THE Flying Eagles of Nigeria have been drawn to play Ghana’s Black Satellites, Togo’s Junior Sparrow Hawks and Burkina Faso’s Young Stallions in the group phase of this year’s West Africa Football Union (WAFU) B U-20 Championship to be hosted by Cote d’Ivoire.
The draw conducted on today put the Flying Eagles and their opponents in Group B, while hosts Cote d’Ivoire, Benin Republic and Niger Republic make up Group A.
The competition is scheduled for July 26 to August 9.
Flying Eagles head coach Abdu Maikaba and his 23-man squad will depart the country on Monday next week, set to battle for one of WAFU B’s two tickets to next year’s U-20 Africa Cup of Nations scheduled for Ghana.
The Flying Eagles, seven-time African champions and two-time FIFA World Cup silver-medallists, are the defending champions of the WAFU B U-20 Championship, having defeated Ghana’s Satellites 2-1 in the final of the last edition of the competition in Lome, Togo in 2024.
