Sports: Iran shares points with Armenia in warm-up for 2018 AFC U-19 Championship qualification

Press TV, Iran
Sept 30 2017
Sat Sep 30, 2017 09:28AM

                                    
Iran national under-20 football team

Iran national under-20 football team, also known as Iran Youth Team, has earned a two-two draw against Armenia in a warm-up match for the 2018 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) U-19 Championship qualification.

The Iranian squad, which had Ali Kaykhosravi, Amir Jaanmaleki, Mohammad Bagheri, Mehdi Rahimi, Omid Darreh, Mohammad Khodabandehlou, Vadoud Ghaffari, Sajjad Aghaei, Farzan Dana, Reza Rahimi and Hamidreza Taherkhani in its array, drew with the Armenian team 2-2 in Yerevan on Friday evening.

Iran national under-20 football team had defeated the Armenian squad 1-0 in their first exhibition game.

Iran Youth Team is preparing for the 2018 AFC U-19 Championship qualification. It is pitted against Jordan, Palestine and Syria in Group E of the tournament.

Bahrain is drawn in Group A and has joined Kyrgyzstan, Nepal, Oman and the United Arab Emirates.

Bangladesh, the Maldives, Sri Lanka, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan are in Group B.

Group C consists of Afghanistan, Iraq, Lebanon and Qatar. India, Saudi Arabia, Turkmenistan and Yemen form Group D.

While Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, South Korea and Timor-Leste shape Group F, Cambodia, China, Myanmar and the Philippines are in Group G.

Chinese Taipei, Laos, Macau and Vietnam are drawn in Group H. Group I consists of Japan, Mongolia, Singapore and Thailand.

Group J has Australia, Hong Kong, North Korea and Northern Mariana Islands.

Emil Lazarian

“I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia . See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.” - WS