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National U-17 team fails to qualify for second European Championship preliminary round


https://www.ipn.md/en/national-u-17-team-fails-to-qualify-for-second-european-7979_1008136.html

Moldova’s Under 17 football squad ranked last in the preliminary group 8 of the 2014 European Championship. On September 30, the national team trained by Nicolae Bunea lost the match against Cyprus 0-2, IPN reports.

The Cypriots scored both of the goals in the first half through Andreas Fragkou and Foivos Christodoulou. Moldova’s squad got only one point after drawing with Norway 1-1 and losing to Spain 0-3.

Spain and Norway qualified for the second preliminary round of the European Championship with 9 points and 4 points respectively.

The Under 19 team will enter the European Championship qualifying rounds on November 13. Its group includes the Netherland, Wales and Georgia.