The
9th AFC Champs Qualifiers is currently in progress in Chinese Taipei. Yesterday took place the first day of games, which registered the clear victory of Iraq over Guam in the opening match. Same winning destiny for Korea Republic and Lebanon respectively over Indonesia and Philippines. In the final game of day 1, the host country Chinese Taipei emerged winner over Maldives, at the end of an extremely balanced match.
Below you can have a look at all matches details, as well as enjoying some pictures from the tournament!
Special thanks to our collaborator from Chinese Taipei
Fatih Kale and to
Robert Lee (Leadtek Sports)
9th AFC Champs Qualifiers - Chinese Taipei 2007Day 11/3/2007Taipei Xinzhuang (Chinese Taipei)
Hall: Hsin Chuang Gymnasium
h. 14.00
Iraq - Guam
19-0 (12-0)Attendance: 22
IRAQ:
Starting Five: (1) ABDUL KADIR, (5) HUSSEIN ALI, (7) AHMED ANUIR, (9) WELEED MUTHASER, (10) ABDULKARIM RADI
Substitutions: (3) ZAIAD YADAM, (4) SARMAD HAIDAR, (6) AMER KHALAF, (8) HASIM KADHIM, (11) ABBAS SALMAN, (13) AHMAD ANUIR, (14) YASIR JABIR.
Coach: A.S. SALIH
GUAM:
Starting Five: (5) DOMINIC GAIDA, (7) ZACHERY JAMES, (8) ELIAS FRANCIS, (15) RIC FRANCIS, (16) JOSEPH PATRIC.
Substitutions: (1) BRETT SIMON, (2) JAMES LEE, (9) IAN ANTHONY, (10) MARVIN JAMES, (12) MANDRE TACADINA, (13) ED CHRISTIAN, (14) ASSHINA HIRO.
Coach: TSIKITAE NOIRO
Scorers:
1-0 WELEED MUTHASER (2”)
2-0 ABDULKARIM RADI (3’)
3-0 AHMED ANUIR (4’)
4-0 AHMED ANUIR (6’)
5-0 ABDULKARIM RADI (6’)
6-0 HASIM KADHIM (7’)
7-0 HASIM KADHIM (8’)
8-0 AHMED ANUIR (10’)
9-0 YASIR JABIR (16’)
10-0 HASIM KADHIM (17’)
11-0 HASIM KADHIM (18’)
12-0 ABDULKARIM RADI (18’)
13-0 HUSSEIN ALI (22’)
14-0 AMER KHALAF (24’)
15-0 AHMED ANUIR (25’)
16-0 AMER KHALAF (31’)
17-0 HUSSEIN ALI (34’)
18-0 AMER KHALAF (39’)
19-0 AHMED ANUIR (39’)
First Referee: YO M. S. (TPE)
Second Referee: SHINICHI HIRANO (JAP)
Third Referee: REY RIGATA (PHL)
Timekeeper: n/a
Delegate: n/a
Fouls:
First Half: 0/3
Second Half: 3/2
Yellow card:
HASIM KADHIM (23’), ABDULKARIM RADI (25’); RIC FRANCIS (23')
Iraq is ready to start (Photo courtesy: Fatih Kale)

Free kick by Ahmed Anuir (Photo courtesy: Fatih Kale)

Serious injury for the Iraqi captain Weleed Mutaser (Photo courtesy: Fatih Kale)

Impressive match for the "giant" Hasim Kadhim, four goals! (Photo courtesy: Leadtek Sports)

And the same performance for Ahmed Anuir! (Photo courtesy: Leadtek Sports)

h. 15.40
Indonesia - Korea Republic
1-6 (0-2)Attendance: 56
INDONESIAStarting five: (1) ABU BAKAR, (4) ACHMAD SYAIBANI, (7) SAFARUDIN, (8) VERNES POLNAYA (Cap.), (9) SAYAN KARMADI
Substitutions: (2) ANDRIAN ASURI, (5) SOCRATES MATULESSY, (6) JEALANI LADJANABI, (10) HDENY HANDOYO, (13) USRAQUAL ISAA, (14) ANGGA SURYASAPURTA, (15) DEDE SULAEMAN
Coach: JUSTINUS LHAKSANA
KOREA REPUBLICStarting five: (1) KIM MIN JIN, (3) LEE SANG KEUN (Cap.), (5) SUNG HAN SOO, (6) KIM JEONG NAM, (11) CHOI SUNG
Substitutions: (2) PARK JUN HUK, (4) CHOI SUNG, (7) KIM TAE WOO, (8) KWAN DA HYE, (9)SHIN HAN KOOK, (10) CHOI KEUM YONG, (12) LEE WONG KYUNG
Coach: PARK MAL BONG
Scorers:
0-1 CHOI SUNG (5')
0-2 CHOI SUNG (15')
0-3 KIM JEONG NAM (30')
0-4 LEE SANG KEUN (36') (penalty)
1-4 JEALANI LADJANABI (38')
1-5 CHOI SUNG (38')
1-6 LEE SANG KEUN (39') (double penalty)
Referees: n/a
Yellow card: JEALANI LADJANABI, CHOI SUNG
Fouls1st half: 6-5
2nd half: 7-0
Korean goal! (Photo courtesy: Fatih Kale)

h. 17.20
Attendance: 64
Lebanon - Philippines
8-2 (4-0)LEBANON:
Starting Five: (1) RABIE ELKAKI, (6) RABIH CHAAYA, (8) IBRAHIM HAMOUD, (10) HAYSAM ATWI, (11) KHALED TAKAJI
Substitutions: (2) JOSEPH ATIE, (3) HASSAN MAHMOUD, (4) SERGE SAID, (7) MAHMOUD ITANI, (9) ABBAS FADLALLAH, (12) MOHAMMED ISKANDARANI, (13) SARKIS ASKADJIAN
Coach: DORY ZAKHOUR
PHILIPPINES:
Starting Five: (1) M.S.N. CHUA, (5) ELVIN MARCELLANA, (7) ALI ROJAS GO, (8) PAUL ESPINOSA, (14) ARRIEL ZARRUDI.
Substitutions: (2) ROMEO PARANPAN, (3) MARNIE MARASIGAN, (4) NASSER HUSEINZADE, (6) JOSEPH TANJANGCO, (9) MISAGH BAHADORAN, (10) PEYMAN CABARRUS, (12) XAREX VELASQUEZ.
Coach: ESMAEIL SEDIG
Scorers:
1-0 KHALED TAKAJI (2') (penalty)
2-0 RABIH CHAAYA (5')
3-0 HAYSAM ATWI (7') (penalty)
4-0 RABIH CHAAYA (8')
5-0 HAYSAM ATWI (21')
5-1 XAREX VELASQUEZ (25')
6-1 RABIH CHAAYA (28')
7-1 KHALED TAKAJI (29')
8-1 RABIH CHAAYA (32')
8-2 PEYMAN CABARRUS (40')
First Referee: HUSEIN KHALID (JOR)
Second Referee: LAM CHI HO (H.K)
Third Referee: SAMUEL CHEN (H.K)
Timekeeper: HIRANO SHINICHI (JAP)
Delegate: LAI TECK (SIN)
Fouls:
1st Half: 2/5
2nd Half: 1/4
Yellow card: ALI ROJAS GO
Red card: ELVIN MARCELLANA
Lebanese National team (Photo courtesy: Fatih Kale)

An attempt by Lebanon (Photo courtesy: Fatih Kale)

h. 19.00
Attendance: 150
Chinese Taipei - Maldives
6-1 (2-0)CHINESE TAIPEI:
Starting Five: (18) Jen-Feng HSU, (8) Chun-Chieh CHEN, (2) Fu-Hsiang CHANG, (7) Pao-Hsing FENG, (20) Chiu-Ching HUANG
Substitutions: (1) Yung Hsuan CHIANG, (3) Meng-Chian LEE, (4) Ching-Jen FANG, (6) Tai-Lin TSENG, (11) Chih-Chieh TSAI), (13) Chih-Sheng WANG, (16) Bing-Hsin CHEN
Coach: Kuei-Jen CHEN
MALDIVES:
Starting Five: (18) Abdulla Hafiz ALI, (4) Irufan AHMED, (5) Naseer ABDULLA, (17) Mazuhar ABDULLA, (20) Noor IBRAHIM.
Substitutions: (1) Ahmed AHSAN, (2) Hussain ADEEL, (3) Najeeb HAISHAN, (8) Ismail MOHAMED, (9) Ibrahim HUSSAIN, (13) Visal AHMED, (16) Mahzoom MOHAMED
Coach: Ali MOHAMED
Scorers:
1-0 Tai-Lin Tseng (14')
2-0 Fu-Hsiang Chang (17')
2-1 Visal Ahmed (22')
3-1 Ching-Jen Fang (34')
4-1 Ching-Jen Fang (34')
5-1 Chih-Chieh Tsai (35')
6-1 Chun-Chieh Chen (35')
Referees: n/a
Fouls:
First Half: n/a
Second Half: n/a
Yellow card: none
Chinese Taipei National team (Photo courtesy: Fatih Kale)

Movement in the Maldivian area (Photo courtesy: Fatih Kale)

Ching-Jen Fang in action (Photo courtesy: Leadtek Sports)

Tai-Lin Tseng in the Maldivian cage (Photo courtesy: Leadtek Sports)

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