Dhaka: Bangladesh booters on Sunday clinched the AFC U-14 Girls' Regional Championship title for the south and central zone, defeating holders and home favourites Nepal 1-0. 

Marzia, who uses just one name, scored the winning goal in the 16th minute to help Bangladesh win the title for the first time.

"We are very, very happy and proud to bring the title home," Bangladesh's skipper Krishna Rani Sarkar told AFP after receiving the winner's medal from Nepal's Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli. 

"We worked so hard for this," Sarkar said. 

On the way to the title clash, Bangladesh defeated Iran while Nepal got the better of India in the semi-finals held in April.

The final was earlier scheduled to be held on April 25, the day a powerful 7.8-magnitude quake shook Nepal killing almost 8,900 people. 

Seven teams, including India, Bhutan, Maldives, Iran and Sri Lanka, participated in the championship.