# India U20 face Yemen in two friendlies in Bengaluru 2026-08-17T00:30:51+00:00 | Sports | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet The Indian U20 men's football team will play two closed-door friendlies against Yemen at the Centre for Sports Excellence in Bengaluru on August 20 and 23. Telangana Today reports that the matches are part of preparations for the AFC U20 Asian Cup China 2027 Qualifiers. These will be India's third and fourth friendlies of the camp, following two victories over Singapore at the same venue on August 3 and 6. The Blue Colts won those matches 3-0 and 1-0 respectively. India and Yemen have only met once before at this age-group, a goalless draw in the AFC U19 Championship Qualifiers in 2017. After the friendlies, the team will travel to Tashkent on August 26, five days before the qualifiers, to acclimatise. India will open their campaign against Syria on August 31, followed by Uzbekistan on September 3 and Bangladesh on September 6. ## Coverage - telanganatoday.com This story was synthesised by AI from the source linked above. Tags: AFC U20 Asian Cup, Bengaluru, India U20, Yemen Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/india-u20-face-yemen-in-two-friendlies-in-bengaluru/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/india-u20-face-yemen-in-two-friendlies-in-bengaluru/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes. How this brief was made: an AI model read the report linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/