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title: "Bahrain to face Kuwait in opening match of their group at the AFC U17 Asian Cup"
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# Bahrain to face Kuwait in opening match of their group at the AFC U17 Asian Cup

Bahrain U17 and Kuwait U17 will meet in the first round of the group stage at the AFC U17 Asian Cup, on 8 November 2026 at 16:00 Saudi Arabia and Damascus time.

[Kareem Al-Saleh](https://riyadaty.com/en/author/kareem-al-saleh-2) Editor Published 7 November 2026، 04:03 Saudi time

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Bahrain to face Kuwait in opening match of their group at the AFC U17 Asian Cup

[Bahrain U17](https://riyadaty.com/en/team/bahrain-u17-1877) will host [Kuwait U17](https://riyadaty.com/en/team/kuwait-u17-1878) in a match to be played as part of the first round of the group stage of the 2026 [AFC U17 Asian Cup](https://riyadaty.com/en/competition/afc-u17-asian-cup-27), on 8 November 2026 at 16:00 Saudi Arabia and Damascus time.

The match will be broadcast on beIN SPORTS.

Bahrain's results in their last five matches have been mixed, having beaten Brunei 10-0, Timor-Leste 3-0 and Sri Lanka 2-1, while losing to Bangladesh 1-2 and China 0-4.

Kuwait, meanwhile, have played four matches, achieving three wins and one loss, having beaten Maldives 5-0, Mongolia 5-0 and Turkmenistan 1-0, while losing to Thailand 0-3.

This encounter comes at the start of both teams' group stage campaign, as part of the competition to qualify from the group.

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