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Iran women's U-19 soccer team falls to Thailand in friendly match

Sunday, 25 September 2016 1:49 PM [ Last Update: Sunday, 25 September 2016 2:09 PM ]

Iran women’s national under-19 football team

Iran women’s national under-19 soccer team has conceded defeat against Thailand in a warm-up match for the qualifiers of Asian Football Confederation (AFC) U-19 Women’s Championship 2017.

On Sunday, the young Iranian sportswomen sustained a 1-4 loss at the hands of their Thai counterparts in a match staged in Thailand’s capital city of Bangkok.

Melika Motevalli scored the consolation goal for Iranian women’s national under-19 soccer team.

The defeat came a day after Iranian teenage girls were held to a 1-1 draw against players from Chonburi football club.

The qualifiers for the AFC U-19 Women’s Championship 2017 will be held from October 29 to November 6, 2016.

Iran has been pitted against India, the Philippines and Vietnam in Group D of the qualification tournament.

Australia, Jordan, Lebanon, Singapore and the Northern Mariana Islands are drawn in Group A.

Group B comprises Chinese Taipei, Hong Kong, Pakistan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. Kyrgyzstan, Myanmar, Palestine and Thailand are in Group C.

The 2017 AFC U-19 Women's Championship, which will be the 9th edition of the Asian tournament, will be held in China next August, with a total of eight teams competing.

The top four teams in the 2015 edition of the AFC U-19 Championship in China – Japan North Korea, South Korea and China – have received a direct qualification to the tournament.

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