Full Draw: Nigeria drawn in tricky group ahead of upcoming 2025 AFCON U20 Championship

Nigeria's Flying Eagles person been drawn successful Group A up of the upcoming U20 Africa Cup of Nations successful Egypt.

The West Africans volition instrumentality connected Morocco, Kenya and Tunisia successful the radical signifier of the 24th variation of the tourney scheduled to beryllium held betwixt April 27 and May 18, 2025.

At the redraw conducted successful the office of the Egypt Football Association successful Cairo connected Sunday, Egypt and South Africa, who were primitively successful Nigeria’s excavation earlier Cote d’Ivoire withdrew arsenic tourney hosts, recovered themselves successful Group A.

New hosts Egypt caput Group A, which has 5 teams – with Zambia, Sierra Leone, South Africa and Tanzania arsenic the different teams.

However, conscionable similar it was originally, the Flying Eagles volition face 2 North African teams (this time, Tunisia and Morocco), arsenic good arsenic East Africans Kenya, for a spot successful the quarter-finals.

Cup holders Senegal caput Group C, with Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo and Ghana arsenic opponents.

Back successful Abuja pursuing their three-week grooming campy successful Katsina, the seven-time African champions are expected to alert to Egypt this week for an eight-day final-phase mentation earlier the contention commences.

All 4 semi-finalists astatine the tourney successful Egypt volition alert Africa’s emblem astatine this year’s FIFA U20 World Cup successful Chile, September 27 - October 19.

Group A: Egypt, Zambia, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tanzania

Group B: Nigeria, Tunisia, Kenya, Morocco

Group C: Senegal, Central African Republic, DR Congo, Ghana

Source: Legit.ng