WAFU B U-17 Championship: Golden Eaglets To Know Group Opponents Thursday
Nigeria’s Golden Eaglets will discover their group stage opponents for the WAFU B U-17 Championship on Thursday.
The draw ceremony is scheduled to hold at the Stade du 04 Août, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.
Also, the draw for the WAFU B U-17 Girls’ Cup will also be held at the same venue.
Nigeria is among the seven countries that will participate in the second edition of the WAFU B U-17 Girls’ Cup.
The other participating nations are Benin, Togo, Ghana, who host Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire and Niger Republic.
The Golden Eaglets are currently intensifying preparations for the WAFU B U-17 Championship in Abuja.
Eboboritse Uwejamomere’s side played two friendly matches against Simonben Academy of Kaduna, and Galadima FC last weekend.
The competition will serve as the qualifying tournament for the 2027 Africa Cup U-17 Cup of Nations.
Burkina will staged the tournament from October 4 to 17, 2026.
