FOOTBALL – BAHRAIN’S under-23 Olympic football team played to a goalless draw against their counterparts from Jordan last night in their overseas training camp in Amman.
The nationals played the tune-up as they continue to gear up for their upcoming campaign in the AFC U23 Asian Cup 2026 Qualifiers.
Bahrain and Jordan are set to face off once again in another friendly tomorrow. The Bahrainis will then travel to Qatar on Friday a few days ahead of qualification, which kicks off on Wednesday next week.
The Bahrainis are slotted in Group H for qualifying alongside India, Brunei Darussalam, and hosts Qatar. The matches will be taking place in Doha at Suheim bin Hamad Stadium and Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium.
Olympic team head coach Ali Abdulmajeed has 21 players on his roster for the lir camp and the qualifiers. The list includes skipper Mubarak Mohammed, Issa Abdulla, Salman Younes, Mohammed Al Shehani, Abdulla Al Qassab, Hashem Khelaifat, Bader Al Asam, Abdulla Al Obaidly, Sayed Ahmed Alwadaie, Mahmoud Al Bannai, Khaled Khalaf, Rashed Mujiran, Abdulrahman Al Khayyat, Salem Al Dosari, Ali Sahwan, Saad Al Attar, Saud Mohsen, Hassan Sameer, and goalkeepers Ashraf Mubarak, Mohammed Khalifa, and Abdulla Freah.
The under-23 nationals are one of 44 Olympic teams entered in the AFC U23 Asian Cup 2026 Qualifiers. The field has been divided into 11 groups, each to be held in a centralised location.
Bahrain kick off their campaign against India on opening night before playing Brunei Darussalam on September 6. They then wrap up their qualification bid against the hometown Qataris on September 9.
At the end of a single round-robin, each group winner and the four best best-ranked runners-up will book their tickets to next year’s competition proper and join hosts Saudi Arabia, who are staging the event for the first time.
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