Korhogo To Host Flying Eagles’ U-20 AFCON Group Games

Seven-time African champions, Nigeria, will commence its participation in the 2025 U-20 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) finals with a game against the Young Pharaohs of Egypt on the 30th of April, at the 20,000-capacity Amadou Gon Coulibaly Stadium in Korhogo, Côte d’Ivoire.

The encounter is billed to kick off at 5pm CIV time (6pm Nigeria time). The Flying will next take on Morocco’s Young Atlas Lions at the same venue, starting 8pm local time (9pm Nigeria time) on 3rd May.

Nigeria, who qualified for the finals following a successful defence of their WAFU B U-20 Championship title in Lome in October 2024, will then wrap up their Group B campaign with a session against South Africa, also in Korhogo on 6th May, starting from 5pm local time (6pm Nigeria time).

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The Flying Eagles, quarter-finalists at the last edition of the FIFA U-20 World Cup in Argentina in 2023, are currently camping in Katsina, courtesy of the State Government, in the first phase of their final preparations for the continental championship.

A semi-final spot in Côte d’Ivoire will guarantee Nigeria a spot in this year’s FIFA U-20 World Cup finals in Chile, from 27th September – 19th October.