21 August - 9 September.
The majority of matches were at the Merdeka Stadium in Kuala Lumpur, but several were not.
If known, the alternative venues are listed below.
Group 1
22- 8 Minas Gerais XI 3-2 Liberia
22- 8 Indonesia 5-1 Thailand
[Ely Rumaropan 10', Surul 15', Adjar Sudradjat 26' pen, Mariyanto 30',
Budi Yohannis 60' / Vochara Pongsawat 5']
24- 8 Malaysia 1-0 Thailand
[Zainal Abidin Hassan 42' pen]
24- 8 Papua New Guinea 2-1 Liberia
26- 8 Malaysia 2-2 Indonesia
[39' 64' pen / 20' 55']
27- 8 Minas Gerais XI 7-0 Papua New Guinea
[Edmar Bezerra x3, Jose Antonio Casagrande x2, Edicir Jose Moraes,
Jose Carlos Lourenco da Silva]
29- 8 Minas Gerais XI 2-0 Indonesia
29- 8 Malaysia 3-1 Liberia (in Kota Bharu)
[Zainal Abidin Hassan 56' 60' 79' pen / Terry Johnson 87']
29- 8 Papua New Guinea 4-1 Thailand
[Albert Saragum 11', Buka Pasar 18', Pieere Quazie 79', Kanawi Popal 90' / Sakda
Phramunee 74']
1- 9 Minas Gerais XI 4-0 Malaysia (in Kuantan)
[Jose Carlos Silva 3', Edson Ribeiro 29', Alexandrino Filho 51' 75']
1- 9 Papua New Guinea 1-0 Indonesia
[Pierre Quaze 45']
1- 9 Liberia 2-1 Thailand
[Edwin Morgan 17' 47' / Vochara Pongsawat 30']
4- 9 Minas Gerais XI 9-2 Thailand
[Alarcon Vilela 40' 60', Tibaldi Oliveira 43' 68', Alexandrino Filho 47' 64' 86',
Jose da Silva 53', Suvit Nimonnom 70' OG / Dhanachart Changmongkol 52',
Songwuti Khantatah 63']
4- 9 Malaysia 5-1 Papua New Guinea
[K.Gunasekaran 3', Azizul Abu Haniffa 34', Zainal Abidin Hassan 78', Hassan Sani 89',
Zulkilfi Hamzah 90' / Joe Saleh 40']
4- 9 Liberia 2-1 Indonesia (in Johor Bahru)
[Ferry Syahputra 20' OG, James Farrow 48' / Budi Yohannis 60']
1.MINAS GERAIS XI 5 5 0 0 25- 4 10
2.MALAYSIA 5 3 1 1 11- 8 7
3.Papua New Guinea 5 3 0 2 8-14 6
4.Liberia 5 2 0 3 8-10 4
5.Indonesia 5 1 1 3 8- 8 3
6.Thailand 5 0 0 5 5-21 0
Notes: Minas Gerais XI was a Brazilian state selection. Thailand sent a weakened team,
as their senior team had just returned from Asian Cup qualifiers in Indonesia, and the
players could not obtain permission from their employers for the Merdeka tournament.
It is not clear if their matches were regarded as official by the Football Association
of Thailand.
Group 2
21- 8 Malaysian Tigers 2-0 Pakistan (opening match)
[Kevin Keegan 44' 89']
23- 8 South Korea U21 6-1 Pakistan
[Choi Jin-Han, Shin Yeon-Ho x4, Lee Kyung-Nam / ?]
23- 8 China B 2-1 Primera B XI
[Wei Kexing 21', Wu Qunli 59' / Walter Fernandez 56']
24- 8 Malaysian Tigers 2-0 Algeria U20
25- 8 South Korea U21 4-0 Primera B XI
[Kim Jong-Kun x2, Kim Joon-Hyun, Shin Yeon-Ho]
26- 8 China B 6-1 Pakistan (in Ipoh)
[Ma Lin 2', Wi Qunli 5' 18' 22', Jiao Chunben 20', Wei Kexing 42' / Khalid Butt 21']
28- 8 South Korea U21 4-1 Algeria U20
[Choi Jin-Han, Yu Byung-Ok, Kim Jong-Boo, Kim Joon-Hyun / ?]
30- 8 China B 1-1 Algeria U20
[Chen Dong 56' / Bendjaballah Abderrahim 4']
30- 8 Primera B XI 2-1 Pakistan
[Rubén Rojas 62', Norberto Callipo 89' / Sharafat 83']
31- 8 South Korea U21 3-0 Malaysian Tigers (in Alor Setar)
[Lee Kyung-Nam 13' 64', Kim Pyung-Joong 45']
2- 9 Malaysian Tigers 1-1 Primera B XI
[Faridzul Kassim 12' / Carlos De Lucca 68']
3- 9 Algeria U20 0-2 Pakistan
[Sharafat 39' 69']
3- 9 South Korea U21 0-1 China B
[Wu Qunli 25']
5- 9 China B 1-1 Malaysian Tigers
[Zhang Daming 13' / Hassamuddin Hassan 79']
5- 9 Primera B XI 0-0 Algeria U20
1.SOUTH KOREA U21 5 4 0 1 17- 3 8
2.CHINA B 5 3 2 0 11- 4 8
3.Malaysian Tigers 5 2 2 1 6- 5 6
4.Primera B XI 5 1 2 2 4- 8 4
5.Algeria U20 5 0 2 3 2- 9 2
6.Pakistan 5 1 0 4 5-16 2
Notes: The South Korean team was essentially the same squad that competed
in the 1983 World under-20 Cup. The Malaysian Tigers team was a developmental
team of young Malaysian players, with former England international Kevin Keegan
as a guest player and coach. Primera B XI was a selection of players from the
second level of the Argentinian league.
Semifinals (Kuala Lumpur, Merdeka Stadium, att: 35000)
7- 9 South Korea U21 3-1 Malaysia
[Kim Jong-Boo 40' 60', Lee Kyung-Nam 75' / Zulkifli Hamzah 64']
[Ref: Lee Kok Leong (Singapore)]
[South Korea U21: Lee Moon-Young, Kim Pan-Keun, Kang Tae-Sik, Yoo Byung-Ok, Jang Jung,
Choi Jin-Han, Cho Min-Kook, Kim Jong-Kan, Lee Kyung-Nam (Kim Pyung-Joong),
Lee Tae-Hyung, Kim Jong-Boo.]
[Malaysia: R.Arumugam, Soh Chin Aun, K.Gunasegaran, Lim Teong Kim, Wong Hung Nung,
Ahmad Yusof, Azizul Abu Haniffa, Zulkifli Hamzah, Serbegeth Singh
(Muhidin Husin), Zainal Abidin Hassan, Nasir Yusof (Hassan Sani).]
7- 9 Minas Gerais XI 2-0 China B
[Marcio Ferreira 28', Alarcon Vilela 76']
[Ref: Jopie de Fretes (Indonesia)]
[Minas Gerais XI: Edson Camargo, Edicir de Moraes, Edson Ribeiro, Mauro da Costa,
Geraldo Lage, Genilson Cruz, Jose da Silva, Alarcon Vilela,
Alexandrino Filho, Givaldo de Oliveira (Paulo Barcelos 7'),
Marcio Ferreira.]
[China B: Wang Jiefi, Mai Chao, Gao Sheng, Xian Huiliang, Wang Dongning, Yin Yi,
Wei Kexing, Zhang Daming (Guo Yujun), Liu Zhongchang, Ma Lin, Wu Qunli.]
Final (Kuala Lumpur, Merdeka Stadium, att: 15000)
9- 9 South Korea U21 2-0 Minas Gerais XI
[Cho Min-Kook 62' 71']
[Ref: George Joseph (Malaysia)]
[South Korea: Lee Moon-Young, Kim Pan-Keun, Kang Tae-Sik, Yoo Byung-Ok, Jang Jung,
Cho Min-Kook, Choi Jin-Han, Kim Jong-Kan, Lee Tae-Hyung (Lee Kyung-Nam),
Kim Jong-Boo, Lee Sung-Hee (Shin Yeon-Ho).]
[Minas Gerais XI: Edson Camargo, Edicir de Moraes, Edson Ribeiro, Mauro da Costa,
Geraldo Lage, Genilson Cruz, Jose da Silva, Givaldo de Oliveira,
Alarcon Vilela, Alexandrino Filho, Marcio Ferreira.]
Official awards:
Nestle Fairplay award: South Korea
Dunhill Best Player award: Wang Dongning (China)
Argentina squad: "Selección de Primera B"
Coach: Albino Pascual Valentini
Daniel Alberto Baglioni (Banfield, GK),
Carlos Daniel Castagneto (Gimnasia y Esgrima LP, GK)
Víctor Hugo Alvarez (Deportivo Italiano)
Edgardo Luis Benedetti (El Porvenir)
Norberto Sebastián Callipo (Nueva Chicago)
Miguel Angel Colombatti (Deportivo Morón)
Carlos Gustavo De Luca (Talleres de Remedios de Escalada)
Walter René Fernández (Defensores de Belgrano)
Néstor Humberto Ferraresi (All Boys)
Héctor Daniel Monroig (Estudiantes de Buenos Aires)
Omar Eduardo Montero (Argentino de Rosario)
Claudio Javier Nigretti (Lanús)
Julio Omar Pedernera (Quilmes)
Leandro Anarcasio Pérez (Deportivo Español)
Rubén Alejandro Rojas (Los Andes)
Jorge Ernesto Trezeguet (El Porvenir)
Roberto Benito Vega (Nueva Chicago)
Note: in February 1985, the AFA banned all the players from selection for the national team
for three years, due to 'sporting irregularities'. Allegedly, the score of the match
vs Pakistan was arranged to promote illegal gambling. There were various other
attempts by illegal gambling syndicates to bribe players of several teams to fix results,
and several arrests were made, though officially no match was found to have been fixed.
Sources: New Straits Times, Associated Press, The Times, Xinhua News Agency
Thanks to Fabio Daniel Peglia, 'Tanaka'
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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