Pakistan to face Syria in opener

Published October 2, 2007

LAHORE, Oct 1: Pakistan take on Syria on the opening day of AFC Under-16 championship qualifiers, to be held in Qatar from Oct 22 to Nov 2. Other matches on the same day are carded as Yemen vs Kyrgyzstan and Oman vs Qatar.

Pakistan’s second match will be against Qatar on Oct 25.

Schedule :

Oct 22: Syria v Pakistan, Yemen v Kyrgyzstan, Oman v Qatar

Oct 25: Yemen v Oman, Qatar v Pakistan, Kyrgyzstan v Syria

October 27: Kyrgyzstan v Oman, Syria v Qatar, Pakistan v Yemen

October 30: Qatar v Yemen, Pakistan v Kyrgyzstan, Oman v Syria

Nov 2: Syria v Yemen, Pakistan v Oman, Kyrgyzstan v Qatar

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