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GH Bank win Zone 2 qualifier

Saturday, 24 March 2012

Ho Chi Minh: Kritsada Wongkaeo scored the only goal of the match as Thai outfit GH Bank RBAC edged Vietnam’s Thai Son Nam 1-0 to win the Zone 1 qualifier of the AFC Futsal Club Championship on Saturday.

In the match played at Phu Tho Stadium of Ho Chi Minh, the local side was trailed by a goal down as early as in the 3rd minute after Kritsada put the Thais in the lead. In the keenly contested battle, GH Bank were one-man down in the 19th minute when referee Mohammed Al Haddad sent competition’s highest scorer (9 goals) Suphawut Thueanklang off.

The decision highly affected the game plan of GH Bank as the free scoring side was contained with their only goal scored early in the match. Supawut’s exit made it worse as GH Bank were asked to play more than half of the match with one-man less.

Both the Saturday’s finalists Thai Son Nam and GH Bank RBAC and the two qualifiers from the Zone 1 will join the league winners of the host nation Kuwait as well as the national champions of Japan, Iran and Lebanon - whose club sides occupied the top three positions at the 2011 AFC Futsal Club Championship.




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Ardus top Zone 1 qualifier

Sunday, 25 March 2012

Tashkent: Ardus of Uzbekistan emerged winner of the Zone 1 qualifiers of the AFC Futsal Club Championship after thrashing Qatar’s Al Rayyan SC 9-1 in the Saturday’s top of the table clash.

Irsaleiv Dilshod and Sharipov Jamoliddin scored a hattrick each for the Uzbek giants who recorded comprehensive victories in all four matches played in the campaign accumulating 12 points and netting mammoth 24 goals. Al Rayyan, who are also qualified for the finals to be held in Kuwait alongside with Ardus, managed seven points from four matches.

Hattrick hero Sharipov initiated the demolition act for Ardus in the 9th minute and the floodgate continued with the campaign top scorer Dilshod bagging his goals in the 15th, 20th and 32nd minute to make his campaign tally seven goals. Sharipov also completed his hattrick in the 38th minute after firing his second in the 13th minute. He also ended being the second highest scorer of the campaign after scoring six goals.

Also in the scoresheet for Ardus were Farkhod Abdumavlyanov, Sviridov Konstantin and Rakhmatov Dilshod while Salem Al Zarhab of Al Rayyan was the one to grab consolation.

Ardus and Al Rayyan SC from Zone 1 and Thai Son Nam and GH Bank RBAC from the Zone 2 will join the league winners of the host nation Kuwait as well as the national champions of Japan, Iran and Lebanon - whose club sides occupied the top three positions at the 2011 AFC Futsal Club Championship.




Posted by Luca Ranocchiari --> luca.ranocchiari@futsalplanet.com