Yemen national team defeats its Omani counterpart in the opening of the 2024 West Asian Youth Cup

The Yemeni national team defeated its Omani counterpart by three goals to one, today, Monday, September 2, 2024, in the opening matches of the first round of the West Asian Youth Championship for Under-16s.

This victory reflects the fighting spirit and great determination of the Yemeni youth team, to begin the campaign to defend its title in an ideal manner, before the decisive match against the Saudi team.

The title holder, Yemen, topped Group 2 with 3 points, while Oman remained without points. The leader qualifies directly to the semi-finals, while the best second-placed team from three groups will be chosen to be in the semi-finals.

The Omani U-16 team will play against its Saudi counterpart in the second round match next Wednesday, September 4, at 20:00 Jordan time. This match will be the opening round for the Saudi team, which will play its second match against Yemen on Friday, September 6.

Prince Mohammed Stadium in Zarqa, Jordan, hosted today's match between Oman and Yemen at 17:00 Saudi time, 14:00 GMT.

Oman national team coach Anwar Al Habsi entered today's match with a starting lineup consisting of "Ahmed Al Rawahi ( GK ) - Al Hassan Al Qasimi ( C ) - Shihab Al Ghazali - Fahad Al Mashaikhi - Mohammed Al Mashaikhi - Al Waleed Al Rashidi - Ahmed Al Omrani - Firas Al Saadi - Osama Al Maamari - Abdul Aziz Al Balushi - Suleiman Al Kharousi."

As for the coach of the Yemeni national team, Samer Saleh, he entered the match with a starting lineup consisting of “Wissam Al-Asbahi - Omar Anwar - Ahmed Nasser - Mohammed Mashbah - Ahmed Noman - Ayman Mohammed - Abdullah Darman - Ali Dalio - Ahmed Talal - Karim Hamdi - Madin Al-Ward.”

Oman played against Yemen in this age group for the last time in the first round of the group stage of the AFC U-16 Championship held in September 2018. Oman managed to win 2-0 and came in second place behind North Korea, while Yemen came in third with 3 points, one point behind Jordan, which came in last.

It is noteworthy that the group stage matches of the West Asian Youth Championship for Under-16s in Jordan will be held from September 2 to September 7, 2024 at Prince Mohammed Stadium in Zarqa and the Polo Stadium in Al Hussein Youth City in the capital, Amman.

Source: Mercato