Nigeria finished in third place to scoop the bronze medal and book a place at next year’s Africa U17 Cup of Nations after a hard-fought 3-2 defeat of hosts Ghana at the WAFU B U17 Championship on Tuesday.
For several days now, there had been opacity around the number of teams that would proceed to the 2025 Africa U17 Cup of Nations from the tournament in Ghana, but the window opened for the third-place winner here when, minutes to kick-off, Cote d’Ivoire (already in the final), was designated as hosts of next year’s continental finals.
With Cote d’Ivoire as hosts and guaranteed a slot, Burkina Faso (no matter the result of the final) and the third-place winner in the earlier game, were assured of berths in Abidjan.
