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Bernama.comMalaysia Give Maldives DrubbingKUANTAN, April 20 (Bernama) -- Malaysia landed their second big win in Group A in the qualifying rounds for the Asian Futsal Championship when they gave the Maldives an 8-0 drubbing at the Pahang Indoor Stadium Thursday.
They had beaten Vietnam 8-6 Wednesday.
Maldives, who narrowly lost 2-3 to Cambodia Wednesday, were unable to contain the skilful Malaysians and were at the mercy of the hosts.
Malaysia's goals were scored by Mohd Fuad Yusof (1st minute), Mohamad Feroz Ab Karnim (3rd), Mohd Saiful Md Noor (13th and 27th), Ng Boon Leong (14th), Mohd Zaidi Zul Khapri (29th), Kartik Murugasam (32nd) and V. Muniswaran (36th).
Malaysia will meet Cambodia Friday.
In another Group A match, Gevorkyan Artur emerged as the hero for Turkmenistan by scoring five goals in their 6-2 defeat of Cambodia. Their other goal was contributed by Resulov Agajan.
Kao Kiri supplied both of Cambodia's goals.
In Group B, Hong Kong recorded their first win after two matches, hammering Macau 14-2. They lost 2-3 to Australia Wednesday.
Friday's fixtures:
South Korea vs Australia - 2pm
MALAYSIA vs Cambodia - 4pm
Turkmenistan vs Vietnam - 6pm
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Australian FAQantas Futsalroos qualify for AFC finals Thursday 21 April 2005The Qantas Futsalroos have recorded an upset 5-4 victory over highly fancied Korea Republic at the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Futsal Championship qualifying tournament currently being held in Kuantan, Malaysia.
The Qantas Futsalroos took the lead in the 12th minute when National team debutant Goran Josifovski slotted his shot into the bottom-left corner of the goal from an Adrian Vizzari pass.
Qantas Futsalroos captain Andrew Nolan doubled his teams lead in the 19th minute with a deft back-heel, but Korea Republic scored two quick goals just before half-time to level the score going into the break.
Korea take the lead in the opening minute of the second half, but Lachlan Wright equalised a minute later with a great solo effort.
Adrian Vizzari gave the Qantas Futsalroos the lead again in the 34th minute after he latched onto an Andrew Nolan pass following some good build-up play. In the 38th minute Goran Josifovski scored his second, and put the game beyond doubt, with a screaming shot into the roof of the net.
Korea Republic rallied late and pegged another goal back from a 10 metre penalty in the 40th minute, but from the restart the Qantas Futsalroos defence held firm under a torrent of pressure and the score line remained unchanged up to the final whistle.
The win puts the Qantas Futsalroos at the top of pool B and guarantees them a place at the AFC Futsal Championship which will be held in Uzbekistan next month. Not even an unlikely loss to bottom side Macau in tomorrow’s final game, will see Australia miss out, with one team of either Korea Republic or Hong Kong to join the Qantas Futsalroos in Uzbekistan.
"We went into the tournament as underdogs, but tonight we proved that we deserved to go to Uzbekistan after beating the higher ranked teams from Hong Kong and Korea Republic," said Qantas Futsalroos coach, Scott Gilligan
"The boys dug deep against the Koreans and produced one of the best performances that I have ever seen by an Australian Men's Futsal team."
"We are now looking to complete a clean sweep, which was our goal for the tournament, by beating Macau tomorrow. Another good performance in that match will also help us in our preparations for Uzbekistan in May."
Match Details Australia 5 (Goran Josifovski 12'/38', Andrew Nolan 19', Lachlan Wright 22', Adrian Vizzari 34' )
Korea Republic 4 (Lee Sang Keun 20'/21', Song Ho Young 20'/40')
Australia starting five: Gavin O’Brien (gk), Scott Manson, Miles Downie, Andrew Nolan (c), Lachlan Wright.
Substitutes: Goran Josifovski, Christopher Zeballos, Adrian Vizzari, Andrew Paine, Trent Flanigan, Luke Haydon
Subs not used: Peter Spathis (gk)
Not in line-up: Keenan Duimpies, Elia Salloum
AFC Futsal Championship Qualifying tournament
Pool B - Results & Fixtures
Round 1 - 20 April 2006
Qantas Futsalroos 3 - Hong Kong 2
Korea Republic 8 - Macau 1
Round 2 - 21 April 2006
Qantas Futsalroos 5 - Korea Republic 4
Hong Kong 14 - Macau 2
Round 3 - 22 April 2006
Qantas Futsalroos v Macau
Korea Republic v Hong Kong
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Bernama.comMalaysia, Turkmenistan And Australia Qualify For Asia CupKUANTAN, April 21 (Bernama)Malaysia are through to the Futsal Asia Cup 2006 after defeating Cambodia in the qualifying round here Friday.
Malaysia beat Cambodia 9-2 with goals from Mohd Saiful Md Noor in the 1st, 8th and 29th minutes, Addie Azwan Zainal (3rd, 19th, 25th), Mohamad Feroz Ab Karnim (13th, 21st) and Mohd Azari Ithnain (31st) while Cambodia scored through Teab Vathanak (6th) and Peas Sothy (31st).
The win is Malaysia's third in Group A which gave the team nine points after victories against Vietnam (8-6) and Maldives (8-0).
Meanwhile, Turkmenistan also made it to the Asia Cup after defeating Vietnam 2-0, their third consecutive victory.
Turkmenistan scored the goals through Sidorov Aleksandr (7th) and Gevorkyan Artur (26th).
In Group B, Australia became the first team to qualify by defeating South Korea 5-4.
Australia's goals came from Josifovski Goran (10th, 38th), Nolan Andrew (20th), Wright Lachlan (23rd) and Vizzari Adrian (35th) while South Korea replied through Kim Sun Young (19th, 20th), Jeun Jun Young (23rd) and Song Ho Young (38th).
Australia, which collected six points, earlier defeated Hong Kong 3-2.
The other qualifier from Group B for the Asia meet will be determined in the match between Hong Kong and South Korea Saturday.
The schedule for Saturday's matches:
- Vietnam vs Maldives - 2pm
- Macau vs Australia - 4pm
- MALAYSIA vs Turkmenistan - 6pm
- South Korea vs Hong Kong - 8pm
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The star Malaysia win berth to Uzbekistan after thrashing CambodiaPETALING JAYA: Host Malaysia are through to the semi-finals of the Asian Football Confederation's (AFC) futsal qualifying tournament when they picked up their third straight win in Group A after beating Cambodia 9-2 at the Sukpa Indoor Stadium in Kuantan yesterday.
The national team, by virtue of finishing ini the top two in their group, also clinched the ticket to the Finals in Uzbekistan from May 21-28.
Skipper Mohd Saiful Mohd Noor (1st, 8th, 29th minutes) and Addie Azwan Zainal (3rd, 11th, 25th) scored hat-tricks in the big win. The other scorers were Mohd Feroz Karnim (13th, 21st) and Mohd Azari Ithnain (31st). Cambodia’s goals came from Peas Sothy (6th) and Teab Vaphanak (32nd).
Team manager Hamidin Mohd Amin said it was important to secure qualification early. Malaysia will wrap up their group fixtures against tournament favourites Turkmenistan (6pm) today. The Malaysians had earlier defeated Vietnam 8-6 and Maldives 8-0.
“What is important is that the boys have qualified for the Finals in Uzbekistan next month. Our mission is not over as we have a tough game against Turkmenistan (today) to decide the group winners,” said Hamidin.
Meanwhile, Australia advanced into the last four after a narrow 5-4 win over South Korea in Group B yesterday. The Aussies had edged Hong Kong 3-2 in their opening game.
Hong Kong and South Korea, both on three points, will battle it out for the remaining semi-final berth.
Results
Group A: Malaysia 9 Cambodia 2; Turkmenistan 2 Vietnam 0.
Group B: South Korea 4 Australia 5.
Today's fixtures
Group A: Vietnam vs Maldives (2pm); Malaysia vs Turkmenistan (6pm);
Group B: Macau vs Australia (4pm); South Korea vs Hong Kong (8pm).
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The starMalaysia qualify for the finalsApril 22MALAYSIA earned their third win in the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Futsal qualifiers yesterday to put them in good stead for the game against Turkmenistan today.
With today’s win, Malaysia have qualified for the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Futsal championship as the top two teams from each group advance to the finals in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, from May 21-28.
Malaysia had earlier beaten Cambodia 9-2 on Friday, Vietnam 8-6 in the first game and the Maldives 8-0 on Thursday.
“The boys played really well today (yesterday) and they deserve credit for their performance,” said head coach P. Balakrishnan.
“The win has put the team in the right frame of mind to take on Turkmenistan tomorrow (today). Although they might be better than us, we can give them a fight,” said Balakrishnan.
Kuala Lumpur’s Addie Azwan Zainal was in his best form with goals in the third, 11th and 25th minute while skipper Saiful Mohd Nor scored the second hat-trick in the 1st, 8th and 29th minute.
The other scorers were Mohd Feroz Ab Karnim (13th and 21st minute) and Mohd Azari Ithnain (31st) while Peas Sothy and Teab Vaphanak scored for Cambodia in the 6th and 32nd minute respectively.
In a Group B yesterday, Australia won their second game of the competition with a close 5-4 victory over South Korea.
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