A new page has been written into the history of the Turkmen sports movement: our national team took part for the first time in the Football World Cup among schoolchildren born in 2007-2008, held in the city of Dalian (People's Republic of China). This is reported by the newspaper "Neutral Turkmenistan".

56 teams from 33 countries took part in the tournament. The national teams of Brazil, Mexico, Germany and Uganda played in the same group with the Turkmen national team.

Turkmen football players led by Bayramdurdy Meredov and Eziz Annamukhammedov won over the teams of Brazil (3:0) and Mexico (2:0). The goals in these matches were scored by Mukhammedali Durdyev, Timur Jalilov, Orazguly Orazgulyev, Berdimyrat Danatarov. Goalkeeper Davut Davatov, forwards Omar Datdov and Begench Vepalyev demonstrated an excellent game.

Unfortunately, two victories were not enough to make it to the next round, because in the duels with Germany and Uganda, the Turkmen football players still lost in a stubborn struggle.

And here it is worth saying that our group was one of the strongest, since the Ugandan national team was able to reach the final, where in a penalty shootout they lost to representatives of the hosts of the World Cup, the Chinese national team.