The under-17 team of Afghanistan advanced to the Asian Nations Cup with a victory against Bangladesh

Afghanistan’s under-17 national football team defeated Bangladesh. Afghanistan’s under-17 national football team played against Bangladesh today, Sunday, the 6th of Aqrab, at 1:30 pm Kabul time, in its last competition in the qualifiers of the Asian Under-17 Football Nations Cup, and this team won with the result of 3 defeated by 2

In their previous three competitions, Afghanistan has defeated the Philippines, Macao and Cambodia teams with high scores, and with today’s victory against Bangladesh, they became the leading team from Group “B” of the Asian Cup qualifiers to the Asian Under-17 Football Nations Cup with 12 points. ascended

The Asian Under-17 Football Nations Cup in 2025 will start on April 3rd and will continue until April 20th, and the top 16 teams in Asia will participate in that event. In order to qualify for the Under-17 World Cup, which will be hosted by Qatar in 2025, the Afghan team only needs to advance from the group stage to the elimination round.

This tournament was held from 1985 to 2018 under the name of Under-16 Football Nations Cup, but the AFC changed its name in 2023. In the history of these competitions, Afghanistan participated only in 2018 and 2023, and both times they lost in the group stage and failed to qualify for the elimination round.