All of the African teams have been placed in the same group, while the other group is comprised of three Asian countries. The semifinal line-ups will see something for the first time in world football as well, as Burundi, Mauritius and Seychelles have never played against Palestine, Sri Lanka or Bangladesh before. Seychelles, whose football team’s nickname is the Pirates, is a country of around 100,000 people and its head coach Don Anacoura twice drew attention to the country’s small size in the pre-tournament press conference Tuesday. “We can’t underestimate or overestimate anyone as we don’t know much about Bangladesh, Palestine and Sri Lanka, except their Fifa rankings. RankingsAsia (Group A)Palestine – 106Bangladesh – 187Sri Lanka – 205Africa (Group B)Burundi – 151Mauritius – 172Seychelles - 200

Source: Dhaka Tribune January 14, 2020 17:03 UTC