Nepal U16 depart for Thailand

Nepal U16 team today departs for Thailand where they will set up a training camp before the tournament kicks off in September 6.

A total of 22 men squad along with four officials including, head coach Bal Gopal Maharjan, coach Sunil Shrestha, goalkeeper coach  Mrigendra Prasad Mishra and manager Dinesh Byanjankar travelled along with the team.

Nepal team had trained in South Korea and Belgium where they played couple of friendly matches.

Nepal is in group C with Uzbekistan, North Korea and Kuwait, while captain Bimal Gharti Magar will miss the first match against Uzbekistan following his yellow card in the qualification round played at Dasarath Rangashala.

Nepal’s Fixture in the tournament :

07-09-2014 14:45 (NST) UZBEKISTAN v NEPAL
Venue: Muangthong Stadium, Bangkok

07-09-2014 18:45 (NST) KUWAIT v DPR KOREA
Venue: Muangthong Stadium, Bangkok

09-09-2014 14:45 (NPT) NEPAL v KUWAIT
Venue: Muangthong Stadium, Bangkok

09-09-2014 18:45 (NST) DPR KOREA v UZBEKISTAN
Venue: Muangthong Stadium, Bangkok

11-09-2014 14:45 (NST) UZBEKISTAN v KUWAIT
Venue: Muangthong Stadium, Bangkok

11-09-2014 14:45 (NST) DPR KOREA v NEPAL
Venue: Rajamangala Stadium, Bangkok

The top four of the tournament make it into the U17 world cup 2015 which will be played in Chile.