Bangladesh women's football team will leave the capital for Vietnam Monday afternoon to participate in the round-2 matches of the AFC U-17 Women's Asian Cup 2024 Qualifiers, to be held in Hanoi from Sept 20-24.
Bangladesh are in four- team Group D of the Asian youth women's soccer tournament with stronger Australia, hosts Vietnam and the Philippines.
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Ruma Akter was named as captain of Bangladesh team while Joynob Bibi Rita made her deputy.
The prospect and preparation of the Bangladesh team was disclosed at a pre-tour press conference held at the BFF conference room on Sunday.
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Team Manager M Nurul Islam Nuru, head coach Mahbubur Rahman Litu and captain Ruma Akter, among others, spoke on the occasion.
In the group matches, Bangladesh will start their campaign taking on hosts Vietnam in one of the two opening day's matches on Wednesday (September 20) at 7 pm at the Yanmar field, Vietnam Youth Football Training Center in Hanoi.
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In the remaining group encounters, Bangladesh will face the Philippines on Friday (Sept 22) at 4 pm and will meet stronger Australia on Sunday (Sept 24) at 4 pm at the same venue.