The junior football team qualifies for the third tier final in Baku

Tunisia's under-15 football team qualified for the third-level final, on Thursday 29 October 2026, after defeating its French counterpart 5-3 in Azerbaijan's capital Baku.

The team's fifth-place finish was scored by Aziz Mullah and Fadi Mahmoudie with two goals each, along with a goal from player Tahir Suriwi. This victory came after a scoreless run saw the team beat Namibia by four unanswered goals and then Thailand by a clean fifth, before overtaking Luxembourg by three goals in the Semi-final.

The team had started their career in Group 4 competitions with victories over Nepal and the Democratic Republic of Congo 3-1, and over Guinea-Bissau 6-4, while they received two losses to El Salvador and Brazil 1-2 to occupy third place in their group.

The tournament is held in accordance with the rules of the first organized edition of the International Football Confederation for Junior Teams, with 189 national teams participating in matches involving eight players against eight and lasting two rounds of twenty minutes each. The competition regulations distribute the teams in the second round on six levels based on the results of the preliminary round of the competition on separate elimination routes.

The Tunisian national team is preparing to meet Belarus in the third-level final to compete for 65th place in the overall rankings of the World Cup held in Baku.