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Flying Eagles seek final ticket against Cote d’ Ivoir in WAFU age grade tournament

Group B winners, Flying Eagles of Nigeria will on Tuesday, May 17, 2022, confront the second-placed team in Group A, Cote d’Ivoire in the second semi-final of the ongoing WAFU B U20 Championship in the Niger Republic.

At stake is a ticket to next year’s Africa U20 Cup of Nations in Egypt, already scheduled for 18th February – 12th March.

Only the two finalists from the WAFU B tournament will qualify for the eight-team finals in Egypt.

The Flying Eagles will file out against the Ivorians at the Stade General Seyni Kountché at 8 pm, after the first semi-final between the Benin Republic and Burkina Faso at the same venue.