Flying Eagles of Nigeria alongside Benin will be the flag bearers of the WAFU Zone B in Egypt as CAF announces eight qualifed nations for the 2023 TotalEnergies Africa U-20 Cup.
The competition which is set to take place in February next year will feature seven times winner, Nigeria who also will be making thier comeback since 2019 alongside Benin, Mozambique, Zambia from the COSAFA Zone, Egypt who are the host, Tunisia, Senegal and Zambia from the West Zone A.
Joint highest appearance with Egypt having featured in the competition eighteen (18) times, the flying Eagles who last won the competition in 2015 will be hoping for a glorious comeback.
For Benin, it will be only their third appearance, and a return since their last participation in 2013, with a third place finish in 2005, still their best ever run in the competition.
The Central Zone (UNIFFAC) qualifiers, will be hosted in Cameroon on yet to be announced date, while the Central-East Zone qualifiers are currently ongoing in Sudan.
UNIFFAC and the CECAFA zones will produce the other four nations to take part at the 2023 TotalEnergies U20 AFCON, in Egypt.
