On 23 December 2002, the national

association football Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 Football player, players who almost exclusively use their feet to propel a Ball (association football), ball around a rectangular f ...

teams of

Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania, between the Indian Ocean, Indian and Pacific Ocean, Pacific oceans. Comprising over List of islands of Indonesia, 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, ...

and the

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faced each other in a

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group stage game. The match was played at the

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. Before the match, Indonesia needed a winning margin of more than three goals in order to ensure they would advance to the next round or hope that the match between Myanmar and Vietnam played at the same time did not end in a draw.

Background

Historical meetings between Indonesia and the Philippines first began at the Asian Games in 1958, when Indonesia beat the Philippines 5–2. Since then, they met a total of 17 times, with 16 wins for Indonesia and a draw. The draw was obtained when the two teams met at the

1977 SEA Games The 1977 Southeast Asian Games (), officially known as the 9th Southeast Asian Games, were a Southeast Asian multi-sport event held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from 19 to 26 November 1977. This was the third time Malaysia hosted the games and its ...

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. Indonesia scored a total of 80 goals past the Philippines, while the Philippines only scored 8.

Summary

Indonesia started the game very quickly. Indonesia was able to destroy the Philippine defence and scored 7 goals in the first half, including two hat-tricks by

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and Zaenal Arif. The Indonesian supporters did not believe that such a big win could be obtained by their national team. In the second half, Indonesia scored another 6 goals. Although the Philippines had responded with a goal, but Indonesia advanced anyway with 8 points, behind Vietnam who won the group with 10 points. Meanwhile, Myanmar ranked third, losing to Indonesia by a single point and the Philippines finished last with no points at all.

Match details

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Indonesia 13-1 Philippines 2002 AFF Championship Indonesia national football team matches Philippines national football team matches Record association football wins December 2002 sports events in Asia ASEAN Championship matches