Nigeria, Ghana To Battle Again For U-20 AFCON Ticket

After the Black Stars of Ghana eliminated Nigeria from the 2022 FIFA senior World Cup race, both countries been drawn in Group B of the WAFU Zone B U-20 Cup of Nations with Nigeria hard pressed to avoid another disappointing defeat at the lower cadre reports Prime Business Africa.

The competition will hold from May 7 to May 20 in Niger Republic, and will also serve as the qualifiers for the U-20 AFCON to be staged in Egypt in 2023.

The four semifinalists at the competition in Egypt will represent Africa in the FIFA U-20 World Cup in 2023 to be helosted by Indonesia.

Ladan Bosso will lead the Flying Eagles to the tournament, after the NFF retained him as the head coach of the U-20 Eagles during the week.

THE FULL DRAW:

Group A: Niger Republic, Benin Republic, Ivory Coast and Togo

Group B: Ghana, Nigeria, Burkina Faso.

The winners and runners up in each group will qualify for the Africa U-20 Cup of Nations in Egypt.

Izuchukwu Okosi

Izuchukwu Okosi is a Nigerian sports and entertainment journalist with two decades of experience in the media industry having begun his media journey in 2002 as an intern at Mundial Sports International (MSI) and Africa Independent Television (AIT), owners of Daar Communications Plc. In October 2004, Okosi joined Complete Communications Limited, publishers of Complete Sports newspaper and Complete Football magazine as a reporter and later script writer for the Complete Sports studio. He worked there for 13 years until October 2017. Okosi also worked various times as Correspondent, Content creator and Editor at Sports Market International Magazine, Opera News, All Nigeria Soccer Media and Iconic Media Watch. He also undertook freelance writing gigs for some local and international organizations. Okosi is a member of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), Association of Movie Producers (AMP), Association of Voiceover Artistes of Nigeria (AVOA), Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) and Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ). He has been part of cast in some Nollywood movies and radio dramas including Blood Money 2, Scores To Settle, Dead End 2, Another Campus Tale and Battle Line. Aside mainstream media and the entertainment industry, he has interests in scouting/unearthing of talents in the sports and creative sectors, exports business and property development.