The 40th Merdeka Tournament was played from 15 to 25 October 2008. The tournament was won by Vietnam, who defeated Malaysia 6–5 on penalties in the final.

Teams

• (host country)

• *

• **

• ***

*Mozambique replaced Kazakhstan following Kazakhstan’s failure to confirm participation. Mozambique will play with their Under 20 squad.

**Sierra Leone will be sending their Under 20 squad.

***Vietnam will be sending their Under 22 squad.

Stadiums

*Venue for last group match change because of the poor pitch condition at the MBPJ Stadium.

Group stages

All times local (UTC+8)

Group A

Group B

Knockout stages

All times local (UTC+8)

Bracket

Semi-finals

Final

Winners

Goalscorers

1. 5 goals

2. Safee Sali

3. 4 goals

4. Indra Putra Mahayuddin

5. Phan Thanh Bình

6. 3 goals

7. Dwight Foray

8. 2 goals

9. Zaquan Adha

10. Ashaari Shamsuddin

11. Alusine Turay

12. Mohamed Kabia

13. Hoàng Đình Tùng

14. Nguyễn Đức Thiện

15. Trịnh Quang Vinh

16. Soe Myat Min

17. 1 goals

18. Lahai Freeman

19. Lajor Bah

20. Sulaiman Kamara

21. Amara Kamara

22. Amirul Hadi

23. Hairuddin Omar

24. Nizaruddin Yusof

25. Khyril Muhymeen

26. Aidil Zafuan

27. Hafizullah Qadami

28. Hashmatullah Barakzai

29. Sayed Bashir Azimi

30. Jahid Hasan Ameli

31. Mohamed Zahid Hossain

32. Jumanu Rai

33. Anil Gurung

34. Bijaya Gurung

35. Francisco Jange

36. Enio Saize

37. Mauricio Peguenino

38. Zaw Htet Aung

39. Min Thu

40. Khin Maung Lwin

41. Nguyễn Văn Khải

References