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Jordan finished third at the Asian Football Confederation -- AFC -- U22 Championship after beating South Korea on penalties in the third-place play-off game in Oman on Saturday.

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Syria's civil war has a reported death toll of 130,000 people, causing a mass refugee problem for the likes of Jordan.

So you could forgive the Middle East kingdom for having more pressing concerns than a football match but nevertheless Mahmoud Za'tara almost put them in front against South Korea in the AFC Under-22 Championship third-place play-off match on Saturday.

The entertainment didn't get much better for the sparse crowd in Oman when Za'tara went close again.

Jordan then spurned another opportunity to take the lead when Hamza Al-Daradreh's fizzing drive was just out of Za'tara's reach.

The 2013 Bahrain Premier League winner with Busaiteen suffered a painful injury for his trouble.

The score remained goalless after both normal and extra time so the match went to a penalty shoot-out.

Monther Abu Amara scored from the spot for Jordan to make it 3-2.

But South Korea's Yun Il-lok blazed his effort over the bar to hand the victory to Jordan.