Development Cup: Iran defeats Belarus to finish 5th [VIDEO]
Tehran Times – MINSK, Iran U17 football team defeated Belarus 2-0 on Saturday to come fifth in the international tournament “Development Cup” in Belarus.
Esmaeil Gholizadeh opened the scoring for Iran in the 17th minute and Amirmohammad Razaghi made the scoreboard 2-0 in the 30th minute.
Iran, who started the campaign with a 4-0 win over Belarus U16, lost to Tajikistan and Russia in their following matches.
The tournament was held from Feb. 5 to 11 in Minsk.
A total of six U17 football teams, namely Belarus, Iran, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Russia, as well as Belarus U16 and Russia U16 teams competed in the tournament.