BD women football team off to Laos

Sports Reporter:

Bangladesh U-20 women football team departed on Saturday for Laos to take part in the qualifying round of the AFC U-20 Women’s Asian Cup Qualifiers 2026, beginning on August 6 at New Laos National Stadium in Vientiane..

The SAFF U-20 Women’s Champions, Bangladesh team, which is put in Group H along with strong South Korea, Timor-Leste, and hosts Cambodia, will start their campaign in the U-20 Women’s Asian Cup by taking on hosts Cambodia.

The girls in red and green will play their remaining group matches against Timor-Leste and stronger South Korea on August 8 and 10 respectively. All the matches will be held at the New Laos National Stadium in Vientiane, Laos.

Bangladesh head Coach Peter Butler said, “In our group, South Korea are a very strong team, so our match with hosts Laos is very important, we want to go ahead after beating Laos in the opening match.”

A total of thirty-three Asian teams, divided into eight groups, will compete in the first phase of the tournament. Later, eight group champions and the best three group runners-up teams will play in the 12-team final round with hosts Thailand.

The final round of the biennial international youth football championship, organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for the women’s under-20 national teams of Asia, will be held in Thailand next year.

Bangladesh squad: Mile Akter, Mst Fardosi Akter Shonale, Swarna Rani Mandal, Afeida Khandakar, Mst Ruma Akter, Kanom Akter, Mst Joynob Bibi Rita, Mst Surma Jannat, Mst Oeyshi Khatun, Ayonto Bala Mahato, Kanon Rani Bahadur, Nadia Akter Juti, Mst Bonna Khatun, Nabiran Khatun, Shanti Mardi, Rupa Akter, Most Munki Akhter, Sapna Rani, Sinha Jahan Shikha, Mst Sagorika, Umehla Marma, Puja Das, and Sree Moti Trishna Rani