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)Indonesia Budi Sudarsono
Libya Zaghb Anis
Best player(s)Libya Zaghb Anis

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]

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 Brunei 200217-60
Brunei Brunei0 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 Brunei1 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. 1 2 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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