U-17 AFCON: Nigeria to battle Morocco, South Africa, Zambia
Nigeria’s national U-17 football team, Golden Eaglets, have been drawn to play Morocco, South Africa and Zambia in Group B of the 2023 Africa U-17 Cup of Nations.
The colourful ceremony was held at the Cercle National de l’Armée in Algiers on Wednesday.
Group A hosts Algeria, Senegal, DR Congo, and Somalia while Group C is made up of Cameroon, Mali, Burkina Faso, and South Sudan.
The Golden Eaglets will play their Group B matches at the Chahid Hamlaoui Stadium, Constantine.
The Nelson Mandela Stadium in Algiers and the 1956 Stadium in Annaba will host matches in groups A and C, respectively.
The fifteenth edition of the U-17 AFCON is scheduled for April 29 to May 19 in Algeria.
The Golden Eaglets qualified for the tournament after winning the U-17 WAFU B championship staged in Cote D’Ivoire in 2022.
They defeated Burkina Faso 2-1 in a thrilling final.
The Eaglets won the U17 AFCON in 2001 and 2007.
The top four teams from the 2023 U-17 AFCON will represent Africa at the 2023 FIFA U-17 World Cup slated for Peru from Nov. 10 to Dec. 2.
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