KATHMANDU: Shelter Aashraya Nepal, which is providing shelters to street children, picked up 26 players’ preliminary squad for the Street Child World Cup, a football event to be played ahead of the FIFA World Cup in Moscow, Russia next year.

The players were selected through National Football League. In Friday’s final match, Three Angels of Pokhara beat Nepal Balmandir ‘B’ 4-1 and won title of the event.

The players will now be kept under the close camp training. The nine-member final squad will be announced later.