Tunisia U15 beat France 5-3 in quarter-final
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on La Presse de Tunisie
Tunisia’s under-15 football team beat France 5-3 in Baku, Azerbaijan, to qualify for the U15 World Cup semi-finals in Division C. The young Tunisians will face Luxembourg in the next round, according to La Presse de Tunisie.
Tunisia’s under-15 football team qualified for the semi-finals of the U15 World Cup’s Division C by beating France 5-3 on Thursday in Baku, Azerbaijan, La Presse de Tunisie reports.
The Carthage Eaglets will face Luxembourg in the next round. The Luxembourg team secured its place in the semi-finals after a 6-1 win over Indonesia, according to La Presse de Tunisie.
Tunisia reached the quarter-finals by beating Thailand 5-0, after eliminating Namibia 4-0 in the round of 16. It finished third in Group D, behind Brazil and El Salvador, with three wins and two defeats in the first round.
This first U15 World Cup is played eight-a-side, with two 20-minute halves. Nearly 190 countries are divided into 32 groups, and the teams are then ranked in six performance levels, from category A to F. Only the category A winner is officially crowned U15 world champion, La Presse de Tunisie specifies.
