June 10, 2004

World Cup Qualifying Group 3

Oman	7	0	Singapore
Bader Mubarak 9',44', 63', 85' Khalifa Ayil 25',51' Ahmed Hadid 39'

Japan	7	0	India
Kubo 13' Fukunishi 25' Nakamura 29' Tamada 54' Nakazawa 66', 68' Ogasawara 68'

Both host country Oman & Japan had taken full advantages of their home ground advantage & showed their superiority to thrash both Singapore & India by similar scoreline of 7-0.

Bader Mubarak was the person who did the most damages with 4 goals while Khawhilelifa Ayil added 2 goals & Ahmed Hadid notched 1 goal in display of attacking football.

The result leaves Oman just three points behind Japan, who also scored a 7-0 win against India on Wednesday. The Omanis are set for 2 important meetings with the Japanese in the coming months with an Asian Cup Group D fixture between the two teams in Chongqing, China on July 20, followed by their return match in the World Cup qualifiers in October.

Singapore team: Hassan Sunny (GK), Noh Rahman, Baihakki Khaizan, Aide Iskandar ©, Daniel Bennett; Ridhuan Muhamad (Syed Fadhil, 86’), Nazri Nasir, Shahril Ishak (Ishak Zainol, 67’), Noor Ali (Khairul Amri, 55’), Agu Casimir, Indra Sahdan

Next Round of World Cup Qualifying Group 3 matches

• Singapore vs Oman
• India vs Japan