2008 Myanmar Grand Royal Challenge Cup

2008 Myanmar Grand Royal Challenge Cup
Tournament details
Host country	Myanmar
Dates	11 November 2008 - 21 November 2008
Teams	6
Venue(s)	Thuwunna YTC Stadium
Final positions
Champions	Myanmar (2nd title)
Runners-up	Indonesia
Tournament statistics
Top scorer(s)	Myanmar Soe Myat Min (5)

International football competition

The 2008 Myanmar Grand Royal Challenge Cup was the third edition of the Myanmar Grand Royal Challenge Cup, an annual football tournament held in Myanmar. The tournament took place from 11 November to 21 November 2008 in Yangon.

Teams

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^*: An invitee from the South Korean K League, Ulsan sent their reserve team.

^**: Vietnam sent their under-23 team.

Group stage

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Group A

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Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Myanmar	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1	4
Indonesia	2	1	0	1	3	2	+1	3
Bangladesh	2	0	1	1	0	2	-2	1

11 November 2008

Myanmar	0 – 0	Bangladesh
(Report)

Thuwunna YTC Stadium

Attendance: 5,500

13 November 2008

15:00

Bangladesh	0 – 2	Indonesia
(Report)	Firman 10' Talaohu 45'

Thuwunna YTC Stadium

15 November 2008

Myanmar	2 – 1	Indonesia
Yan Paing 44' Kyaw Thiha 65'	(Report)	Ismed 38'

Thuwunna YTC Stadium

Group B

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Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
South Korea Ulsan Hyundai Reserves	2	1	1	0	5	2	+3	4
Malaysia	2	1	1	0	4	1	+3	4
Vietnam	2	0	0	2	1	7	-6	0

12 November 2008

Malaysia	3 – 0	Vietnam
Indra Putra 26' Amirul 40' Hardi 55'	(Report)

Thuwunna YTC Stadium

14 November 2008

Malaysia	1 – 1	South Korea Ulsan Hyundai Reserves
Adha 52'	(Report)	Seo Sung-Hwan 83'

Thuwunna YTC Stadium

16 November 2008

Ulsan Hyundai Reserves South Korea	4 – 1	Vietnam
Lee Jin-Woo 48' Kim Sung-Min 56' Kim Cheol-Bae 68' Young Seok 82'	(Report)	Hoàng Nhật Nam 74'

Thuwunna YTC Stadium

Knockout stages

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Semi-finals Final

18 November

Myanmar 4

21 November

Malaysia 1

Myanmar 2

19 November

Indonesia 1

South Korea Ulsan Hyundai Reserve 0 (3)

Indonesia 0 (4)

Semi-finals

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18 November 2008

Myanmar	4 – 1	Malaysia
Soe Myat Min 25', 89' Myo Min Tun 65' Aung Kyaw Moe 90+3'	(Report) ^{[permanent dead link ‍]}	Amirul 75'

Thuwunna YTC Stadium

Attendance: 30,000

19 November 2008

Ulsan Hyundai Reserves South Korea	0 – 0 a.e.t.	Indonesia
(Report) ^{[permanent dead link ‍]}
Penalties
Park Dong-Hyuk soccer ball with check mark Lee Jin-Ho soccer ball with red X Kim Dong-Kyu soccer ball with check mark Seo Byung-Hwan soccer ball with check mark Park Byung-Gyu soccer ball with red X Kwon Hyuk-Jin soccer ball with red X	3 – 4	soccer ball with red X Bambang soccer ball with check mark Isnan soccer ball with red X Elie soccer ball with check mark Erol soccer ball with check mark Charis soccer ball with check mark Firman