Nigeria’s Flying Eagles are among the top seeds for the 2025 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations, Completesports.com.reports.
13 countries will compete at the biennial competition.
Cote d’Ivoire, as the host country, is automatically preassigned to position A1 in Group A.
Holders Senegal take up position C1 and the Flying Eagles, who finished third two years ago, take up position B1.
The teams will be divided into three Groups (A, B and C), with Group A containing five teams and Groups B and C four sides each.
The top two teams in each group qualify for the quarter-finals along with the two best third-placed sides.
The draw ceremony will hold at the headquarters of the Confederation of African Football,CAF, in Cairo Egypt on Thursday.
Cote d’Ivoire will host the competition from Saturday, April 26 to Sunday, May 18.
Top four nations will qualify for the 2025 FIFA U-20 World Cup that will be staged in Chile later in the year.