Bangladesh win twice in a day on penalties at Under-15 World Cup

Bangladesh beat Seychelles and Singapore on penalties on the same day to reach the quarterfinals of the FIFA Under-15 World Cup and Festival in Azerbaijan on Wednesday.

In the morning game, Bangladesh took a one-goal lead early on against Seychelles and held onto it till the 85th minute, before their opponents levelled the scores to take the match into a penalty shootout.

Bangladesh scored four penalties to Seychelles’ two, with goalkeeper Srinath Halder saving two spot-kicks, to win the tie.

Then they faced Singapore in the afternoon. That match also ended 1-1 in regulation time before Bangladesh won the shootout 4-3.

This is FIFA’s maiden global tournament at the Under-15 level, with 189 countries competing across 32 groups.

Bangladesh finished fifth in the six-team Group C. They are now in a knockout stage with the fifth-placed teams from all 32 groups.

Teams are playing knockout matches against others who finished in the same group position, allowing FIFA to crown six champions.