The 2018 PSSI Anniversary Cup was a four-team under-23

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tournament held at

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Bogor Regency Bogor Regency ( Indonesian: ''Kabupaten Bogor'') is a landlocked regency (''kabupaten'') of West Java province in Indonesia, situated south of DKI Jakarta. Covering an area of 2,991.78 km2, it is considered largely a bedroom community for J ...

from 27 April until 3 May 2018. The tournament was organised to commemorate the 88th anniversary of

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(PSSI). Earlier, the tournament was expected to be kicked off on 28 April, however PSSI later changed it on 27 April due to Liga 1 matches that were to be held on that day.

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emerged as the tournament champion with 7 points ahead of the rest of the teams.

Participating nations

A total of four nations comprising host

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, Bahrain,

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and

Malaysia Malaysia is a country in Southeast Asia. Featuring the Tanjung Piai, southernmost point of continental Eurasia, it is a federation, federal constitutional monarchy consisting of States and federal territories of Malaysia, 13 states and thre ...

have earlier announced their participation in the tournament. On 12 April 2018, Malaysia announced their withdrawal as the tournament date is coinciding with their league schedule that resulted in each of their players to be busy with their respective club matches that will prevent them from playing with the national team. Two replacement candidates from

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and

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are then called by PSSI, with

Thailand Thailand, officially the Kingdom of Thailand and historically known as Siam (the official name until 1939), is a country in Southeast Asia on the Mainland Southeast Asia, Indochinese Peninsula. With a population of almost 66 million, it spa ...

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Turkmenistan Turkmenistan is a landlocked country in Central Asia bordered by Kazakhstan to the northwest, Uzbekistan to the north, east and northeast, Afghanistan to the southeast, Iran to the south and southwest and the Caspian Sea to the west. Ash ...

and

Tajikistan Tajikistan, officially the Republic of Tajikistan, is a landlocked country in Central Asia. Dushanbe is the capital city, capital and most populous city. Tajikistan borders Afghanistan to the Afghanistan–Tajikistan border, south, Uzbekistan to ...

being also decided as other potential candidates despite both Thailand and Vietnam having responded that their players were also busy with tight league schedules in their country. The PSSI later decided Uzbekistan as the suitable replacement candidate. * (Host) * * * (replacing )

Match officials

The following referees and their assistants were chosen for the tournament. ;Referees * Khoun Virak * Luk Kin Sun * Mustafa Umarella * Yudi Nurcahya ;Assistant referees * Fok Pong Shing * Wong Ping Chung * Agus Mulyadi * Agus Prima Aspa * Dedek Duha

Regulation

The tournament followed

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regulation with all participating teams will be using their U-23 national team with an advantage to use three senior players. It was decided through a

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and team with the highest point would become the winner.

Venue

The sole venue stadium was the

. Earlier, the PSSI also expected the

Gelora Bung Karno Stadium Gelora Bung Karno Main Stadium (; literal translation, literally "Bung Karno Sports Arena Main Stadium"), formerly Senayan Main Stadium and Gelora Senayan Main Stadium, is a multi-purpose stadium located at the center of the Gelora Bung Karno Spor ...

Jakarta Jakarta (; , Betawi language, Betawi: ''Jakartè''), officially the Special Capital Region of Jakarta (; ''DKI Jakarta'') and formerly known as Batavia, Dutch East Indies, Batavia until 1949, is the capital and largest city of Indonesia and ...

to be used for the tournament, but the stadium was being renovated to host the upcoming

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, where Indonesia became the host.

Standings

Matches

* All matches played in

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Winners

Goalscorers

;3 goals *

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;2 goals * Ahmed Al-Sherooqi * Jo Sol-song ;1 goal * Ahmed Sanad * Jasim Alsalma * Sayed Hashim Isa *

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* Khojiakbar Alijonov * Azibek Amonov * Husniddin Gafurov *

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* Andrey Sidorov

References

{{Friendly tournaments 2018 International association football competitions hosted by Indonesia April 2018 sports events in Indonesia May 2018 sports events in Indonesia