The traditional international tournament Development Cup started in the capital's indoor football arena, the matches of which are held in the format of two halves by 40 minutes.

The youth representative team of Belarus U-16 (players not older than 2006 year of birth) led by Dzmitry Karatkevich, who is assisted by coach from the youth structure of our club Ivan Mihal, defeated their peers from Kyrgyzstan with a big score - 4:1 (10, 55, 71, 82+; 2). FC BATE Borisov midfielder Ales Sakhonchyk was included to the starting lineup and substituted on the 56th minute.

The youth representative team of Belarus U-17 (players not older than 2005 year of birth) under the leadership of Aliaksandr Yurevich, whose coaching board includes the Yellow-Blues' reserves coach Dzmitry Likhtarovich and the masseur of our team Andrei Arekhva, performed a victory over the Uzbeks - 4:2 (25-pen, 28, 34, 68-pen; 72, 76). In this match, two representatives of FC BATE Borisov took part on the pitch: defender Danila Viarheichyk played the full match, and forward Vadzim Kisialiou (on photo) scored a goal on the 34th minute and was substituted at half-time.

Group A (U-16)

6th February. FC Dinamo Minsk (U-17) - Moldova - 1:0. Belarus - Kyrgyzstan - 4:1.

Teams' standings: Belarus, FC Dinamo Minsk - 3 points each (after 1 game), Tajikistan - 0 (0), Moldova, Kyrgyzstan - 0 (1) each.

7th February. Tajikistan - Moldova (11:00). Belarus - FC Dinamo Minsk (15:40).

Group B (U-17)

6th February. Israel - FC Minsk - 5:0. Belarus - Uzbekistan - 4:2.

Teams' standings: Israel, Belarus - 3 points each (after 1 game), Georgia - 0 (0), Uzbekistan, Minsk - 0 (1) each.

7th February. Georgia - Israel (13:20). Belarus - Minsk (18:00).