FIFA World Youth Championship Malaysia 1997

First stage

Republic of Ireland - China PR

1:1 (1:1)

Match	Date	Time	Venue / Stadium	Attendance
30	22 June 1997	20:00	Alor Setar / Darulaman	9000

Match Officials

Referee Jose Luis DA ROSA (URU)	Assistant Referee 1 Merere GONZALES (TRI)
	Assistant Referee 2 Purmanund RUGHOOPUTH (MRI)

Goals scored

WANG Peng (CHN) 11',
Michael CUMMINS (IRL) 21'

Republic of Ireland

Line-up

[1]
Derek O CONNOR (GK)
[2]
David WORRALL
[3]
Robert RYAN
[4]
Colin HAWKINS
[6]
Stephen MURPHY
[7]
Niall INMAN (-81')
[9]
Michael CUMMINS
[10]
Thomas MORGAN (C)
[11]
Damien DUFF
[14]
Neale FENN
[18]
Trevor MOLLOY (-50')

Substitute(s)

[5]
Aidan LYNCH
[8]
John BURNS
[12]
David WHITTLE
[13]
Alan KIRBY (+89')
[15]
Glenn CROWE (+50')(-89')
[16]
Paul WHELAN (+81')
[17]
Desmond BAKER

Coach

Brian KERR (IRL)

China PR

Line-up

[1]
LI Leilei (GK)
[2]
LI Weifeng
[3]
HAO Wei
[7]
HUANG Yong
[9]
LI Jinyu
[10]
SUI Dongliang
[11]
ZHANG Xiaorui (-66')
[12]
CHANG Weiwei (-23')
[13]
WANG Peng
[14]
YAO Li (-88')
[15]
ZHANG Ran (C)

Substitute(s)

[4]
ZHENG Yi
[5]
LI Tie
[6]
TAO Wei (+23')
[8]
LIU Lin (+88')
[16]
ZHENG Bin (+66')
[17]
SUN Zhi
[18]
LI Jian

Coach

ZHU Guanghu (CHN)

Cautions

ZHANG Ran (CHN) 12'
, Thomas MORGAN (IRL) 23'
, Derek O CONNOR (IRL) 28'
, Colin HAWKINS (IRL) 53'
, Stephen MURPHY (IRL) 77'
, Derek O CONNOR (IRL) 79'

Expulsions

Derek O CONNOR (IRL) 79' 2YC

a.e.t.:	After extra time	(C):	Captain	PSO:	Penalty Shoot-out
GK:	Goalkeeper	N:	Not eligible to play	I:	Injured
Y:	Yellow cards	Pos:	Positions	A:	Absent
D:	Defender	M:	Midfielder	Min:	Minutes played
GF:	Goals for	GA:	Goals against	PK:	Penalty Kicks
FC:	Fouls Committed	FS:	Fouls Suffered	R:	Direct Expulsions
F:	Forward	SG/S:	Shots on Goal/Shots	Y: 2Y=R:	Yellow cards Expulsions due to Second Caution