DOHA: Hosts Qatar on Tuesday held China to a 1-1 draw in a

friendly played at Aspire Academy.

The U-19 teams battled with purpose but both the sides could

only score a goal each.

For Qatar, the goal was scored by Hazem Ahmed as the home

team got quality practice.

Qatar, coached by Oscar Cano, are preparing for the AFC Asian

U-19 Cup to be held in October in Bahrain.

Cano got all the 25 players a run in the game to get the youngsters

a decent run ahead of their French training camp later this month.

Qatar are the U-19 defending champions having bagged the title in

Myanmar in 2014.

During the last three months, Qatar have played friendlies against
Ivory Coast, Costa Rica and Croatia withimpressive showings.

Squad:

Yusuf Ayman Hafez, Ahmed Abdulkadir, Hazem Ahmed Shehata, Adel Badr
Musa, Abdullah Abdul Hamid, Syed Fazli, Hassan Issa, Walid Hassan Ali,
Mohammed Ismail Hammad, Mohammed Saleh, Abdul Rahman, Hammam, Meshaal
Issa, Hussein Ali Abdullah, Hassan Ahmed, Abdallah Baha Mamdouh,
Ibrahim Abdel Halim, Farid Masood, Ahmed Saif, Nasser Mohammed Ali
Al-Saadi, Ibrahim Saleh Karbi, Abul Khair, Mohammad Saeed Obaid
al-Rahman’s, Saad Khalifa Khamis, Yazan Naim, Ahmed Bakhit, Ahmed
Hassan Al Mohannadi, Abdulaziz Sadek Saeed.