Syria advance to play-offs

Syria advance to play-offs

Amman: Syria advanced to the play-offs for the 2012 London Olympics with a comfortable 3-0 win over Malaysia on Wednesday (14/3-12) that saw Hitham Jatal's side finish runners-up to qualifiers Japan.

The match was played in Amman due to the unrests in Syria.

Syria, who had defeated Japan 2-1 in earlier in the campaign, went into the match played in Jordan due to the current security issues in Syria in a strong position to claim the second spot ahead of a Bahrain side that needed to beat Japan in Tokyo by a substantial margin to finish runners-up on goal difference.