Olympic football tournament 1972 / Burma

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This article covers Burma's Olympic selection during the 1972 Summer Olympics .

Olympic qualification

In sub-group B of group 2 of the Asian qualification, Burma prevailed with two victories over Thailand and Ceylon and advanced to the semi-finals, where Indonesia was beaten 3-0. With the 1-0 final victory over Thailand, Burma qualified for the first time for the Olympic football tournament .

Group 2

Subgroup B

Closing table

Pl. country Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. Burma 1948Burma Burma  2  2  0  0 012: 100 +11 04-00
 2. ThailandThailand Thailand  2  1  0  1 005: 700  −2 02: 20
 3. CeylonSri Lanka Ceylon  2  0  0  2 001:100  −9 00: 40

Game results

March 24, 1972 Burma - Ceylon 5: 1
March 26, 1972 Thailand - Ceylon 5-0
March 29, 1972 Burma - Thailand 7-0

Semifinals

04/01/1972 Israel - Thailand 0: 0 n.V. , 2: 4 n.e.
04/02/1972 Burma - Indonesia 3-0

final

04/04/1972 Burma 1948Burma Burma - Thailand 1-0

Qualified for the next continental round. Qualified for the 1972 Olympic Games

Olympic finals

Squad

No. player Club before the start of the Olympics Date of birth Olympia 1972
games / goals		 yellow cards Red cards
goalkeeper
01 Aung Tin Army 05/08/1947 3 0 0 0
17th Nyunt Maung Maung January 18, 1954 0 0 0 0
Defense
02 Win being Army 07/11/1952 0 0 0 0
03 Tin Maung Maung Post & Telecomms May 21, 1949 3 0 0 0
04th His tin Army 06/12/1951 3 0 0 0
05 Win Nyunt Myo Customs 02/19/1950 3 0 0 0
07th Aye San Construction 06/20/1954 3 0 0 0
midfield
06th Ryint Soe Municipal 03/15/1955 0 0 0 0
08th Maung Aye I. Construction 08/20/1950 3 0 0 0
09 Maung Aye II Air Force 06/10/1954 3 0 0 0
11 Nyunt Ye Customs 06/03/1950 3 0 0 0
18th Maung Tun Khin 09/21/1940 0 0 0 0
19th Win lay being 03/14/1950 0 0 0 0
attack
10 Kyu Myint Trade 08/20/1950 1 0 0 0
12 Maung Win Army 05/12/1949 3 0 0 0
13 Soe than Municipal 06/03/1952 3 1 0 0
14th Aung Moe Thin Construction 06/12/1949 3 1 0 0
15th Htay Hla 03/18/1940 0 0 0 0
16 Maung Lay Khin Navy 07/05/1954 1 0 0 0
Trainer
U Seing Hlaing

Games

After two narrow 1-0 defeats against the Soviet Union and Mexico, Burma was unable to reach the second round on the last day of the match. After the 2-0 victory over Sudan, the team took third place in the group and was eliminated from the tournament.

Preliminary round ( group 2 )

Pl. country Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Soviet Union  3  3  0  0 007: 200  +5 06-00
 2. MexicoMexico Mexico  3  2  0  1 003: 400  −1 04: 20
 3. Burma 1948Burma Burma  3  1  0  2 002: 200  ± 0 02: 40
 4th SudanSudan Sudan  3  0  0  3 001: 500  −4 00: 60
August 28, 1972 in Regensburg (Jahnstadion)
Soviet Union - Burma 1: 0 (0: 0)
August 30, 1972 in Nuremberg (municipal stadium)
Mexico - Burma 1: 0 (0: 0)
September 1, 1972 in Passau (Dreiflüssestadion)
Burma - Sudan 2: 0 (1: 0)

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