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Bangladesh beat India to retain SAFF U-19 Women’s Championship

Bangladesh defeated India in the final of the SAFF U-19 Women’s Football Championship-2021 and won the title. The girls of the red-green team won the match 1-0 at the Bir Shrestha Shaheed Shipahi Mustofa Kamal Stadium in Kamalapur on Wednesday.

Anai Mogini scored the only goal in Bangladesh’s victory.

Earlier, Bangladesh got great success in Round Robin League.

Despite a goalless draw with Nepal in the first match, the hosts advanced to the final after beating Bhutan 6-0, India 1-0, and Sri Lanka 12-0.

India beat Sri Lanka 5-0 and Bhutan 3-0. However, in the third match with Bangladesh, they could not manage the win.

This time in the final match the result is the same.

Earlier in 2018, Bangladesh U-19 Women’s team returned home from Bhutan with the title of this tournament (than it was under-18). They had defeated Nepal 1-0 in the final.

News Room, December 22,2021

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