KUALA LUMPUR (28 Oct 2011) – Ong Kim Swee, the national Under-23 coach of Malaysia is not perturbed with the latest change in schedule where now the first match in Group A of the men’s football event has been brought forward to 7 November 2011.
Initially, the first game in Group A which involved defending champions Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore, Indonesia and Cambodia was supposed to kick off on 9 November 2011.
But after announcing that it has been changed to 8 November 2011 earlier in the week, the latest letter from PSSI (FA of Indonesia) stated that the first game in the group will now be played on 7 November 2011 instead.
The letter was signed by PSSI general secretary Tri Goestoro.
The first game in Group B will see Singapore taking on Malaysia (1600hrs) while hosts Indonesia will play Cambodia (1900hrs) in the second game.
Both matches will be played at the Stadion Utama Gelora Bung Karno.
“I believe that the Indonesian organisers must have their reasons for making these abrupt changes. It is not easy to organize events of this magnitude and we must be positive about these things,” added Kim Swee.
“For us, we are just concentrating on preparing our team as well as we can.”
Men’s football fixtures
GROUP A: Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Cambodia, Thailand
| DATE | MATCH | GROUP | KICK OFF | VENUE | ||
| 07.11.2011 | SINGAPORE | vs | MALAYSIA | A | 1600 hrs | GELORA BUNG KARNO |
| INDONESIA | vs | CAMBODIA | 1900 hrs | |||
| 08.11.2011 | REST DAY | |||||
| 09.11.2011 | MALAYSIA | vs | THAILAND | A | 1600 hrs | GELORA BUNG KARNO |
| CAMBODIA | vs | SINGAPORE | 1900 hrs | |||
| 10.11.2011 | REST DAY | |||||
| 11.11.2011 | SINGAPORE | vs | INDONESIA | A | 1400 hrs | GELORA BUNG KARNO |
| THAILAND | vs | CAMBODIA | 1700 hrs | |||
| 12-11.2011 | REST DAY | |||||
| 13.11.2011 | MALAYSIA | vs | CAMBODIA | A | 1600 hrs | GELORA BUNG KARNO |
| INDONESIA | vs | THAILAND | 1900 hrs | |||
| 14.11.2011 | REST DAY | |||||
| 15.11.2011 | REST DAY | |||||
| 16.11.2011 | REST DAY | |||||
| 17.11.2011 | THAILAND | vs | SINGAPORE | A | 1600 hrs | GELORA BUNG KARNO |
| INDONESIA | vs | MALAYSIA | 1900 hrs | |||
| 18.11.2011 | REST DAY | |||||
| 19.11.2011 | Winner G.A | vs | R.up Grup B | 1600 hrs | GELORA BUNG KARNO | |
| Winner G.B | vs | R.up Grup A | 1930 hrs | |||
| 20.11.2011 | REST DAY | |||||
| 21.11.2011 | Lose | vs | Lose | 1600 hrs | GELORA BUNG KARNO | |
| Winner | vs | Winner | 1930 hrs | |||
GROUP B: Vietnam, Philippines, Laos, Myanmar, Brunei, Timor Leste
| DATE | MATCH | GROUP | KICK OFF | VENUE | ||
| 03.11.2011 | VIETNAM | vs | PHILIPPINES | B | 1600 hrs | GELORA BUNG KARNO |
| LAOS | vs | MYANMAR | 1900 hrs | |||
| 04.11.2011 | REST DAY | |||||
| 05.11.2011 | BRUNEI DARUSSALAM | vs | TIMOR LESTE | B | 1600 hrs | LEBAK BULUS |
| MYANMAR | vs | VIETNAM | 1900 hrs | |||
| 06.11.2011 | REST DAY | |||||
| 07.11.2011 | TIMOR LESTE | vs | PHILIPPINES | B | 1600 hrs | LEBAK BULUS |
| LAOS | vs | BRUNEI DARUSSALAM | 1900 hrs | |||
| 08.11.2011 | REST DAY | |||||
| 09.11.2011 | MYANMAR | vs | BRUNEI DARUSSALAM | B | 1600 hrs | LEBAK BULUS |
| VIETNAM | vs | TIMOR LESTE | 1900 hrs | |||
| 10.11.2011 | REST DAY | |||||
| 11.11.2011 | PHILIPPINES | vs | LAOS | B | 1600 hrs | LEBAK BULUS |
| 12.11.2011 | BRUNEI DARUSSALAM | vs | VIETNAM | B | 1600 hrs | |
| 13.11.2011 | PHILIPPINES | vs | MYANMAR | B | 1600 hrs | LEBAK BULUS |
| TIMOR LESTE | vs | LAOS | 1900 hrs | |||
| 14.11.2011 | REST DAY | |||||
| 15.11.2011 | MYANMAR | vs | TIMOR LESTE | B | 1600 hrs | LEBAK BULUS |
| PHILIPPINES | vs | BRUNEI DARUSSALAM | 1900 hrs | |||
| 16.11.2011 | REST DAY | |||||
| 17.11.2011 | LAOS | vs | VIETNAM | B | 1600 hrs | LEBAK BULUS |
| 18.11.2011 | REST DAY | |||||
| 19.11.2011 | Winner G.A | vs | R.up Grup B | 1600 hrs | GELORA BUNG KARNO | |
| Winner G.B | vs | R.up Grup A | 1930 hrs | |||
| 20.11.2011 | REST DAY | |||||
| 21.11.2011 | Lose | vs | Lose | 1600 hrs | GELORA BUNG KARNO | |
| Winner | vs | Winner | 1930 hrs | |||
