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Construction of long-anticipated project recently completed;\u00a0FIFA (<\/em>https:\/\/www.FIFA.com<\/a><\/em>)-funded facility provides cover for the National Team Training Centre (NTTC);\u00a0\u200b“The Air Dome will serve as the launch-pad for our future success.”<\/em><\/em><\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n When Mongolia’s U-17 women\u2019s national team entertained Hong Kong at home in a friendly international last Thursday, the hosts knew the game would go down in the nation\u2019s football history. It was the first-ever international match in their\u00a0newly-constructed Air Dome\u00a0(https:\/\/apo-opa.info\/3UwjAVA<\/a>).<\/p>\n With the wind whistling and land covered in snow, the cold weather of early April is not usually a time conducive for football in Mongolia. However, with the recent completion of the FIFA-funded Air Dome and its huge structure providing cover, the players could play on the football turf at the National Team Training Center (NTTC).<\/p>\n “This game [against Hong Kong] was the first international match in the Air Dome,” an excited Mr.Terbaatar Dambiijav, General Secretary of Mongolian Football Federation (MFF), told\u00a0FIFA.com\u00a0(https:\/\/apo-opa.info\/3UwjAVA<\/a>).<\/p>\n “The match was very important for our team to prepare for the forthcoming AFC U-17 Women’s Asian Cup Group B qualifier. “The Air Dome is a successful FIFA Forward project. We would like to express our heart-felt gratitude to FIFA on behalf of the MFF for its consistent support for us. This ensures that football is now available for us across all four seasons.”<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n