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Egypt 2023 U20 AFCON: Flying Eagles to know group opponents on Friday
By Wale Mustapha
The draws for the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations, AFCON U20 championship will be held in Cairo, Egypt next Friday.
The draw will reveal who will be in the same group with the Nigeria’s U-20 side, the Flying Eagles.
In a statement released by the Confederation of African Football (CAF), the draw ceremony will take place on Friday, 23 December.
Egypt will host the biennial competition between February 18 to March 12, 2023 where the four semi-finalists at the competition will qualify for the 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Indonesia.
The Flying Eagles and the host nation, Egypt will comepete for honors and the available World Cup slot with other 10 countries at the championship.
Nations like Senegal, Zambia, Mozambique, Uganda and South Sudan qualified are in it as well as Tunisia, Central African Republic and Congo.
