The youth team of Turkmenistan (U-17) played a draw with the Syrian team with a score of 1:1 in the match of the second round of the qualifying stage of the Asian Cup-2023. The meeting was held in Jordan.

Forward Denis Titov scored the ball in the national team of Turkmenistan in the 64th minute, the Syrian team bounced back in the 72nd minute thanks to the efforts of Homam Mahmud.

In another match of the “A” qualifying group, the Japanese team defeated the Philippines team (3:0).

After two rounds played, the youth team of Turkmenistan is in the lead in group “A” with four points scored.

The wards of Dovletmurad Annayev will play the next match against the Japanese team on October 5, and on October 7 they will meet with the Jordanians. All matches will be held in the city of Zarqa (Jordan).

Let us remind that the winners of 10 qualifying groups and 5 best teams among the runners-up will advance to the final part of the Asian Youth Cup (U-17), which will be held from May 3 to 20, 2023 in Bahrain.

Following the results of the final stage, which is a qualification, the four best football teams will receive the right to represent Asia at the 19th Youth World Cup 2023 in Peru.