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Super Eagles B Of Nigeria Already In Ghana For Final Round Of CHAN Qualifiers
The Home-based Super Eagles of Nigeria have arrived Ghana for the Qualifiers of the African Nations Championship also known as CHAN.
On Sunday, 28th August, 2022, by 5pm, Nigerian time, the team will face the home-based Ghana team.
Venue for the first leg of the game will be played at the Cape Coast Sports Stadium in Ghana, while the second leg will be played at the MKO Stadium, Abuja, Nigeria, on Saturday, 3rd September.
The winner after the two games will qualify for the 2022 CHAN which will be played around January, 2023.
A total of 18 teams will be participating at the main tournament, and a win for Nigeria at the end of both legs will ensure that Nigeria is one of 3 countries from WAFU Zone B to qualify for CHAN.
Ghana started their qualification campaign with home and away victories over Benin, last month.
Nigeria have only qualified for CHAN 3 times out of 6 editions, and now, the team hopes to make it to the main competition. Our best finish at the tournament was when we came second in 2018 losing to Morocco in the finals.
Ghana has also been at the tournament 3 times out of 6. And their best finish was as silver medalist in 2009 and 2014.
The last time Nigeria faced Ghana at CHAN was in 2014 at the Semi-final stage where Ghana defeated Nigeria 4-1 via penalties after playing a goalless draw for 120 minutes. Nigeria ended up finishing third at that tournament while Ghana finished second.
The Coached for Super Eagles B is Salisu Yusuf who took the Eagles B to a silver finish in 2018 in Morocco.
