Saturday, August 21, 2010

Youth Olympic Games Football Recap of Group Games

Before the Youth Olympic Games football playoffs kick off this evening, here is a recap of the results in the preliminary group stage played at Jalan Besar Stadium, Singapore, so far.



Girls’ Football


Group A (Turkey, Iran, Papua New Guinea)


Turkey 4 Iran 2
Iran 1 Papua New Guinea 0
Turkey 4 Papua New Guinea 0


Final standings


Position Team                    P W D L F A GD Pts


1         Turkey                   2  2 0 0 8 2 +6  6
2         Iran                       2  1 0 1 3 4 -1  3
3         Papua New Guinea    2  0 0 2 0 5 -5  0


Turkey and Iran qualify for the semi-finals, Papua New Guinea go into the 5th/6th placing playoff.






Group B (Chile, Trinidad and Tobago, Equatorial Guinea)


Chile 1 Trinidad and Tobago 0
Equatorial Guinea 3 Trinidad and Tobago 0
Equatorial Guinea 4 Chile 1


Final standings


Position Team                      P W D L F A GD Pts


1          Equatorial Guinea      2  2 0 0 7 1 +6  6
2          Chile                       2  1 0 1 2 4 -2  3
3          Trinidad and Tobago  2  0 0 2 0 4 -4  0


Equatorial Guinea and Chile advance into the last four, Trinidad and Tobago to meet Papua New Guinea for the 5th/6th placing playoff.


Here are the semi-final match-ups to be played this evening.


Turkey v Chile
Equatorial Guinea v Iran






Boys’ Football




Group C (Vanuatu, Bolivia, Haiti)


Bolivia 2 Vanuatu 0
Bolivia 9 Haiti 0
Haiti 2 Vanuatu 1


Final standings


Position Team         P W D L F  A   GD Pts


1           Bolivia       2 2 0 0 11 0 +11  6
2           Haiti         2 1 0 1 2  10  -8  3
3           Vanuatu    2 0 0 2 1   4   -3  0


Bolivia and Haiti progress into the next round, Vanuatu to be content in fighting out for fifth place.






Group D (Singapore (hosts), Zimbabwe, Montenegro)


Singapore 3 Zimbabwe 1
Montenegro 2 Zimbabwe 1
Singapore 3 Montenegro 2


Final standingsPosition Team           P W D L F A GD Pts


1          Singapore     2 2 0 0  6 3 +3   6
2          Montenegro  2 1 0 1  4 4  0   3
3          Zimbabwe    2 0 0 2  2 5 -3  0




Singapore and Montenegro make it into the last four, Zimbabwe to compete with Vanuatu to avoid wooden spoon in the competition.


These semi-final fixtures are to be played tomorrow evening.


Bolivia v Montenegro
Singapore v Haiti

(Source for the results: Singapore 2010 Youth Olympic Games official website)

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