The AIRMARINE Cup 2019 is the first edition of the AIRMARINE Cup, an international football tournament with four countries participating. It is played on 20 and 23 March 2019 in

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Malaysia Malaysia ( ; ) is a country in Southeast Asia. The federation, federal constitutional monarchy consists of States and federal territories of Malaysia, thirteen states and three federal territories, separated by the South China Sea into two r ...

. Ananth S. Nathan, Executive Chairman of AIRMARINE (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd. takes the tournament as a national social responsibility of a corporate entity to step forward for the

Malaysian national football team The Malaysia national football team () represents Malaysia in international football and is controlled by the Football Association of Malaysia. The national team is recognised by FIFA as the successor of the defunct Malaya national football t ...

to gain more international break for the exposure and to advance in their FIFA ranking points. Faiz Nasir, made his first international goal debut in the Malaysia versus Afghanistan.

Oman Oman ( ; ar, عُمَان ' ), officially the Sultanate of Oman ( ar, سلْطنةُ عُمان ), is an Arabian country located in southwestern Asia. It is situated on the southeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula, and spans the mouth of ...

won the tournament after beating

Singapore Singapore (), officially the Republic of Singapore, is a sovereign island country and city-state in maritime Southeast Asia. It lies about one degree of latitude () north of the equator, off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, bor ...

5–4 through

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for their first title.

Participating nations

In earlier February 2019, it was announced that

and

Solomon Islands Solomon Islands is an island country consisting of six major islands and over 900 smaller islands in Oceania, to the east of Papua New Guinea and north-west of Vanuatu. It has a land area of , and a population of approx. 700,000. Its capit ...

had been invited to participated in the 2019 Airmarine Cup hosted by the Football Association of Malaysia (FAM). On 1 March 2019, Solomon Islands announcing their withdrawal as the tournament date is coinciding with their league schedule, leading FAM to calling

Afghanistan Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan,; prs, امارت اسلامی افغانستان is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia. Referred to as the Heart of Asia, it is bordere ...

as a potential replacement candidate. The same day, Afghanistan confirmed their participation and the draw are being announced on 4 March.

Match officials

The following referees and their assistants were chosen for the tournament. ;Referees * Yudi Nurcahya *

Nazmi Nasaruddin Muhammad Nazmi Bin Nasaruddin is a Malaysian professional football referee FIFA since 2016. Career Nazmi has refereed in the Premier League and Super League since 2011, being promoted to the FIFA international referee list in 2016. He officiate ...

* Suhaizi Shukri * Chaireag Ngamsom ;Assistant referees * Hariff Akhir * Shahreen Che Omar * Apichit Nophuan * Poonsawat Samransuk

Matches

All times are local,

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(MST) (

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Bracket

Semi-finals

Third-place playoff

Final

Goalscorers

2 goals * Abdul Aziz Al-Muqbali 1 goal *

Faysal Shayesteh Faysal Shayesteh (; born 10 June 1991) is an Afghan professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for I-League club Sreenidi Deccan and the Afghanistan national team. Youth career Born in Kabul, Shayesteh moved to the Netherla ...

* Faiz Nasir * Musallam Akaak * Mohammed Al-Balushi *

Ahmed Mubarak Al-Mahaijri Ahmed Mubarak Obaid al-Mahaijri ( ar, أحمد مبارك أحمد عبيد المحيجري; born 23 February 1985), commonly known as Ahmed Mubarak or Ahmed Kano, is an Omani professional footballer who plays for Al-Markhiya as a midfielder. ...

Raed Ibrahim Saleh Raed Ibrahim Saleh Haikal Al-Mukhaini ( ar, رائد إبراهيم صالح هيكل المخيني; born 9 June 1992), commonly known as Raed Ibrahim Saleh, is an Omani footballer who plays for Dhofar Club. Club career Fanja SC On 13 July 201 ...

Faris Ramli Muhammad Faris bin Ramli (born 24 August 1992) is a Singaporean professional footballer who last plays for Singapore Premier League club Lion City Sailors, and the Singapore national team. Faris plays primarily as a winger. In 2012, Faris ...

* Zulfahmi Arifin 1 own goal *

Abassin Alikhil Abassin Alikhil (Dari: اباسين علی خیل; born 19 April 1991) is an Afghan professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an ex ...

(playing against Malaysia)

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Airmarine Cup, 2019 International association football competitions hosted by Malaysia 2019 in association football 2019 in Malaysian football March 2019 sports events in Malaysia