Iran’s U17 youth team will be taking part in the 4th China Weifang Hope Cup . The annual International Youth Football Tournament will be held in Weifang city, Shandong Province, China.

Team Melli U17 is grouped with North Korea U17 , Sao Paolo (Brazil) and Chivas (USA).

The match schedule is a s follows:

Sunday 28th July 2013            Iran U17 vs North Korea U17 

Monday, 29th July 2013          Iran U17 vs Sao Paolo U17

Wednesday , 31st July 2013   IranU17 vs. Chivas U17

(All time are Iran Summer Time)

The tournament is played in 3 groups. the Others group includes, Botafago (Brazil) , Shandong (China), Myanmar U17  and China U17 team , while the third group consists of Porto (Portugal), Laling FC (China). Mongolia U17,and HK Rangers (Hong Kong).

The top three teams plus the best second placed team will qualify for the semi finals of the tournament.

In a statement to the official FFIRI website, Ali Doustimeher, the coach of Youth teams said that the U17 team will be flying to China on Thursday for the tournament. ” The team will be coached the newly formed coaching team headed by the experienced youth level coach, Rahim Meerakhoury. The purpose of this tournament is to gain experience at international level and top class opposition. Results are irrelevant at this stage.” Doustimeher added. will