{"id":10,"date":"2025-02-15T19:31:39","date_gmt":"2025-02-15T19:31:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/100predict.com\/article\/?p=10"},"modified":"2026-03-20T23:55:15","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T23:55:15","slug":"afcon-2025-nigeria-into-group-b-with-egypt-south-africa-morocco","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/100predict.com\/article\/afcon-2025-nigeria-into-group-b-with-egypt-south-africa-morocco\/","title":{"rendered":"AFCON 2025: Nigeria into Group B with Egypt, South Africa, Morocco"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 class=\"fsNewsArticle__perex\">Nigeria have been drawn into Group B of the 2025 U20 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON), alongside Egypt, South Africa and Morocco.<\/h1>\n<p>The draw ceremony for the African youth tournament was conducted by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) on Thursday evening at the CAF headquarters in Cairo, Egypt.<\/p>\n<p>Mali international Adama Coulibaly and Senegal football legend Souleymane Camara served as draw assistants with the tournament set to produce Africa\u2019s representatives for the FIFA U20 World Cup billed for Chile.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-11 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/100predict.com\/article\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Nigeria.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"750\" srcset=\"https:\/\/100predict.com\/article\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Nigeria.png 600w, https:\/\/100predict.com\/article\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Nigeria-240x300.png 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><b>Seven-time African champions\u00a0Flying Eagles\u00a0and third best team in the last edition in\u00a0Egypt\u00a0must navigate their way past the Young Pharaohs, 1997 African champions\u00a0Young Atlas Lions\u00a0and the\u00a0South African\u00a0junior team.<\/b><\/h2>\n<p>Host nation\u00a0Cote d\u2019Ivoire\u00a0will take on four-time African champions\u00a0Ghana,\u00a0DR Congo, and\u00a0Tanzania\u00a0with a second representative from the UNIFFAC region to complete that zone.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, reigning African champions\u00a0Senegal\u00a0will battle\u00a0Zambia,\u00a0Kenya\u00a0and\u00a0Sierra Leone\u00a0in their bid to defend their title.<\/p>\n<p>The tournament will take place from April 26th to May 18th 2025 with four qualification spots guaranteed for the FIFA U-20 World Cup Chile 2025.<\/p>\n<p>As revealed by the Confederation of African Football, this competition with a three-group format, will see the top two teams from each group will qualify for the quarter-finals.<\/p>\n<p>Two best third-placed teams will progress and from there, the competition will proceed in a knockout format.<\/p>\n<h2><b>Nigeria are the most successful African team with seven titles having won the 1983, 1985, 1987, 1989, 2005, 2011, and 2015 editions.<\/b><\/h2>\n<p>Ghana will look to reclaim the title they last won in 2021. 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