Turkmenistan’s youth national team lost to Benin in a fifth-round match of the preliminary stage of the FIFA U-15 World Cup and Festival, currently taking place in Azerbaijan. The match, held in Govsan, ended with a score of 4–1, according to the FIFA website.

The Turkmenistan youth team won two of five matches in the preliminary stage. Earlier, Aziz Kambarov's team won victories over Hong Kong (2:1) and the Cook Islands (3:1), but lost to the national teams of Italy (1:5) and Qatar (0:4).

In the second stage, the teams will play in a playoff format. Teams that lose a match will not be eliminated from the tournament; instead, they will continue by playing against other teams that have also suffered a defeat. The winners of each of the six levels will be declared the winners of their respective divisions, while the top team at Level A will be crowned the tournament champion.

The tournament will conclude on October 31. Matches are played in an 8-a-side format, consisting of two 20-minute halves.

On October 28, the Turkmenistan national team will face Canada; this match is scheduled to begin at 11:15 Ashgabat time.