthony Edusei
Players: Salifu Ansah (GK) (Asante Kotoko), Abukari Damba (GK) (Real Tamale United), Joe Odoi (Great Olympics) [captain],
Rauf Iddi (Asante Kotoko), Isaac Nana Eshun (Asante Kotoko), Philip Tagoe (Great Olympics),
Ibrahim Mohammed (Asante Kotoko), Ahmed Dawuda (Real Tamale United), Kwasi Bonsu (Great Olympics),
Kwabena Asiedu (Great Olympics), Freeman Turkson (Hearts of Oak), Ebo Smith (Eleven Wise),
Ibrahim Merigah (Okwawu United), Asare Boateng (Asante Kotoko), Ollabode Williams (Hasaacas),
Anthony Yeboah (Cornerstones), Henry Acquah (Hasaacas), Abedi 'Pele' Ayew (Real Tamale United).
Iran squad
Coach: Fereydoun Asgharzadeh
Players: Ahmad Sajjadi (GK), Jalal Basharzad (GK), Shahin Bayani, Mohammad Panjali [captain],
Hossein Masgharsaravi, Asghar Hajilou, Shahrokh Bayani, Mehran Najafi, Sirous Ghayeghran,
Hamid Derakhshan, Siamak Rahimpour, Gholamreza Fathabadi, Nasser Mohammadkhani, Morteza Yekkeh,
Hamid Alidousti, Abdolali Changiz, Saeed Tahmatan, Mahmoud Pazouki.
Iran B squad
Coaches: Fereydoun Asgarzadeh and Nasser Ebrahimi
Players: Ahmad Reza Abedzadeh (GK), Pirouz Jaghtapour (GK), Hossein Ghavi Fekr, Mostafa Ardestani,
Mojtaba Holeh Kiyan, Morteza Fonounizadeh, Mohammad Hassan Ansarifard, Majid Namjoo-Motlagh,
Mehdi Abtahi, Amir Ghalenoei, Behtash Fariba [captain], Mohammad Ali Nematzadeh,
Ahmad Nikoubin, Hamid Reza Mansouri, Reza Taghavi, Karim Bavi, Saeed Sayami, Farshad Peyous.
Khuzestan squad
Coach: Haj Rahim Safarian
Players: Karim Bostani (GK), Yaghoub Farisat (GK) [captain], Behzad Gholampour Shahani (GK), Mojtaba Yarali,
Siavash Bakhtiarizadeh, Karim Marvani, Saleh Moghimi, Mahmoud Baghalzadeh, Masoud Nowrouzi,
Teymour Zebdeh, Majid Masanavi, Seyed Hassan Seyed-Naameh, Daryoush Bakhtiarizadeh, Manouchehr Vaziri,
Farzad Ahakpour, Parviz Marashian, Soleiman Saleh Tabar, Jafar Delpasand, Rajabali Shahmoradi.
Pakistan squad
Chef de Mission : Aga Atta Mohammad Pathan
Manager: Ibrar Hussain Bali
Coach: Major Mohammad Younus Changazi
Referee: Qazi Mohammad Younus
Players: Shaukat Mahmood Mufti (captain), Mukhtar Ali (vice-captain), Mohammad Jahangir, Jamshed Rana, Zafar Iqbal,
Mohammad Shahzada, Ejaz Ali, Shah Wali, Abdul Majeed, Fida-ur-Rahman, Abdul Wahid, Wazeer Ali,
Mohammad Yacqoob, Zulfiqar Ahmed, Mahmood Anwar, Samuel Gul, Aga Saeed, Arif Raza.
Poland U21 squad
Coach: Edmund Zientara
Players: Janusz Jedynak (GK) (Śląsk Wrocław), Robert Sęk (GK) (GKS Katowice), Andrzej Sikorski II (Legia Warszawa), Damian Łukasik (Lech Poznań),
Jacek Grembocki (Lechia Gdańsk), Wojciech Gorgoń (Zaglębie Sosnowiec), Andrzej Słowakiewicz (Hutnik Kraków),
Marek Piotrowicz (Górnik Zabrze), Witold Wenclewski (ŁKS), Juliusz Kruszankin (ŁKS), Marek Chojnacki (ŁKS),
Dariusz Marciniak (Śląsk Wrocław), Andrzej Rudy (Śląsk Wrocław), Marek Leśniak (Pogoń Szczecin), Mariusz Kuras (Pogoń Szczecin),
Marek Czakon (Olimpia Poznań), Krzysztof Warzycha (Ruch Chorzów), Zbigniew Kaczmarek [captain] (Legia Warszawa).
Romania U21 B squad (possibly incomplete)
Coach: Gheorghe Staicu
Assistant: Răducanu Necula
Players: Zoltan Iaşko (GK), Lucian Cristea (GK), Niţă Cireaşă, Marian Rada [captain], Ion Liviu Baicea,
Cristian Bozhar, Florin Popicu, Sorin Bobaru, Marcel Sabou, Nicolae Nuţă, Gheorghe Dumitraşcu,
Ioan Constantin Cojocaru, Iosif Rotariu, Pavel Badea, Claudiu Bozesan
Syria B squad (also referred to as the Al-Fotuwa club)
Head of delegation: Ismail Azawi
Coach: Anwar Abdel-Qader
Players: Nafea Abdel-Qader (GK), Saleh Matar (GK), Maher Faraj (GK), Mahmoud Noufel, Walid Awad, Adnan Jassem,
Jamal Anouishi, Anwar Abdel-Qader [captain], Nadhar Yassini, Hussam Yousef, Amer Es-Sayed Ali, Adnan Kharabeh,
Ahmed Asker, Hassan Mousa, Amer Awad, Jamal Said, Fouaz Habib.
Sources included: "Kayhan" (Tehran), "Kayhan Varzeshi" (Tehran), "Dawn" (Karachi), www.teammelli.com, www.magiran.com, "Przegląd Sportowy" (Poland), "Ghanaian Times" (Accra), "People's Daily Graphic" (Accra), "Sportul" (Romania)
Thanks: "Rooyintan", Gwidon Naskrent, Răzvan Toma, Romeo Ionescu
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