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Tigresses play Bhutan today

Tuesday, 6 February 2024


Defending champions Bangladesh, which already assured the final berth in the four-nation South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) U-19 Women's Championship '2024 with one match spare, will play pointless Bhutan in the last league match today (Tuesday), reports UNB.
The match will kick off at 7:00 pm local time at the Bir Shrestha Shaheed Shipahi Mustofa Kamal Stadium at Kamalapur in the city, the result of which will not affect their final berth.
In the day's other league match, India will battle with Nepal at 3:00 pm at the same venue for the remaining final berth.
After the second round of matches, hosts Bangladesh comfortably dominated the points table, with an all-win run securing the full six points from two straight league matches, while India and Nepal followed Bangladesh, collecting three points each from two matches.
The winners of today (Tuesday)'s India and Nepal match will qualify for the final as the remaining team, Bhutan, was already eliminated from the meet.
The title-deciding final match between the top two teams of four nations will be held on February 08 (Thursday) at 6:00 pm at the same venue.
Earlier on Sunday, a last-minute goal by promising forward Sagorika guided the Young Tigresses to the final of the ongoing SAFF U-19 Women's meet with one match to spare, beating giant neighbour India by a 1-0 goal in their 2nd league match at the same venue.