Countries Flying Eagles Won't Face In FIFA U20 World Cup

Countries Flying Eagles Won't Face In FIFA U20 World Cup By Admin The Flying Eagles of Nigeria will know the teams that will stand in their way of success at the FIFA U20 World Cup finals holding in Poland when the draw ceremony takes place inside the Gdynia Sports Arena on Sunday. Already, the seven–time African champions have been slotted into Pot 2 of the draw, meaning they will not meet African champions Mali, as well as New Zealand, Colombia, Korea Republic and Italy in the group stage as they all occupy the same Pot in the draw. There will be six groups of four teams each at the 24 national championship, with the top two teams at the end of the group phase, as well as the best four third-placed teams, advancing to the Round of 16. Hosts Poland, Portugal, Uruguay, France, USA, and Mexico are in Pot 1, with Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Argentina, Ecuador, Ukraine and Honduras in Pot 3. Pot 4 consists of Japan, South Africa, Panama, Norway, Qatar, and Tahiti. Paul Aigbogun’s wards finished outside the medals’ zone at the Africa U20 Cup of Nations that ended in the Niger Republic on Sunday, following consecutive penalty shoot-out defeats to Mali in the semi-final and then to South Africa in the third-fourth place playoff, but picked the last spot available for Africa. Poland, which co-hosted the 2012 European Championship with Ukraine, will host this year’s FIFA U20 World Cup finals in the cities of Lublin, Bielsko Biala, Tychy, Bydgoszcz, Gdynia and Lodz, 23rd May – 15th June. The Flying Eagles would be hoping to reach the latter stages of the World Cup this year, having failed to do so in the previous six editions in which Nigeria’s best finish was in the quarter-final stage. The last time Nigeria made it to the last four was in 1989 and 2005, with Nigeria losing 2-0 to Portugal in the 1989 final held in Saudi Arabia before falling 2-1 to a Lionel Messi inspired Argentina in 2005.