On 23 December 2002, the national association football teams of Indonesia and the Philippines faced each other in a 2002 Tiger Cup group stage game.

[1] Before the match, Indonesia needed a winning margin of more than three goals in order to ensure they would advance to the next round or hope that the match between Myanmar and Vietnam played at the same time did not end in a draw.

The draw was obtained when the two teams met at the 1977 SEA Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Indonesia was able to destroy the Philippine defence and scored 7 goals in the first half, including two hat-tricks by Bambang Pamungkas and Zaenal Arif.

The Indonesian supporters did not believe that such a big win could be obtained by their national team.