2008 Indonesia Independence Cup

The 2008 Indonesia Independence Cup (also known as Pertamina Independence Cup 2008) was held at the Gelora Bung Karno Stadium in Jakarta, Indonesia. It was the 8th time the championship had been played since its inception in 1985. It marked the first time since 2000 that the championship was being held.[1]

2008 Indonesia Independence Cup
Tournament details
Host countryIndonesia
Dates21–29 August
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Indonesia (3rd title)
Runners-up Libya
Third place Indonesia U-21
Tournament statistics
Matches played10
Goals scored44 (4.4 per match)
Attendance131,700 (13,170 per match)
Top scorer(s) Budi Sudarsono
Zaghb Anis
Best player(s) Zaghb Anis

The tournament was played between 21–29 August and included national teams from Cambodia, Libya U-23, Myanmar and Brunei DPMM FC, as well as, two teams from the host nation, the Indonesia national team and the Indonesia U-21 national team. Teams from Europe, United States and Japan had been invited but declined to participate due to the timing of the event.[1]

The final game ended in controversy as the Libyan team refused to return to the field for the second half although leading 1 - 0. The Libyan team walked out following an incident between two coaches from each team. As a result, Indonesia was awarded 3 goals and declared the winner of the tournament.[2] The Libyan team accused a member of the Indonesia team of hitting Libya coach Gamal Adeen Nowara in the tunnel at halftime. [3][4]

Teams

Stadiums
City Stadium Capacity
Jakarta Gelora Bung Karno 100,000

Group Stages

All times local (UTC+7)

Group A
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Libya U-23 220092+76
 Indonesia U-21 210134-13
Brunei 200217-60
Brunei 0 – 2 Indonesia U-21
Report Novriansyah  57'
Mulyana  88'
Attendance: 1,000
Indonesia U-21 1 – 4 Libya U-23
Mulyana  75' Report Mohamed  25'
Allafi  37'
Salem  44'
Anis  62'
Brunei 1 – 5 Libya U-23
Shahrazen  82' Report Masoud  10'
Anis  21'
Eisa  35'
Ali  52'
Abdalla  71'
Attendance: 1,500

Group B
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Indonesia 2200110+116
 Myanmar 210175+23
 Cambodia 20021-14-130
Cambodia 0 – 7 Indonesia
Report Yulianto  8'
Budi S.  11', 28', 30', 36'
M. Ilham  51'
Bambang P.  88'
Attendance: 1,200
Myanmar 7 – 1 Cambodia
Khin  7'
Thien  21', 45', 76'
Min  50'
Yan  62', 87'		 Report Borey  17'
Attendance: 3,000
Indonesia 4 – 0 Myanmar
Suyono  6', 19'
Budi S.  48'
Bambang P.  77'		 Report

Knockout stages

All times local (UTC+7)

Knockout map
 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
27 August - Jakarta
 
 
  Libya U-23 5
 
29 August - Jakarta
 
  Myanmar 3
 
  Indonesia 3
 
27 August - Jakarta
 
  Libya U-23 1
 
  Indonesia U-21 0
 
 
  Indonesia 1
 
Third place
 
 
29 August - Jakarta
 
 
 Myanmar 0
 
 
 Indonesia U-211

Semi finals
 Libya U-235 – 3 Myanmar
Anis  26'  35'  54'
Abdalla  40'
Ali  84'		 Report Min  1'  42'
Paing  75'(pen)
Attendance: 5,000
Indonesia U-21 0 – 1 Indonesia
Report Astaman  20'
Attendance: 20,000

Finals
 Libya U-231 – 3* Indonesia
Abdalla  13' Report
Attendance: 50,000

Note: The match was cancelled at half time as Libya withdrew due to an altercation between two coaches of each team. Indonesia instantly awarded 3 goals.

Third Place

Indonesia U-21 1 – 0 Myanmar
Mulyana  10' Report
Attendance: 50,000

Winners

 2008 Indonesia Independence Cup Winner 

Indonesia
3rd title

References

  1. Four countries join Pertamina Independence Cup 2008, by Niken Prathivi, The Jakarta Post, 13-08-2008
  2. Indonesia handed Independence Cup, Jakarta Post, 30-08-2008
  3. A nightmare for Indonesian soccer, by Damar Harsanto, The Jakarta Post, 22-12-2008
  4. Riedl’s Indonesian Debut Pushed Back Archived 2011-10-06 at the Wayback Machine, by Wimbo Satwiko, The Jakarta Globe, 17-05-2010
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