U-20 national football team to leave for Nepal Friday

Dhaka, 14 Aug - Bangladesh U-20 national football team will leave here for Nepal on Friday (Aug 16) to take part in the SAFF U-20 Championship scheduled to be held from August 18-28 in Kathmandu, the capital of Nepal. 

The Bangladesh team, the three times runners-up in 2017, 2019 and 2022 edition of the championship, pitted in group A along with Sri Lanka and host Nepal while the group B consists with defending champions India, the Maldives and Bhutan.

Bangladesh will start their tournament campaign taking on Sri Lanka in their group opening match on August 20 and play their ultimate group match against Nepal on August 22.

After the group phase matches, the top two teams from each group will qualify for the semifinals which will be held August 26. The final of the tournament is slated for August 28.

All the matches will be held at Dasharath Rangasala Stadium.Prior to the team's departure, a press conference was held Wednesday at the conference room of Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF).

Bangladesh U-20 football team manager Khandakar Rokibul Islam, its head coach 
AKM Maruful Haque and players Mirazul Islam and Shakil Ahad Topu were present 
in the press conference.