25th SEA Games, Laos

CANBERRA: Laos recovered from their thrashing at the hands of Australia to register a convincing victory of their own, over nine-man Malaysia in the AFC U-16 Championship 2010 Group H qualifying competition.


Laos, beaten 7-0 by the Aussies in their first match, were 4-0 up at half-time through Sitthideth Khanthavong, Lembo Saysana (two) and Nidnilanh Chanchaleune.

Lembo completed his hat-trick in the 73rd minute before substitute Southinh Sayalath put the finishing touches four minutes from the end.

Malaysia were not helped by two sendings-off. First, Nur Areff Bin Kamaruddin was given his marching orders after only 11 minutes and Akmal Bin Ishak was red-carded in the 72nd minute.

Australia are still favourites to win the sole qualifying berth from the three-team group, which is employing a double round-robin system. The Aussies next play Malaysia on Saturday.

While only the top team qualify from Group H, groups A-G will see the top two teams and the best third-placed side reach the finals.

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According to a sport news from vovnews, Men's U19 South East Asia Football Championships will be held in HCM city from August 5-15, 2009.

The championships, scheduled for HCM City in Vietnam, will see the participation of 12 teams divided into 3 groups.

Vietnam is in group A with Singapore, Malaysia and the Philippines. Group B comprises Cambodia, Australia, Laos and Thailand, while Indonesia, Myanmar, East Timor and Brunei are in group C.

The teams will play in a round robin format with three group winners along with the best group runner-up qualifying for the semi finals.

This football championship will be another warm up for the up-coming 25th SEA Games in Vientiane, Laos the end of this year.