U-23 Nations Cup: Nigeria To Know Opponents October 2 In Cairo - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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September 28, 2019
Nigeria’s Under-23 Olympic Eagleswill know their opponents in the Under-23 Africa cup of Nations tournamentholding in Egypt on Wednesday October 2.
The draw of the event was originallyscheduled for October 3 but has been moved backwards bytwenty-hours following CAF/Local Organising Committee parley.
The Eight African countries thatwill compete in the championship are Nigeria, Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Ghana,Mali, South Africa, Zambia and hosts Egypt.
The championship will hold fromNovember 8 to 22.
The top three finishers at the finaltournament will qualify to represent Africa at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.
Hosts Egypt, who qualifiedautomatically for the continental championship, will be seeded along withNigeria, who won the last tournament in 2015 and went onto take bronze at theRio Olympics.