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  • Finishing school for Asians

    Finishing school for Asians

    Thursday 14 August 2008
    Asia's representatives at the Men's Olympic Football Tournament have all exited at the group stage, ruing their lack of bite in front of goal.
  • Argentinian joy meets Asian misery

    Argentinian joy meets Asian misery

    Wednesday 13 August 2008
    All four Asian hopefuls are out of the Men's Olympic Football Tournament, but there was a proud new Olympic record for Argentina.

Photos

  • Salomon Kalou of Cote D'Ivoire celebrates his goal against Australia.
  • Salomon Kalou of Côte D'Ivoire (L) vies with Mark Milligan of Australia.
  • Souleymane Bamba of Ivory Coast (C) jumps on top of his teammates after Salomon Kalou scored against
  • Billy Celeski (L) and Trent McClenahan (R) of Australia tackle Sekou Cisse of Ivory Coast
  • Souleymane Bamba of Ivory Coast (R) jumps on top of his teammates
  • Ivorian Salomon Kalou celebrates his goal against Australia
  • Salomon Kalou of Ivory Coast celebrates scoring against Australia in their men's first round group A
  • Billy Celeski (L) of Australia fights for the ball with Emmanuel Kone of Ivory Coast
  • Trent McClenahan (C) of Australia shoots between two players of Ivory Coast
  • Salomon Kalou of Ivory Coast (R) is congratulated by teammate Anthony Moura-Komenan
  • Ivory Coast players celebrate
  • Nikita Rukavytsya (L) of Australia shows his frustration

Match galleries

Fixtures and Results

First stage
MatchDate - Time Results
107 Aug - 17:00AustraliaAustralia1:1 (0:0)SerbiaSerbia
910 Aug - 17:00ArgentinaArgentina1:0 (0:0)AustraliaAustralia
2113 Aug - 19:45Côte d'IvoireCôte d'Ivoire1:0 (0:0)AustraliaAustralia

Groups and Standings

Group A
TeamMPWDLGFGAPts
1Argentina3300519
2Côte d'Ivoire3201646
3Australia3012131
3Serbia3012371

Statistics

MPGFGAY2YCR
313500

Squad List

1Adam FEDERICI
2Jade NORTH
3Adrian LEIJER
4Mark MILLIGAN
5Matthew SPIRANOVIC
6Nikolai TOPOR-STANLEY
7Neil KILKENNY
8Stuart MUSIALIK
9Mark BRIDGE
10Archie THOMPSON
11David CARNEY
12Trent McCLENAHAN
13Ruben ZADKOVICH
14James TROISI
15Kristian SARKIES
16Billy CELESKI
17Nikita RUKAVYTSYA
18Tando VELAPHI
21Matt SIMON