{"id":3774,"date":"2019-02-02T18:35:47","date_gmt":"2019-02-02T18:35:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/?p=3774"},"modified":"2019-02-02T18:35:47","modified_gmt":"2019-02-02T18:35:47","slug":"flying-eagles-start-u-20-world-cup-qualifiers-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/flying-eagles-start-u-20-world-cup-qualifiers-today","title":{"rendered":"Flying Eagles Start U-20 World Cup Qualifiers Today"},"content":{"rendered":"

Nigeria\u2019s U-20 team, Flying Eagles will today start the race to the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Poland as they take on the Junior Itamba of Burundi in their first Group A match.<\/span><\/p>\n

Flying Eagles on Thursday stormed Niamey, Niger Republic for the start of this year\u2019s African U-20 Cup of Nations which kicks off today.<\/span><\/p>\n

Senegal, Mali, Burkina Faso and Ghana are in Group B of the continental youth competition, from which all four semi-finalists will qualify for the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Poland.<\/span><\/p>\n

Niger Republic are debutantes whilst Burundi are making a return after their historic exploits in 1995, when they lost to Cameroon in the final.<\/span><\/p>\n

Seven-time winners, Nigeria are staging a return after missing the last edition that was hosted by Zambia in 2017.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Flying Eagles were initially scheduled for a friendly away to Saudi Arabia last Tuesday, to cap their build-up programme, but the match was postponed until after the U-20 AFCON.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Flying Eagles will take on South Africa in their second match next Tuesday and before playing host country, Niger Republic in their last group game on Friday.<\/span><\/p>\n

Niger kick off the tournament against South Africa in the capital Niamey and would be hoping to build on their participation at the 2017 U-17 World Cup in India when they registered their first-ever goal in a FIFA competition.<\/span><\/p>\n

Niger will not be expected to play a major role in the competition as more traditional heavyweights of the African youth game will battle for four tickets to the U-20 World Cup in Poland later this year. The four semi-finals will all seal their ticket for the global showdown.<\/span><\/p>\n

The top two of each group progress to the last four. The final comes up in Niamey on February 17.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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