Football at the 1985 Brunei Merdeka Games

Football at the 1985 Brunei Merdeka Games
Tournament details
Host country  Brunei
Dates 24 March – 31 March
Teams 6
Final positions
Champions Singapore XI (1st title)
Runners-up  Brunei
Tournament statistics
Matches played 9
Goals scored 28 (3.11 per match)
1986 →

The football tournament at the 1985 Brunei Merdeka Games was held from June 24 to 31 in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei.

Contents

Teams

The standard of the teams is not clear. Brunei and Philippines were probably the full national teams. Singapore is unlikely to have been the national team. Malaysia, Indonesia, and Thailand were definitely not (their full national teams were playing in World Cup qualifiers during this period). Indonesia was represented by a selection from the Perserikatan league.

Group stage

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Singapore XI 2 1 1 0 5 1 +4 3
 Brunei 2 1 1 0 5 2 +3 3
 Philippines 2 0 0 2 1 8 −7 0
24.03.1985
 Brunei  4 – 1  Philippines Bandar Seri Begawan
25.03.1985
 Singapore XI 4 – 0  Philippines Bandar Seri Begawan
26.03.1985
 Brunei  1 – 1 Singapore XI Bandar Seri Begawan

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Malaysia XI 2 2 0 0 4 1 +3 4
Indonesia XI 2 1 0 1 2 2 0 2
Thailand XI 2 0 0 2 4 1 −3 0
25.03.1985
 Malaysia XI 2 – 1 Thailand XI Bandar Seri Begawan
26.03.1985
 Malaysia XI 2 – 0 Indonesia Bandar Seri Begawan
27.03.1985
 Indonesia XI 2 – 0 Thailand XI Bandar Seri Begawan

Knockout stage

Semi-finals

29.03.1985
 Brunei  4 – 2 Malaysia XI Bandar Seri Begawan
29.03.1985
 Singapore XI 2 – 0 Indonesia XI Bandar Seri Begawan

Bronze medal match

Bronze medal match unknown (if any).

Gold medal match

31.03.1985
 Brunei  1 – 1 Singapore XI Bandar Seri Begawan
  Penalties  
1 – 3

References