Bahrain to play Bangladesh on Wednesday

Manama, Nov.5 (BNA): Bahrain will tomorrow, Wednesday, start its campaign, aiming to book a berth in the Under-19 Asian Championship, which will be held in Uzbekistan in October 2020. The national squad will take on Bangladesh at 7 pm, at the Khalifa Sports City stadium, as part of the first round of Group E. Jordan and Bhutan, which were drawn also in Group E, which clash at 3.15 pm. Led by coach Ismael Karami, the 23-national team lines up Abdulla Salim, Salman Adel, Mohammed Khalifa, Saud Al-Haza, Ahmed Mousallem, Salem Hussein, Hani Taha, Abdulrahman Al-Obaidly, Saleh Bader, Talal Al-Zayed, Duaij Althawadi, Ibrahim Ali, Mohammed Abdulqayyoum, Hussein Al-Ekri, Hussein Haruna, Mubarak Mohammed, Adel Al-Romaihi, Sayyed Jawad Haider, Abdulla Al-Nimr, Ali Khalifa, Abdulrahman Al-Sayyed, Sayyed Mahdi Sharaf and Khalifa K. Saudi Arabia won the 2018 Under-19 Championship, after beating South Korea 2-1 in the final.