U-20 nat'l football team to leave for Nepal tomorrow

Bangladesh U-20 national football team will leave in the city for Nepal tomorrow (Friday) to take part in the SAFF U-20 Championship scheduled to be held from August 18-28 in Kathmandu, the capital of Nepal, reports BSS.

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.