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

Saturday, 30 September 2017 9:28 AM [ Last Update: Saturday, 30 September 2017 9:32 AM ]

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.

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