16 Youth National Football teams with players born on 1 January 1996 and later shall participate in the XXVI International youth football tournament in memory of the first vice-president of FIFA Valentin Granatkin.
[h=3]Tournament format[/h] The tournament is played in two stages.
At the preliminary stage the 16 participating teams are divided into 4 groups of four teams each where they shall play one round against each of the competitors.
BELARUS – I. R. IRAN 0:3 (0:1)
January 3rd, 2014, Saint-Petersburg, Peterburgsky SCC, 200 spectators
Referees: Artyom Chistyakov, Aleksandr Rodionov, Andrei Kuzhelev
Belarus: Shcharbitski (g), Paulavets (c), Kastsiushkin, Valynets, Tarakanau (Vasilyeu, 63), Shauchenka (Chmyrykau, 77), Klimovich (Kastsiuchyk, 74), Yarotski (Sarokin, 53), Lukashyk (Kukharchyk, 61), Nosko (Baiduk, 70), Shybun
Head coach: Viktar Barel
I. R. Iran: Niazmand (g), Joudaki (c), Salimi, Hosseini, Sarlak, Bazaj (Moharrami, 75), Seyyedi Haghnazari (Soleimani, 78), Najarian (Seyyedi, 75), Hashemi (Sohrabian, 80), Aghaei (Moghtadaei, 87), Ezzati (Baghdadi, 58)
Head coach: Ali Dousti Mehr
Goals: Aghaei (9), Baghdadi (56), Najarian (67)
Best players: Mikita Valynets, Siavash Haghnazari
Iran is in Group A with Belarus- Finland and Slovakia
[h=3]Tournament format[/h] The tournament is played in two stages.
At the preliminary stage the 16 participating teams are divided into 4 groups of four teams each where they shall play one round against each of the competitors.
BELARUS – I. R. IRAN 0:3 (0:1)
January 3rd, 2014, Saint-Petersburg, Peterburgsky SCC, 200 spectators
Referees: Artyom Chistyakov, Aleksandr Rodionov, Andrei Kuzhelev
Belarus: Shcharbitski (g), Paulavets (c), Kastsiushkin, Valynets, Tarakanau (Vasilyeu, 63), Shauchenka (Chmyrykau, 77), Klimovich (Kastsiuchyk, 74), Yarotski (Sarokin, 53), Lukashyk (Kukharchyk, 61), Nosko (Baiduk, 70), Shybun
Head coach: Viktar Barel
I. R. Iran: Niazmand (g), Joudaki (c), Salimi, Hosseini, Sarlak, Bazaj (Moharrami, 75), Seyyedi Haghnazari (Soleimani, 78), Najarian (Seyyedi, 75), Hashemi (Sohrabian, 80), Aghaei (Moghtadaei, 87), Ezzati (Baghdadi, 58)
Head coach: Ali Dousti Mehr
Goals: Aghaei (9), Baghdadi (56), Najarian (67)
Best players: Mikita Valynets, Siavash Haghnazari
Iran is in Group A with Belarus- Finland and Slovakia