QFA Names New Coaches for U-19, U-17 Strings

Doha, June 29 (QNA) - Dutchman Arnaud Boateng and Portugals Joao Carlos Pereira will manage the Qatar U-19 and U-17 squads respectively, it emerged on Sunday. Boateng will help prepare the U-19 side that will feature in the AFC Youth Championship qualifiers to be held in Bahrain. Pereira will manage the junior string preparing for an event in India. Boateng will head the Qatar U-19 training camp in Turkey next month when the squad will also visit Spain for a friendly. Qatar are placed in Group D in the AFC Youth Championship qualifiers with Oman, Lebanon and Kyrgyzstan. Qatar will take on Kyrgyzstan on October 2 before playing Lebanon on October 4. Al Anabi face Oman on October 6. Doha will also host the Group C games of the Asia Cup U-17, which kicks off on September 16. The teams involved include Tajikistan, Iraq, Turkmenistan. (QNA)