Seven-time African
champions, Nigeria will commence their participation in the 2025 Africa U20 Cup of Nations
finals with a game against the Young Pharaohs of Egypt on Wednesday, 30th April, at the 20,000-capacity Amadou Gon Coulibaly
stadium in Korhogo.
The encounter is billed to kick off at 5pm CIV time (6pm Nigeria time).
The Flying will next take on Morocco’s Young Atlas Lions at the same
venue, starting 8pm
local time (9pm Nigeria time) on Saturday, 3rd May.
Nigeria, who
qualified for the finals following a successful defence of their WAFU B U20
Championship title in Lome in October 2024, will then wrap up
their group B campaign with a session against South Africa, also in Korhogo
on Tuesday, 6th May, starting from 5pm local time (6pm
Nigeria time).
The Flying Eagles, quarter-finalists of the last edition of the FIFA
U20 World Cup in Argentina in 2023, are currently
camping in Katsina, courtesy of the
State Government, in the
first phase of their final preparations for the continental championship.
A semi-final
spot in Côte d’Ivoire will
guarantee the Eagles a spot in this year’s FIFA U20 World
Cup finals in
Chile, 27th September – 19th October.
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