Golden Eaglets To Tackle Morocco, South Africa And Zambia In U17 AFCON

5-time world champions Nigeria should efficiently negotiate a tough Group B that features Morocco, South Africa and Zambia to be able to be eligible for a spot at this yr’s FIFA U17 World Cup finals in Peru.

On the draw ceremony performed contained in the Cercle Nationale d’Armee in Algiers on Wednesday, host nation Algeria birthed in Group A and should be in attrition with Senegal, Congo and Somalia. Cameroon, Mali, Burkina Faso and South Sudan make up Group C.

Nigeria, who’re champions of WAFU B zone and are coached by former Nigeria FIFA World Cup winner Nduka Ugbade, will contest their video games within the metropolis of Constantine. Group A will make house in Algiers whereas Annaba welcomes the groups in Group C.

All 4 top-placed groups on the event now scheduled for twenty ninth April – nineteenth Might will qualify to fly Africa’s flag on the FIFA U17 World Cup in Peru later this yr.

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