Nigeria’s Golden Eaglets will slug it out with the Baby Elephants of Côte d’Ivoire in the semi-final of the WAFU B U-17 Championship on Tuesday to fight for a place for the the U-17 AFCON slated for Algeria in January 2023.
The Ivorians sealed a place in the last four despite going down to a 4-2 defeat against Burkina Faso in their last group game.
They finished second in the group after Niger defeated Republic du Benin by 3-1 in the other Group B game.
The Golden Eaglets, who are unbeaten in the group finished top of Group A with six points following victories against hosts Ghana and Togo.
In the other semi-final Burkina Faso will clash with Ghana for a place in the final holding next weekend.
The two finalists will feature at the Africa U-17 Cup of Nations in Algeria next year.
