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The national under-17 football team will meet its Lebanese counterpart at eight in the evening today in the semi-finals of the 13th West Asian Football Federation (WAFF) Championship, which is being hosted by the city of Aqaba«WAFF» in the third edition..
Before that, at five o'clock, the Yemen and UAE teams will face each other in the same round, with the winners of the two matches advancing to the final event scheduled for Tuesday.
The national team qualified as the champion of the second group with a score of 4 points after a 0-0 draw with the UAE, which advanced to the next round as the group's runner-up by goal difference, while the Omani team left the competition from the first round.
Meanwhile, the Yemeni team topped the first group standings with a score of 9 points with a perfect record, while Lebanon came in second with a score of 6 points, while Syria and Palestine left the tournament with one point each.
The third round of the first group saw Yemen win 2-1 against Lebanon, and Syria and Palestine drew 1-1while the second and first rounds resulted in Yemen's victory over Syria 3-1and over Palestine 2-0while the Lebanese team previously defeated Palestine with a score of 1-0 and Syria 4-0.
In the second group, the Emirati team achieved a difficult victory over Oman in the last round with a score of 1-0while the national team previously defeated Oman 3-1.
The tournament system is applied through a single round in the first round, where the teams in each group play against each other in a partial league system, and the first and second place teams from each group advance to the semi-finals.
In the semi-finals, the first place team in the first group will meet the second place team in the second group, while the first place team in the second group will face the second place team in the first group, with the winners advancing to the final match scheduled for Monday 5 October.
The tournament has a special character, as it represents an important station for national teams in the region to prepare for upcoming events.
Furthermore, the West Asian Football Federation's Under-17 Championship will, starting from the next edition, be eligible for the Asian Cup finals by granting the top four teams direct qualification cards to the continental finals, which adds more interest to it.
It is worth mentioning that the national team was placed in the fourth group in the Asian Cup Under-17 qualifiers, alongside Iran, Laos, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka.
Laos will host the national team's group matches 17 from 8 to 20 November next, in a gathering system.
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