FIFA U-20 World Cup Draw: Flying Eagles In Pot 3, To know Foes Friday

The Flying Eagles will know their U20 World Cup foes on Friday when the draw is made at the Home of FIFA in Zurich, Switzerland.

Twenty four teams have qualified for the final tournament and the Nigeria U20 team has been put in pot three for the draw which means they cannot meet the teams in the same pot with team.

The Nigerian U20 side will however be hoping they are not in the same group as the new host nation, Argentina inPot 1 and Brazil in Pot 2. One team from each pot will be drawn into each of the six groups.

FIFA’s general principle is to ensure that no group has more than one team from the same confederation drawn into it.

The 24 teams will be drawn into six groups of four, with 16 of them advancing to the knockout phase.

Pot 1 – Argentina, Uruguay, USA, France, Senegal, Italy

Pot 2 – England, Korea Republic, New Zealand, Brazil, Ecuador, Colombia

Pot 3 – Nigeria, Uzbekistan, Japan, Iraq, Honduras, Fiji

Pot 4 – Guatemala, Dominican Republic, The Gambia, Israel, Slovakia, Tunisia

The tournament will hold 20 May to 11 June, 2023.