The U-17 Bolivian team achieved a historic pass to the World Cup in the category, which will be played in Qatar from November 3 to 27 of this year. The national team stayed with the last place available after beating Ecuador 1-0 on the last day of the South American Championship held in Colombia.
Fernando Costa, president of the Bolivian Football Federation (FBF), expressed its satisfaction for this sports achievement and announced that the campus will receive an economic prize of $ 100,000 in recognition of the effort made. He also confirmed that on Monday an act of tribute will be held in La Paz, where the delegation will arrive early Sunday.
“Very happy for this joy at a hard time for our country. These boys, with that courage, have taken their faces for Bolivia,” Costa said. The leader highlighted the physical deployment, talent and delivery of the campus, which exceeded adversities to achieve classification.
Costa also valued the work that has been developed in minor divisions in recent years. “It is four years working, attending all the commitments that we were invited, with an important economic effort, sacrificing other projects, but betting on the planting of the Bolivian football“, held.
As he explained, this process began with coach Pablo Escobar and has had continuity with the current coaching staff led by Óscar Villegas. “86 days of microcycles were reached,” he said, and added that he will continue to work with a view to the players arriving in the best way to the World Cup.
With this result, Bolivia returns to an appointment U-17 World Cup After several years, and adds to the selections that will represent South America in the tournament.
