Olympic team bow to Kuwait in friendly

TDT | Manama

The Daily Tribune – www.newsofbahrain.com

Bahrain’s under-23 Olympic football team bowed to their counterparts from Kuwait 2-3 last night in a friendly match played at the Al Ahli Club Stadium in Zinj.

Saleh Mohammed and Saud Alasem were the scorers for the home side.

The match was part of both teams’ preparations for the West Asian championship to be played later this year, as well as the qualifying process for the AFC U23 Asian Cup 2022.

The qualifiers are set to be held from October 23 to 31 in a centralised format, with the venues to be decided and communicated in due course.

The two teams are set to play in another friendly, which is scheduled for Sunday.

The Kuwaitis are currently in the Kingdom for their overseas training camp.

Meanwhile, the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) announced that it has awarded the hosting rights of the U23 Asian Cup to the Uzbekistan Football Association, in a milestone decision that will mark the first time the tournament will be staged in the Central Zone.

The competition is set to be held from September 6 to 25 next year.

South Korea are the competition’s defending champions.

The previous edition was held last year in Thailand.

The Bahrainis also participated then, but bowed out of contention in the group stage, where they were drawn with Australia, Iraq and hosts Thailand.

They ended the competition with two draws and one loss.