The exciting match before a house-full crowd in Yangon was locked 1-1 in regulation 90 minutes but the Myanmar Under-23 team stole a 110-minute silver goal in extra time to lift the trophy and 15,000 US dollars prize money. The runners-up received 8,000 US dollars.

Bangladesh lifted their maiden football trophy abroad in 1995 in Myanmar beating the home team and the class of 2005 looked on course to repeat the feat when midfielder Mehdi Hassan Ujjal, set by skipper and his Abahani teammate Arif Khan Joy, put them ahead in the 25th minute.

The visitors, who played impressive football throughout the tournament under new Argentine coach Diego Cruciani, went to the break with a 1-0 lead but tournament top scorer Yan Pine levelled the scores on the hour amid boisterous cheers from the home fans.

The Bangladeshi forwards, especially four-goal Farhad who had scored in every match prior to the final, failed to find the mark and a desperate Cruciani made three changes without any effect.

The match rolled into extra time and a shootout seemed inevitable when Kyang Yin slammed the match winner ten minutes from time. Myanmar also won the league match against BFF XI by an identical margin.

Pine, who notched sixth goals in the tournament, received US dollars 1000 as top scorer and an additional 1000 dollars as the best player of the four-nation meet. Midfielder Aung Kyaw Moe was adjudged man of the match.

Bangladesh, who beat China 3-1 and India 2-0 in the league matches, will return home on Friday. They will soon start training after a brief holiday for the two Asian Cup pre-qualifiers against Pakistan and their attempt to defend the SAFF Football Championship in Pakistan in December.

The booters are expected to return home on November 4.

BFF XI line-up: Aminul, Hassan Al Mamun, Sujan, Faisal, Titu, Alfaz, Joy, Matiur Munna (Asad), Ujjal (Emily), Kanchan and Farhad (Abul).