AFCON 2025: Super Eagles to settle in base camp at tournament

By Oyediji Oluwaseun Babatunde

Nigeria’s senior men’s national team will settle in a base camp for the first time in Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) history.

For the first time in the history of the Africa Cup of Nations, Morocco has allocated a dedicated Team Base Camp for each participating team in the tournament, according to a reliable outlet in the North African country, @MVN_EN X handle.

16 cities have been selected to serve as base camps for teams.

Each camp includes a luxury hotel and two training fields.

On Sunday, a draw was conducted to assign Team Base Camp to each team, with locations distributed across the following cities:

They include Agadir, Al Hoceima, Casablanca, El Jadida, Essaouira, Fez, Ifrane, and Larache.

Others are Marrakesh, Nador, Ouarzazate, Rabat, Taghazout, Tangier, Tetouan, and Saïdia.

The draw for the tournament will take place on Monday, January 27, 2025.

Oluwaseun Oyediji

Oluwaseun Babatunde Oyediji is a multi-media sports journalist with over 10 years experience in Information Communication Technology (ICT), women's football, and beach soccer reportage.The prolific writer is the Media Assistant to Nigeria Beach Soccer League and Africa Beach Soccer Union as well as contributor on Nigeria Women Football League (NWFL) website.He has covered multiple national and international football tournaments including Championship of African Nations (CHAN 2020), CAF Women's Champions League (2023), and Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON 2023).Since 2021, Oyediji has covered the NWFL Premiership especially the season ending Super Six Playoffs.A member of Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN), Ogun state chapter is also the image maker of the Remo Sports Development Council under the leadership of Chief Falilat Ogunkoya and David Osuolale.

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