U-20 AFCON Quarterfinals Fixtures | Flying Eagles Of Nigeria To Face Uganda, Gambia To Play South Sudan

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The Flying of Eagles Nigeria have set up a quarter-final match against the Hippos of Uganda at the ongoing U-20 African cup of Nations in Egypt.

Flying Eagles finished 2nd behind Senegal in group A while the Hippos top group B with five points from three matches.

The Nigeria U-2O lost their first match to the young Lions of Teranga at the Cairo International stadium, but bounce back to beat the hosts, Egpyt before finishing up their group games with a victory over Moçambique.

Nigeria remain the most successful team at the U-20 of the AFCON and they are on course for another title, but the Hippos’ head coach, Jackson Mayanja has said that he’s unperturbed about drawing Nigeria’s Flying Eagles in the quarter-finals. 

Speaking shortly after their last group game against South Sudan which ended in a goalless draw, the Uganda coach, Mayanja, stated that he’s ready to take on any team and that his goal is to qualify for the FIFA U-20 world cup. 

He said, “My goal here in this tournament is to take this team to the World Cup.”

The quarter-final match will take place on March 2nd, and March 3rd live on CitySports NG Youtube channel and it would be the second quarter-final match of the day.

Meanwhile, Group c leader, Gambia will be playing South Sudan, one of the 3rd best teams. South Sudan U-20 finished with four points behind Uganda and Congo.

Senegal who finished top of group A will face Benin, as the Beninoirs finished third in Group C with two points, just one better than Zambia who lost their final group games to Tunisia by two goals to one.

Full Fixtures Is As Below:

Senegal vs Benin – March 2nd, 2023, Cairo Int’l Stadium

Uganda vs Nigeria – March 2nd, 2023, Suez Canal Stadium

Gambia vs South Sudan – March 3rd, 2023, Alexandria Stadium 

Comgo vs Tunisia – March 3rd, 2023, Cairo Int’l Stadium


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