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Zee Sports to Telecast AFC U-20 Championship LIVE and Exclusive

Soccer - 27 Oct 2006
   
New Delhi, October 27,2006: Zee Sports, the first Indian private sports channel and television partner to the AIFF, will produce and telecast the AFC Youth Championship from Kolkata and Bangalore starting October 29 to November 12, 2006. Two-world class production units will be working simultaneously in Kolkatta and Bangalore to produce the telecast for one of the most prestigious international football tournament ever to be held in India. In Kolkatta the matches will played at the Salt Lake Stadium and in Bangalore the matches will be played at the Sree Kanteerava Stadium. Zee Sports is also the host broadcaster for the entire Asian region for the event and the feed will be going out to 25 Asian countries.
 
The AFC U-20 Championship is held every two years and is open to players under the age of 19. The future stars of Asian football will be playing in this tournament and most of them will in all likelihood represent their countries in the 2010 FIFA W.Cup. This tournament also acts as a qualifying tournament for the FIFA U-20 World Cup. The top four sides in the AFC Youth Championship will advance to the FIFA U-20 World Cup to be played in Canada from June 30 to July 22 next year. The Korea Republic claimed the AFC Youth Championship crown in 2004 with a 2-0 win over China in Kuala Lumpur. Countries competing in this edition of championship are Kyrgyzstan, Jordan, China, UAE, Thailand, Australia, Japan, North Korea, Iran, Tajikistan, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Malaysia, Vietnam and hosts India.

India was joint winners in 1974 (Bangkok) with Iran after the Final ended in a 2-2 deadlock. But to repeat that performance, the hosts will have to pull up their socks as they are in difficult Group A with defending champions Korea Republic, Central Asian debutants Kyrgyzstan and Jordan. India will be looking up to East Bengal striker Vimal Pariyar, Churchill Brothers midfield duo of Ong Tshering Lepcha and Th. Nooba Singh to create the furore.

As hosts of Asia’s premier youth tournament India have prepared meticulously over the last year under veteran Uzbek coach Islam Akhmedov. In the run up to the preparations for this prestigious tournament the Indian colts have taken part in two major tournaments. The first was the inaugural AFC Challenge Cup in which they held their own against senior teams from Afghanistan (2-0), Chinese Taipei (1-1) and the Philippines (0-0) before going down to Nepal 3-0 in the quarterfinals. The other tournament was the South Asian Federation (SAF) Games in Sri Lanka where they drew with Afghanistan (0-0) and Nepal (1-1) but defeated Bangladesh 2-1 to make the last four. They went down to Sri Lanka 7-6 on penalties and later lost the third-fourth-place playoff to Nepal 2-0.

Telecast Schedule AFC Youth Championship
 

S.No

Match

Date

Venue

Time

1

Korea Republic vs. Jordan

Oct 29

Salt Lake, Kolkata

15:30 onwards

2

India vs. Kyrgyzthan

Oct 29

SaltLake, Kolkata

18:30 onwards

3

China PR vs. Australia

Oct 30

Salt Lake, Kolkata

15:30 onwards

4

Thailand vs. UAE

Oct 30

Salt Lake, Kolkata

18:30 onwards

5

Jordan vs. India

Oct 31

SaltLake, Kolkata

15:30 onwards

6

Kyrgyzthan vs. Korea Rep

Oct 31

Salt Lake, Kolkata

18:30 onwards

7

Saudi Arabia vs Malaysia

Nov1

Sree Kanteerava, Bangalore

15:30 onwards

8

UAE vs China PR

Nov 1

Salt Lake, Kolkata

18:30 onwards

9

Korea Republic vs India

Nov 2

SaltLake, Kolkata

14:30 onwards

10

China PR vs Thailand

Nov 3

Salt Lake, Kolkata

14:30 onwards

11

Quarter Finals

Nov 6

Salt Lake, Kolkata

15:30 onwards

12

Quarter Finals

Nov 6

Salt Lake, Kolkata

18:30 onwards

13

Semi Finals

Nov 9

Salt Lake, Kolkata

15:30 onwards

14

Semi Finals

Nov 9

Salt Lake, Kolkata

17:00 onwards

15

Third Place Play Off

Nov 12

Salt Lake, Kolkata

15:30 onwards

16

Finals

Nov 12

Salt Lake, Kolkata

17:00 onwards


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