The FIFA U-15 World Cup and festival will begin in Baku today.
There will be 92 matches on the opening day of the tournament, Operative Information Center-OMM reports.
The Azerbaijan team will face Timor-Leste at 7:30 p.m. at Baku Crystal Hall. The tournament’s official opening ceremony will be held at the same venue before the match.
Teams representing FIFA member associations from 189 countries are taking part in the tournament. Nearly 1,000 matches will be played during the championship.
The U-15 World Cup, which ends on October 30, will be held at the Hovsan Training Complex. The opening and final matches will take place at Baku Crystal Hall.
All necessary arrangements have been made to ensure the matches are staged to a high standard at the Hovsan Training Complex. Built in a short period, the complex has 10 football pitches configured to host 20 matches simultaneously, as well as the other infrastructure needed to stage the tournament.
The Azerbaijan team will play Andorra at 12:45 p.m. and Australia at 7:30 p.m. on October 25. Both matches will be held on pitch 10A at the Hovsan Training Complex. The national team will face Israel at 11:30 a.m. and Haiti at 6:15 p.m. on October 26, also on that pitch.
