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2020 AFC U16 Championship set to get postponed due to Coronavirus pandemic

The biennial international youth football tournament is set to be postponed to a later date...

The AFC (Asian Football Confederation) U16 football championship which was scheduled to be held from September 16 to October 3 in Bahrain is likely to be postponed to a November 25 due to the Coronavirus crisis, Goal has learnt.

India qualified for the 2020 AFC U-16 Championship finals in September 2019 as the table-toppers from Group B. With two wins and a draw, India managed to pick up seven points from three matches to finish above Bahrain, Uzbekistan, and Turkmenistan in the qualifiers held in Uzbekistan.