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Press Release 2011
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Lahore, September 10, 2011
The Pakistan under-16 football team has left today (Saturday, 10th September 2011) for Kuwait City through Oman Airline (WY)-328 at 0630 PST from Lahore to Muscat and from Muscat WY-647 @ 1905 OST to Kuwait City to take part in Asian Football Confederation (AFC) U-16 Championship 2012 qualifiers to be held in Kuwait from September 12-22, 2011.
According to the press release issued here by Pakistan Football Federation (PFF), Pakistan has been placed in Group B with the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Yemen, Kuwait, Maldives and Afghanistan. All the matches of the group will be conducted at the Mohammed Al Hamad Stadium and Sabah Al Salem Stadium in Kuwait. Pakistan will open their mission on September 12 with the match against Maldives, followed by their games against Kuwait on September 14, UAE on September 17, Afghanistan on September 19 and against Yemen on September 22. Two teams from the group will make it to the tournament proper which will be held next year.
Overall 39 teams from zones west (22 teams) and East (17) have been placed in seven different groups. Top two teams from each of the groups and the best third placed team from West and East Zone will qualify for the next year’s tournament. The reigning champion of U-16 championship is DPR Korea as they had defeated host Uzbekistan in the 2010 edition final 2-0 in Tashkent.
For further detail kindly visit the attached file and also surf the below mentioned link:
http://www.the-afc.com/en/afc-u16-2012-schedule-results?view=Competitions&id=424
Agha Muhammad Ajmal
Media Manager
Cell # +92-301-4499578
Phone # +92-42-99230821-22 (Ext. 153)
E.Mail Address: media_manager@pff.com.pk
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