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Nigeria’s U-20 and U-17 teams have been presented with
tough tasks in the qualifying routes for next year’s youth
continental championships.
At the draw ceremony, seven-time African champions, Flying
Eagles of Nigeria were drawn in the same Group B with Ghana’s Black
Satellites and the Junior Elephants of Cote d’Ivoire for the WAFU B
U20 Tournament scheduled for 18th November – 2nd December in
Togo.
Hosts Togo, Niger Republic, Benin Republic and Burkina Faso will
battle it out in Group A, the champion team will qualify to
represent the zone at the 2021 U20 Africa Cup of Nations that will
take place in Mauritania.
Also, the WAFU B secretariat has concluded the draw for the U-17
championship holding in Benin Republic in December.
Nigeria’s Golden Eaglets, champions of Africa in 2001 and 2007,
and five-time world champions, will contend with the Black Starlets
of Ghana and the Baby Elephants of Cote d’Ivoire also in Group
B.
The tournament action will take place from 5th – 20th December
2020.
Group A has hosts Benin Republic, Niger Republic, Burkina Faso
and Togo. The winner of the tournament will represent the zone at
the 2021 U17 Africa Cup of Nations that will take place in Morocco
in the month of March.