MONGOLIAN "ERCHIM" FC SETS BATTLE WITH MANANG MARSYANGDI

Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ Mongolian champion Erchim Football Club /FC/ and Nepal's national champion Manang Marshyangdi Club (MMC) will take on each other in their last Group C stage match at MFF Football Centre in UB city on Monday. However, both the teams have already qualified to the next round of the AFC President’s Cup Qualifiers on Saturday. Cambodia champion Svay Rieng has lost both its matches against Erchim FC and MMC. MMC had defeated Svay Rieng 6-3 in its inaugural match on Thursday while Erchim FC secured 3-1 victory against Svay Rieng on Saturday. The last group stage match will determine the group winner. Altogether 11 teams from the emerging countries of Asia are participating in the tournament which is being played on a round-robin basis. Erchim FC, MMC and Svay Rieng are drawn in Group C while Sri Lanka Air Force, Pakistan’s KRL, Bangladesh’s Sheikh Russel and Bhutan’s Ugyen Academy are drawn in Group A. Similarly, Philippines’s Ceres, Turkmenistan’s HTTU Asgabat, China’s Tatung and North Korea’s Rimyongsu are in Group B. The winners and runner-ups of each group will qualify for the next round of AFC President’s Cup.