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U17 AFCON: Golden Eaglets Face Morocco, Two Others

U17 AFCON: Golden Eaglets Face Morocco, Two Others

by Niyi Busari,
Feb 01, 2023
in National Teams

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African soccer ruling body has conducted the draws for the 2023 U17 African Cup of Nations and Nigeria's Golden Eaglets are to compete with three other teams in group B, BSNSports.com.ng report.

Twelve countries qualified to compete in the tournament slated to hold in Algeria.

Nigeria's Golden Eaglets the most successful country in the competition qualified to play in Algeria after they emerged as the winner of the WAFU B tournament in Gold Coast, Ghana.

According to the draw conducted in Cairo, Egypt on Wednesday afternoon, Nigeria were placed in group B alongside Morocco, South Africa and Zambia.

Group A consists of host Algeria, Senegal, Congo and Somalia while group C housed Burkina Faso, South Sudan, Mali and the defending champions Cameroon.

U17 AFCON Draw

GROUP A

Algeria

Senegal

Congo

Somalia

GROUP B

Nigeria

Morocco

South Africa

Zambia

GROUP C

Cameroon

Mali

Burkina Faso

South Sudan

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Niyi Busari

Award winning journalist, Niyi Busari, the Publisher and CEO of BSN Sports Concepts is one of the most celebrated Nigerian sports journalist of his generation. A"cross-over" professional, he combines the talents and abilities of a print and electronic journalist in a manner that is rare, even though his specialization is print. A graduate of Economics from the University of Abuja where he obtained his Bachelor Degree in 2015.

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