CAN has called up five players each from Region No 2 (Birgunj), Region No 3 (Kathmandu) and Region No 4 (Bhairahawa) for the closed camp. Likewise, four players each from Region No 1 (Biratnagar), Region No 6 (Baitadi) and Region No 7 (Janakpur), three players from Region No 8 (Pokhara) and two players from Region No 5 (Nepalgunj) are selected for the closed camp.[break]
Amit Dahal, Kalicharan Yadav, Mayanand Chaudhary and Suman Shrestha of Biratnagar and Avinash Karn, Ram Naresh Giri, Suraj Kumar Kurmi, Amit Shrestha and Irshad Ahmed of Birgunj are in the list of 32 players.
Likewise, CAN has called up Region No 3 players Prakash Bista (A), Prakash Bista (B), Sarad Khadka, Bibas Thapa and Pawan Shrestha as well as Region No 4 players Sabin Shakya, Nirmal Thapa, Prakash KC, Bibek Chaudhary and Sushant Bhari.
Amar Singh Rautela and Inamuddin Halwai of Nepalgunj; Bhuban Karki, Prem Tamang, Arjun Chapagain and Yagyaman Kumal of Baitadi; Sameer Nepal, Avishek Jha, Rahul Pratap Singh and Hari Shankar Shah of Janakpur; and Nischal Pandey, Anil Gurung and Dhurba Karki of Region No 8 have also been selected for the first phase training.
"The training camp will start in Pokhara from April 2. We have asked all the players to report in Pokhara on April 1," said Kiran Rana, a member of the CAN executive committee. According to Rana, Jagat Tamata will look after the training camp in Pokhara.
"National team coach Pubudu Dassanayake will join the U-19 team in Kathmandu as the second phase of training will be held in Kathmandu," he added.
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