In the capital's indoor football arena, the international tournament Development Cup has ended, the matches of which were held in the format of two halves of 40 minutes each. The Belarus U-16 team became the silver medalist, losing in the Final to the Israeli team (U-17) only in a penalty shoot-out. And the Belarus U-17 team won bronze medals.
In the youth team of Belarus U-16 (players not older than 2006 year of birth) under the leadership of Dzmitry Karatkevich, who was assisted by the coach from our club the youth structure Ivan Mihal, two FC BATE Borisov players were involved - midfielder Ales Sakhonchyk and striker Maksim Praleska.
The representative team of Belarus U-17 (players not older than 2005 year of birth) headed by Aliaksandr Yurevich, whose coaching bard included the Yellow-Blues' reserves coach Dzmitry Likhtarovich and the masseur of our team Andrei Arekhva, included five FC BATE Borisov players: goalkeeper Arseni Skapets , defender Danila Viarheichyk, midfielder Yan Shumski, strikers Vadzim Kisialiou and Aliaksandr Piatrovich.
Group A (U-16)
6th February. FC Dinamo Minsk (U-17) - Moldova - 1:0. Belarus - Kyrgyzstan - 4:1 (Sahonchyk appeared in the starting lineup and was replaced on the 56th minute).
7th February. Tajikistan - Moldova - 2:2. Belarus - FC Dinamo Minsk - 3:2 (Sahonchyk appeared in the starting lineup, score a penalty-kick on the 7th minute and was substituted on the 51st one, Praleska entered the pitch on the 37th minute and was replaced on the 61st one).
9th February. FC Dinamo Minsk - Kyrgyzstan - 1:0. Belarus - Tajikistan - 3:2 (Sahonchyk was substituted on the 16th minute due to a microtrauma).
10th February. Kyrgyzstan - Moldova - 3:1. FC Dinamo Minsk - Tajikistan - 2:2.
12th February. Tajikistan - Kyrgyzstan - 3:2. Belarus - Moldova - 2:1.
Teams final standings: Belarus - 12 points, FC Dinamo Minsk - 7, Tajikistan - 5, Kyrgyzstan - 3, Moldova - 1.
Group B (U-17)
6th February. Israel - FC Minsk - 5:0. Belarus - Uzbekistan - 4:2 (Viarheichik played the full match, Kisialiou scored a goal on the 34th minute and was replaced at half-time).
7th February. Israel - Georgia - 3:0. Belarus - FC Minsk - 1:0 (Skapets played the full match, Shumski appeared in the starting lineup and was substituted on the 29th minute, Kisialiou entered the pitch on the 41st minute and Viarheichyk - on the 73rd one).
9th February. FC Minsk - Uzbekistan - 1:5. Belarus - Georgia - 3:0 (Viarheichyk played the full match, Kisialiou appeared in the starting lineup and was replaced on the 59th minute, Shumski entered the pitch on the 76th one).
10th February. Israel - Uzbekistan - 2:0. FC Minsk - Georgia - 0:1.
12th February. Uzbekistan - Georgia - 3:0. Belarus - Israel - 0:1 (Viarheichyk played the full match, Kisialiou appeared in the starting lineup and was substituted on the 70th minute, Shumski entered the pitch on the 70th one).
Teams final standings: Israel - 12 points, Belarus - 9, Uzbekistan - 6, Georgia - 3, FC Minsk - 0.
13th February
For 9th place. FC Dinamo Minsk - FC Minsk - 2:1.
For 7th place. Georgia - Moldova - 7:0.
For 5th place. Uzbekistan - Kyrgyzstan - 3:1.
For 3rd place. Belarus (U-17) - Tajikistan - 4:0 (Piatrovich appeared in the starting lineup and was replaced during the half-time, Shumski appeared in the starting lineup and was substituted on the 50th minute, Kisialiou entered the pitch on the 41st minute and set the final result of the match, scoring a goal on the 71st minute).
The Final. Belarus (U-16) - Israel - 2:2, penalty shoot-out - 1:3 (Sahonchyk entered the pitch on the 56th minute and did not realize the penalty kick).
