India faces humiliation in 1st match of Under-17 FIFA Women’s World Cup
First Published: 12th October, 2022 13:15 IST
The USA defeated the Host country 8-nil in their campaign opener at Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar.
The Indian under-17 women’s football team started their FIFA under-17 Women’s World Cup 2022 campaign on a bad foot.
The USA defeated the Host country 8-nil in their campaign opener at Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar. This comes as the Indian Women’s football team’s biggest defeat in the under-17 categories.
The thrashing has put India at the bottom of Group A while the USA is at the top. In the other Group A match, Brazil managed a narrow 1-nil win over Morocco and is in second place.
Melina Rebimbas scored a brace while Charlotte Kohler, Onyeka Gamero, Gisele Thompson, Ella Emri, Taylor Suarez, and Mia Bhuta also managed to get goals over India.
Notably, Union Minister of Sports and Youth Affairs Anurag Thakur attended the opening ceremony of the FIFA U-17 Women’s Football World Cup India 2022 at Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar. The minister also watched the match between India and USA.
Union Minister for Education, Skill Development, and Entrepreneurship Dharmendra Pradhan and Minister for Law and Justice Kiren Rijiju also attended the inaugural ceremony of the World Cup.
India is hosting the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup 2022, organized at three venues. The matches will be played at Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar, PJN Stadium in Goa, and DY Patil Sports Stadium in Navi Mumbai.
As many as 16 nations will be taking part in the grand sporting event which will continue till October 30. The seventh edition of the prestigious tournament has four groups – A, B, C, and D – and Navi Mumbai is set to host the grand final on October 30.
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