International Friendlies Wrap: Hong Kong, China shine; Singapore involved in thrillers
Kuala Lumpur: Several nations were involved in friendlies during the international break with Hong Kong, China continued showing progress under new head coach Ashley Westwood after an impressive 3-1 win over Philippines.
Group B: Victory not enough to take Abdysh-Ata through
Kuwait CIty: FC Abdysh-Ata ended their AFC Challenge League™ 2024/25 campaign with a 3-0 win over Maldives’ Maziya Sports & RC on Friday but it wasn’t enough for the Kyrgyz Republic side to advance to the quarter-finals from Group B.
Group B - MD1: FC Arkadag (TKM) 2-1 Maziya Sports & RC (MDV)
Kuwait City: Turkmenistan’s FC Arkadag produced a fighting performance to edge Maziya Sports & RC of Maldives 2-1 in their AFC Challenge League™ 2024/25 Group B fixture at the Kuwait Sports Club Stadium on Saturday.
Qualifiers - Group C: China PR 9-0 Maldives; Bahrain 0-2 Korea Republic
Dalian: China PR and Korea Republic will play for top spot in Group C of the AFC U17 Asian Cup™ Saudi Arabia 2025 Qualifiers after registering their third wins on Friday.
Qualifiers - Group C: China PR 6-0 Bhutan; Korea Republic 13-0 Maldives
Dalian: China PR continued their winning ways after defeating Bhutan 6-0 in their AFC U17 Asian Cup™ Saudi Arabia 2025 Qualifiers Group C match on Wednesday.
Qualifiers - Group C: Maldives 0-1 Bahrain; Bhutan 0-5 Korea Republic
Dalian: Korea Republic kickstarted their AFC U17 Asian Cup™ Saudi Arabia 2025 Qualifiers campaign with an emphatic 5-0 win over Bhutan in Group C on Monday.
Qualifiers - Group C: Maldives 2-2 Bhutan; Bahrain 0-2 China PR
Dalian: China PR opened their AFC U17 Asian Cup™ Saudi Arabia 2025 Qualifiers Group C campaign with an impressive 2-0 win over Bahrain at the Dalian Football Youth Training Centre on Saturday.