The West Africans intensified pressure on the opposition defense and were rewarded in the 30th minute after Ugandan defender Ibrahim Juma put the ball in his own net. There were more chances to be converted as well but it was the seven time champions who held on to punch a semi final ticket once again for the sixteen time in their sixteen tournament appearances.
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The FIFA U20 WC starts from the 20th of May – 11 of June 2023. Nigeria joins the eighteen already qualified nations from other confederations as the second team to qualify from Africa following Senegal's 1-0 win over The Gambia earlier.
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The already qualified countries are:
Indonesia: the hosts, Brazil, who have qualified for every edition, Colombia, Ecuador, Uruguay, Fiji, New Zealand.
Indonesia: the hosts, Brazil, who have qualified for every edition, Colombia, Ecuador, Uruguay, Fiji, New Zealand.
England, France, Israel, Italy, Slovakia, United States, Honduras, Guatemala, Dominican Republic and Senegal.
The 24 teams will be drawn into six groups of four teams, with the hosts Indonesia automatically seeded to Pot 1 and placed into the first position of Group A, while the remaining teams were seeded into their respective pots based on their results in the last five FIFA U-20 World Cups (more recent tournaments weighted more heavily), with bonus points awarded to confederation champions and the draw will be held on 31 March 2023.
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