WAFU Names New Host, Sets New Date For U20, U17 Tournaments

WAFU Names New Host For U20 WAFU Zone B Champioship By Sampson Adedeji West Africa Football Union, WAFU, has announced Benin Republic as the new host of the U20 regional championship, BSNSports.com.ng reports. Togo was announced as the initial host but they pulled out due to the latest surge in the the number of victims of Coronavirus pandemic. In the early hours of Tuesday, WAFU named Benin Republic as the new host of the competition with teams competing for a place in the U20 Africa cup of Nations. The new date for  commencement was also announced, it kicks off 5th and ends  20th December 2020, the earlier date was 18th November. Meanwhile, WAFU also announced Benin as the host of the U17 version of the competition, starting from January 5th to 20th, 2021. Both Nigeria U20 and U17 are already in camp for the competition that will be used to select countries that will play in the underage AFCON tournaments.