Successfully completing their qualifying action to play the eight-team AFC U-16 Women’s Championship 2017 in China, Bangladesh will play the Group-C dead-rubber against UAE at Bangabandhu National Stadium on Monday.
The Qualifiers battle will begin at 11am, local time. Bangladesh television (BTV) will telecast the match live.
Bangladesh must aim to secure all-win group champions record when they will play United Arab Emirates (UAE) on home ground as they have already booked a seat for the final round with four successive win.
Bangladesh started their Group-C campaign upsetting IR Iran by 3-0 while defeated Singapore, Kyrgyzstan and Chinese Taipei by 5-0, 11-0 and 4-2 goals respectively, to join with direct qualifiers four nations of the 2017 Championship — North Korea, Japan, China and Thailand.
Bangladesh emerged group champions in the six-nation qualifying round collecting 12 points from four matches, scored a total of 22 goals while conceded only 2 against Chinese Taipei.
Bangladesh U-16 Women’s team had a practice session at Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) artificial turf on Sunday.
Meanwhile, Australia also set their final round berth rounding off their highly impressive qualifying campaign as the all-win Group-D champions, after a 9-1 victory over Uzbekistan at Vietnam YFTC Field No-1 in Hanoi on Saturday.
Bangladesh team: Taslima, Mahmuda and Ruksana Begum (goalkeeper), Sheuli Azim, Shamsunnahar, Nargis Khatun, Masura Parvin, Nilufa Yesmin Nila, Anai Mogini, Josna and Nazma (defender), Monika, Sanjida Akhter, Jahan Moushumi, Marzia, Jahan Ratna, Maria And Tohura (midfielder), Mosammat Sirat Jahan Shopna, Anuching Mogini, Krishna Rani, Akhi Khatun and Mosamamt Sultana (forward).
