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WAFU B Zone gears up for CAF African Schools Football Championship Qualifiers

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The Zonal Qualifiers of the third edition of the CAF African Schools Football Championships will once again take centre stage, as the WAFU B Zone gears up to host its leg of qualifiers next month.

Following the draw which was held in Lomé, Togo on Wednesday, 30 October, Niger is now preparing to welcome the six participating nations for the qualifiers set to take place in Niamey between 18 – 24 November 2024.

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WAFU B President, Kurt Edwin Simeon-Okraku, alongside Togolese Football Federation President, Kossi Guy Akpovy were some of the dignitaries who were in attendance at the draw on Wednesday.

A total of six nations will partake in both the boys and girls divisions of the tournament, where each nation will contest the honours of being crowned champions of their respective zone and secure a place at the CAF African Schools Football Championship Finals set to take place in 2025.

Group A will see the hosts Niger taking on Burkina Faso and Ghana, while former champions, Benin headline a Group B consisting of Cote d’Ivoire as well as Nigeria.

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The top two finishers in both groups will proceed to the finals that will then determine the crowning of the champions as well as a ticket to the CAF African Schools Football Championship Continental Finals next year.

The draw was mirrored in both the boys and girls divisions, resulting in both draw outcomes being exactly the same for both divisions.

CAF African Schools Football Championship | WAFU B Qualifiers: 

BOYS

GROUP A: Niger, Burkina Faso, Ghana

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GROUP B: Benin, Cote d’Ivoire, Nigeria

GIRLS

GROUP A: Niger, Burkina Faso, Ghana

GROUP B: Benin, Cote d’Ivoire, Nigeria

-CAF

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Kunle Solaja is the author of landmark books on sports and journalism as well as being a multiple award-winning journalist and editor of long standing. He is easily Nigeria’s foremost soccer diarist and Africa's most capped FIFA World Cup journalist, having attended all FIFA World Cup finals from Italia ’90 to Qatar 2022. He was honoured at the Qatar 2022 World Cup by FIFA and AIPS.

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