Golden Eaglets’ hopes of playing at the World Cup raised as FIFA increases Africa’s slot to 10

The hopes of the Golden Eaglets of Nigeria to feature at the next U-17 World Cup has been raised following the announcement from FIFA increasing Africa’s  slots from 4  to 10.

Recall that the Golden Eaglets of Nigeria failed to reach the final of WAFU B, a competition meant to produce two representatives for the African U-17 championship holding in Algeria later in the year .

By virtue of making it to the final of WAFU B, Burkina Faso and Cote D’Ivoire already bagged qualification to African U-17 championship.

Initially, the African U-17 Championship  was meant to produce four African countries for the World Cup.

However, rising from its congress few days ago, FIFA announced that 48 countries will participate in the next FIFA U17 World Cup in 2025 and increased the slots allocated to Africa from four to ten.

Since the announcement, the Confederation of African Football has not stated the modalities for qualification after FIFA increased Africa’s slot to 10.

FIFA’s increment to 10 slots means that Africa will be able to present six more countries for the World Cup and the hopes of Golden Eaglets and the Black stars of Ghana both countries  who initially crashed out of the qualification process have been raised.

In all, 48 countries will participate at the next U-17 World Cup taking place in Qatar next year 2025.