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{{Short description|2001 Merdeka Tournament is the 37th Editions}}{{EngvarB|date=November 2017}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2017}}
{{Infobox international football competition
| tourney_name       = Pestabola Merdeka
| year               = 2001
| other_titles       =
| image              =
| size               =
| caption            =
| country            = Malaysia
| dates              = 21–30 June
| num_teams          = 8
| venues             = 1
| cities             = 1
| champion           = Uzbekistan
| count              = 1
| second             = Bosnia
| third              =
| fourth             =
| matches            = 15
| goals              = 37
| attendance         =
| top_scorer         =
| player             =
| prevseason         = [[2000 Merdeka Tournament|2000]]
| nextseason         = [[2006 Merdeka Tournament|2006]]
}}

The '''2001 Merdeka Tournament''' is the 37th editions of the [[Merdeka Tournament]] and was held on 21 to 30 June 2001.

==Groups==
===Group stage===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
|bgcolor=#CCFFCC style="width: 20px;"|
|Teams qualified for next phase
|}

'''Group A'''
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!width="165"|Team
!width="20"|Pts
!width="20"|Pld
!width="20"|W
!width="20"|D
!width="20"|L
!width="20"|GF
!width="20"|GA
!width="20"|GD
|- style="background: #ccffcc;"
|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|Bosnia and Herzegovina}} [[Bosnia and Herzegovina national football team|Bosnia-Herzegovina]]
|7||3||2||1||0||4||2||+2
|- style="background: #ccffcc;"
|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|Bahrain}} [[Bahrain national football team|Bahrain]]
|6||3||2||0||1||6||3||+3
|- bgcolor=
|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|Slovakia}} [[Slovakia national football team|Slovakia]]
|3||3||1||0||2||2||3||–1
|- bgcolor=
|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|Malaysia}} [[Malaysia national football team|Malaysia]]
|1||3||0||1||2||4||8||–4
|}
{{footballbox
|date=21 June<br />18:30
|team1=[[Slovakia national football team|Slovakia]] {{flagicon|Slovakia}}
|score= 0–1
|report=
|team2={{flagicon|Bosnia and Herzegovina}} [[Bosnia and Herzegovina national football team|Bosnia-Herzegovina]]
|goals1=
|goals2=[[Milan Jambor]] {{goal|63|o.g.}}
|stadium=
|attendance=
|referee=
}}
----
{{footballbox
|date=21 June<br />20:30
|team1=[[Malaysia national football team|Malaysia]] {{flagicon|Malaysia}}
|score= 2–4
|report=
|team2={{flagicon|Bahrain}} [[Bahrain national football team|Bahrain]]
|goals1=[[Abdul Ghani Malik]] {{goal|25}}<br>[[Gilbert Cassidy Gawing]] {{goal|52}}
|goals2=[[Talal Yusuf]] {{goal|3}}<br>[[Hussain Ali Ahmed]] {{goal|70||85||90}}
|stadium=
|attendance=
|referee=
}}
----
{{footballbox
|date=23 June<br />18:30
|team1=[[Bosnia and Herzegovina national football team|Bosnia-Herzegovina]] {{flagicon|Bosnia and Herzegovina}}
|score= 1–0
|report=
|team2={{flagicon|Bahrain}} [[Bahrain national football team|Bahrain]]
|goals1=[[Almin Kulenović]] {{goal|3}}
|goals2=
|stadium=
|attendance=
|referee=
}}
----
{{footballbox
|date=23 June<br />20:30
|team1=[[Malaysia national football team|Malaysia]] {{flagicon|Malaysia}}
|score= 0–2
|report=
|team2={{flagicon|Slovakia}} [[Slovakia national football team|Slovakia]]
|goals1=
|goals2= [[Mario Breska]] {{goal|13||41}}
|stadium=
|attendance=
|referee=
}}
----
{{footballbox
|date=25 June<br />18:30
|team1=[[Bahrain national football team|Bahrain]] {{flagicon|Bahrain}}
|score= 2–0
|report=
|team2={{flagicon|Slovakia}} [[Slovakia national football team|Slovakia]]
|goals1=[[Rashed Jamal]] {{goal|35||66}}
|goals2=
|stadium=
|attendance=
|referee=
}}
----
{{footballbox
|date=25 June<br />20:30
|team1=[[Malaysia national football team|Malaysia]] {{flagicon|Malaysia}} 
|score= 2–2
|report=
|team2={{flagicon|Bosnia and Herzegovina}} [[Bosnia and Herzegovina national football team|Bosnia-Herzegovina]]
|goals1=[[Rusdi Suparman]] {{goal|70}}<br>[[Ahmad Shahrul Azhar]] {{goal|83}}
|goals2= [[Mohd Imran Ahmad]] {{goal|48|o.g.}} <br>[[Enes Mešanović]] {{goal|74}}
|stadium=
|attendance=
|referee=
}}

'''Group B'''

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!width="165"|Team
!width="20"|Pts
!width="20"|Pld
!width="20"|W
!width="20"|D
!width="20"|L
!width="20"|GF
!width="20"|GA
!width="20"|GD
|- style="background: #ccffcc;"
|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|Uzbekistan}} [[Uzbekistan national football team|Uzbekistan]]
|9||3||3||0||0||5||1||+4
|- style="background: #ccffcc;"
|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|Malaysia}} [[Malaysia national under-23 football team|Malaysia U-23]]
|6||3||2||0||1||4||4||0
|- bgcolor=
|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|Thailand}} [[Thailand national under-23 football team|Thailand U-23]]
|3||3||1||0||2||3||3||0
|- bgcolor=
|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|India}} [[India national football team|India]]
|0||3||0||0||3||2||6||–4
|}
{{footballbox
|date=22 June<br />18:30
|team1=[[Thailand national under-23 football team|Thailand U-23]] {{flagicon|Thailand}}
|score= 0–1
|report=
|team2={{flagicon|Uzbekistan}} [[Uzbekistan national football team|Uzbekistan]]
|goals1=
|goals2=[[Bakhtiyor Hamidullaev]] {{goal|69}}
|stadium=
|attendance=
|referee=
}}
----
{{footballbox
|date=22 June<br />20:30
|team1=[[Malaysia national under-23 football team|Malaysia U-23]] {{flagicon|Malaysia}}
|score= 2–1
|report=
|team2={{flagicon|India}} [[India national football team|India]]
|goals1=[[Indra Putra Mahayuddin]] {{goal|46}}<br>[[Mohd Nizaruddin Yusof]] {{goal|74}}
|goals2=[[Jules Alberto]] {{goal|85}}
|stadium=
|attendance=
|referee=
}}
----
{{footballbox
|date=24 June<br />18:30
|team1=[[Malaysia national under-23 football team|Malaysia U-23]] {{flagicon|Malaysia}}
|score= 0–2
|report=
|team2={{flagicon|Uzbekistan}} [[Uzbekistan national football team|Uzbekistan]]
|goals1=
|goals2=[[Andrey Vlasichev]] {{goal|62}}<br>[[Bakhodir Seytkamalov]] {{goal|71}}
|stadium=
|attendance=
|referee=
}}
----
{{footballbox
|date=24 June<br />20:30
|team1=[[India national football team|India]] {{flagicon|India}}
|score= 0–2
|report=
|team2={{flagicon|Thailand}} [[Thailand national under-23 football team|Thailand U-23]]
|goals1=
|goals2= [[Manit Noyvach]] {{goal|17}} <br> [[Nirut Surasiang]] {{goal|71}}
|stadium=
|attendance=
|referee=
}}
----
{{footballbox
|date=26 June<br />18:30
|team1=[[Uzbekistan national football team|Uzbekistan]] {{flagicon|Uzbekistan}}
|score= 2–1
|report=
|team2={{flagicon|India}} [[India national football team|India]]
|goals1=[[Bakhtiyor Hamidullaev]] {{goal|19}}<br>[[Anvar Berdiev]] {{goal|32}}
|goals2=[[I.M. Vijayan]] {{goal|45}}
|stadium=
|attendance=
|referee=
}}
----
{{footballbox
|date=26 June<br />20:30
|team1=[[Malaysia national under-23 football team|Malaysia U-23]] {{flagicon|Malaysia}} 
|score= 2–1
|report=
|team2={{flagicon|Thailand}} [[Thailand national under-23 football team|Thailand U-23]]
|goals1=[[S. Jayaprakash]] {{goal|32}}<br>[[K. Rajan]] {{goal|84}}
|goals2= [[Wuttiya Yong-ant]] {{goal|75}}
|stadium=
|attendance=
|referee=
}}

==Knockout stage==
{{Round4
<!--Date-Place/Team 1/Score 1/Team 2/Score 2 -->
|28 June - | {{flagicon|Bosnia and Herzegovina}} '''[[Bosnia and Herzegovina national football team|Bosnia-Herzegovina]]''' | '''2''' | {{flagicon|Malaysia}} [[Malaysia national under-23 football team|Malaysia U-23]] | 0
|28 June - | {{flagicon|Uzbekistan}} '''[[Uzbekistan national football team|Uzbekistan]]''' | '''2''' | {{flagicon|Bahrain}} [[Bahrain national football team|Bahrain]] | 0
<!--final -->
|30 June - | {{flagicon|Bosnia and Herzegovina}} [[Bosnia and Herzegovina national football team|Bosnia-Herzegovina]] | 1 | {{flagicon|Uzbekistan}} '''[[Uzbekistan national football team|Uzbekistan]] ([[a.e.t.]])''' | '''2'''}}

===Semi finals===
{{footballbox
|date=28 June<br />18:30
|team1=[[Bosnia and Herzegovina national football team|Bosnia-Herzegovina]] {{flagicon|Bosnia and Herzegovina}}
|score= 2–0
|report=
|team2={{flagicon|Malaysia}} [[Malaysia national under-23 football team|Malaysia U-23]]
|goals1=[[Jasmin Hurić]] {{goal|12}}<br>[[Almin Kulenović]] {{goal|19}}
|goals2=
|stadium=
|attendance=
|referee=
}}
----
{{footballbox
|date=28 June<br />20:30
|team1=[[Uzbekistan national football team|Uzbekistan]] {{flagicon|Uzbekistan}} 
|score= 2–0
|report=
|team2={{flagicon|Bahrain}} [[Bahrain national football team|Bahrain]]
|goals1=[[Bakhodir Seytkamalov]] {{goal|89||90}}
|goals2=
|stadium=
|attendance=
|referee=
}}

===Finals===
{{footballbox
|date=30 June<br />20:30
|team1=[[Bosnia and Herzegovina national football team|Bosnia-Herzegovina]] {{flagicon|Bosnia and Herzegovina}}
|score= 1–2 ([[a.e.t.]])
|report=
|team2={{flagicon|Uzbekistan}} [[Uzbekistan national football team|Uzbekistan]]
|goals1=[[Velimir Brašnić]] {{goal|90}}
|goals2=[[Leonid Koshelev]] {{goal|83}}<br>[[Bakhtiyor Hamidullaev]] {{goal|119}} 
|stadium=
|attendance=
|referee=
}}

==Award==
{{winners|fb|2001 Merdeka Tournament winner|Uzbekistan|1st}}

==External links==
* [https://www.rsssf.org/tablesm/merdeka01.html 2001 Merdeka Tournament at RSSF.com website]

{{Pestabola Merdeka}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Merdeka}}
[[Category:Merdeka Tournament|2001]]
[[Category:2001 in Malaysian football]]
[[Category:June 2001 sports events in Asia|Mer]]