{"id":22418,"date":"2026-06-30T18:59:18","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T18:59:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/?p=22418"},"modified":"2026-06-30T18:59:19","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T18:59:19","slug":"afghanistan-qualifies-for-the-fifa-u-15-world-cup-and-fifa-festival-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/2026\/06\/30\/afghanistan-qualifies-for-the-fifa-u-15-world-cup-and-fifa-festival-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Afghanistan qualifies for the FIFA U-15 World Cup and FIFA Festival 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>KABUL: The Afghanistan Football Federation (AFF) has announced that the country\u2019s under-15 national football team has qualified for the FIFA U-15 World Cup and the FIFA Festival 2026.<br>The tournament is scheduled to take place in Azerbaijan from October 22 to 31, 2026.<br>In a statement released on Tuesday, the AFF said that the achievement was made possible through the organization of under-14 competitions across different regions of the country and the implementation of development programs to strengthen grassroots football.<br>According to the federation, securing the qualification spot is the result of long-term planning to identify and develop young talent, combined with the federation\u2019s leadership&#8217;s efforts to engage with FIFA officials in support of youth football development.<br>The FIFA U-15 World Cup and FIFA Festival are part of FIFA\u2019s development initiatives designed to support emerging football talent by providing young players with international experience, enhancing their technical skills, and preparing them for future competitive opportunities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KABUL: The Afghanistan Football Federation (AFF) has announced that the country\u2019s under-15 national football team has qualified for the FIFA U-15 World Cup and the FIFA Festival 2026.The tournament is scheduled to take place in Azerbaijan from October 22 to 31, 2026.In a statement released on Tuesday, the AFF said that the achievement was made [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":22419,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[61],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22418"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22418"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22418\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22420,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22418\/revisions\/22420"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22419"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22418"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22418"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22418"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}