2007 Merdeka Tournament

2007 Pestabola Merdeka

Tournament details
Host country	Malaysia
Dates	20 - 29 August
Teams	8
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Malaysia (1st title)
Runners-up	Myanmar
Tournament statistics
Matches played	15
Goals scored	44 (2.93 per match)

The 2007 Merdeka Tournament is the 39th editions of the Merdeka Tournament and was held on August 20 to August 29, 2007.

Groups

Group stage

Teams qualified for next phase

Group A

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
Myanmar	9	3	3	0	0	4	1
Malaysia U-23	6	3	2	0	1	7	2
Lesotho	3	3	1	0	2	3	6
Laos	0	3	0	0	3	1	6

Myanmar  v  Lesotho

20 August 18:30

Myanmar	1 – 0	Lesotho
Soe Myat Min  49'

MBPJ Stadium

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Malaysia  v  Laos

20 August 20:30

Malaysia	2 – 0	Laos
Mohd Safee Mohd Sali  32' Muhammad Shukor Adan 53'

MBPJ Stadium

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Myanmar  v  Malaysia

23 August 18:30

Myanmar	2 – 1	Malaysia
Aung Myo Thant  42' Yan Paing 50'		Mohd Zaquan Adha Abdul Radzak  70'

MBPJ Stadium

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Lesotho  v  Laos

23 August 20:30

Lesotho	3 – 1	Laos
Potse Refiloe  3' Maipato Tefo 6' Moleko Katleho  23'		Visay Phaphouvanin  26'

MBPJ Stadium

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Malaysia  v  Lesotho

25 August 18:30

Malaysia	4 – 0	Lesotho
Muhammad Shukor Adan  44' Mohd Khyril Muhymeen Zambri 47' Mohd Zaquan Adha Abdul Radzak  50' Norshahrul Idlan Talaha 59'

MBPJ Stadium

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Myanmar  v  Laos

25 August 20:30

Myanmar	1 – 0	Laos
Yan Paing  30'

MBPJ Stadium

Group B

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
Singapore	9	3	3	0	0	7	3
Zimbabwe	6	3	2	0	1	6	6
Indonesia U-23	3	3	1	0	2	2	2
Bangladesh	0	3	0	0	3	2	5

Singapore  v  Zimbabwe

21 August 18:30

Singapore	4 – 2	Zimbabwe
Agu Casmir  5' Khairul Amri 22' Ridhuan Muhammad  30' Fazrul Nawaz 34'		Johannes Ngodzo  48' Lionel Mtizwa  60'

Shah Alam Stadium

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Indonesia  v  Bangladesh

21 August 20:30

Indonesia	1 – 0	Bangladesh
Cornelius Map  27'

Shah Alam Stadium

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Singapore  v  Bangladesh

23 August 18:30

Singapore	2 – 1	Bangladesh
Ridhuan Muhammad  43' Fazrul Nawaz 45'		Zumratul Hossain Mithu  89'

Shah Alam Stadium

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Indonesia  v  Zimbabwe

23 August 20:30

Indonesia	1 – 2	Zimbabwe
Cornelius Map  45'		Mutshumaveli Moyo  26' Philip Marufu  57'

Shah Alam Stadium

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Indonesia  v  Singapore

25 August 18:30

Indonesia	0 – 2	Singapore
		Ridhuan Muhammad  7' Agu Casmir  85'

Shah Alam Stadium

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Bangladesh  v  Zimbabwe

25 August 20:30

Bangladesh	1 – 2	Zimbabwe
Saifur Rahman Moni  88'		Lionel Mtizwa  38' Johannes Ngodzo  58'

Shah Alam Stadium

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Knockout stage

	Semi-finals				Final
	27 August - MBPJ Stadium
	Myanmar	3
	Zimbabwe	1
					29 August - Shah Alam Stadium
					Myanmar	1
					Malaysia U-23	3
	27 August - MBPJ Stadium
	Singapore	1
	Malaysia U-23	3

Semi finals

Myanmar  v  Zimbabwe

27 August 18:30

Myanmar	3 – 1	Zimbabwe
Yan Paing  32, 57' Yazar Win Thein  88'

MBPJ Stadium

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Malaysia  v  Singapore

27 August 20:30

Malaysia	3 – 1	Singapore
Mohd Khyril Muhymeen Zambri  14' Mohd Safee Mohd Sali  18, 76'		Agu Casmir  48'

MBPJ Stadium

Finals

Myanmar  v  Malaysia

29 August 20:30

Myanmar	1 – 3	Malaysia
Tun Tun Win  73'		Mohd Zaquan Adha Abdul Radzak  12' Khin Maung Lwin  56(og)' Mohd Safee Mohd Sali  60'

Shah Alam Stadium

Award

2007 Merdeka Tournament Winner
Malaysia 1st title

External links

• 2007 Merdeka Tournament at RSSF.com website