Hosts Nigeria handed tough FIFA Under-17 World Cup draw

August 8, 2009

Hosts Nigeria will have a tough task defending their FIFA Under-17 World Cup crown after being drawn in a tough first round group that includes Germany, Argentina and Honduras.

The three-time world champions will open the tournament on October 24 against Germany at the Abuja National Stadium.

Twenty four years ago, Nigeria defeated Germany 2-0 to win the inaugural event in China.

The other 20 teams in the tournament are drawn into five groups of four teams each.

Three-time champions Brazil head Group B based in Lagos along with Japan, Mexico and Switzerland.

African champions Gambia are in Group C in Calabar along with Iran, Colombia and the Netherlands.

Burkina Faso will be based in Group D in Nugu with Turkey, Costa Rica and New Zealand.

Group E will be in the northern city of Kano where United Arab Emirates, Malawi, Spain and the USA will play.

Group F, in Kaduna, features Uruguay, Korea, Algeria and Italy.

The competition will end on November 15.

LAGOS (AFP)

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8 Responses to “Hosts Nigeria handed tough FIFA Under-17 World Cup draw”

christian Adinde on August 8th, 2009 11:15 am

I love your aptness in delivering the result of the draw. definitely Nigeria is iin a tight corner but with a bit resilience and determination, the cup will maintain its domicile.
NNAMDI PHILIP UDEH on August 8th, 2009 12:09 pm

I THINK NIGERIA GROUP IS VERY TOUGH. MY PRAY IS THAT WE SHOULD ESCAPE GERMANY AND ARGENTINA TO ENABLE US ELIVATED INTO THE NEXT ROUND.BUT IS GONNA BE A TOUGH GAME WHEN WE MEET ARGENTINA AND GERMANY, AS FOR HONDURAS IS A SURE VICTORY IN FAVOR OF NIGERIA
NNAMDI PHILIP UDEH on August 8th, 2009 12:21 pm

I WANT ALL NIGERIA TO PRAY FOR THE SUCCESS OF OUR TEAM, SO THAT WE CAN ESCAPE FROM THE GROUP OF DEALTH
NIGERIA 2009 on August 9th, 2009 3:46 am

Nigerian Golden Eaglets just have to be careful and make sure they win their first match against Germany or else they’ll find themselves under a lot of pressure and it will be very difficult for them to scale through
Austin justin on August 9th, 2009 9:26 am

Nigeria and argentina will be out of group A
mo on August 24th, 2009 3:14 am

this might be off topic but have been looking for an answer to this burning question for a long while.
I am Nigerian(Proudly) and stay in the states now and have been looking for Nigerian TV stations for a while.I do know quite a bit about p2p streaming and it beats my imagination that Ghanaian,Senegalese,Somalian TV Stations on these software while Nigeria is no where to be found.
would like to be able to watch the world cup and other Super Eagles matches
EBINUM on September 18th, 2009 5:00 pm

I WANT MOTIVATION AND SUPPORT ON NIGERIAN PLAYERS BUT NOT CONDEMINATION AND I WISH NIGERIAN GOOD LUCK I AM JUST SEEING THE CUP REMANING FOREVER IN NIGERIA
olaowei on October 27th, 2009 7:17 am

motivation is poor , nigerian players are still in there bed , they should wake up early on so that they can confront their opponents and intercept when the game is on . and they need learn how to read a game .