FOOTBALL – BAHRAIN’S under-17 football national team held hosts Bosnia and Herzegovina to a 3-3 draw last night in a friendly match played at their ongoing overseas training camp in Sarajevo.
After conceding the game’s first three goals, the Bahrainis did well to dig themselves out of their hole and level the contest. Hussain Zuhair had a brace to spearhead their comeback, while Mujahid Al Tairi supplied their other goal.
The contest was part of their preparations for the upcoming AGCFF U17 Gulf Cup 2025 next month and the AFC U17 Asian Cup 2026 qualifiers in November.
Their camp is being held under the supervision of head coach Ugo Klingor from Croatia. They are set to play one more friendly while there – once again against the hosts’ youth national team on Thursday. They are then scheduled to fly back to the kingdom the following day.
The eight-nation AGCFF U17 Gulf Cup 2025, organised by the Arab Gulf Cup Football Federation (AGCFF), is set to be held in Doha, Qatar, from September 20 to October 2. The kingdom’s team are set to compete in Group B of the tournament’s preliminary round alongside Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and Iraq. Group A features the UAE, Oman, Yemen, and hosts Qatar.
The AFC U17 Asian Cup 2026 qualifiers, meanwhile, are scheduled for November 22 to 30. Bahrain have been drawn in Group A, to be held in China, alongside the hosts, Bangladesh, Brunei, Timor-Leste, and Sri Lanka.
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