U20 World Cup: Nigeria, Ghana know opponents on Monday

The semi-finalists of the 2013 African Youth Championship, led by Nigeria, will know their first round opponents at the U20 World Cup in Turkey on Monday.
Nigeria’s Flying Eagles, Ghana, Mali and Egypt have reached the last four of Algeria 2013, with the semi-finals fixed for Tuesday evening.
Nigeria, tutored by Coach John Obuh, will take on Egypt in Ain Temouchent, while Ghana battle fellow West Africans, Mali, in Oran simultaneously.
For Monday evening’s draw in Istanbul, the African flag bearers at the World Cup will be labelled by their eventual positions at the AYC, whose championship game will be played on Saturday in Oran.
The hour-long event will be graced by some of Turkey’s top football stars.
Ghana’s Black Satellites made history in 2009 when they became the first African team to win the World Cup.
Nigeria were beaten finalists in 1989 and 2005.
Interestingly, the two most successful teams in this competition, Brazil and Argentina, did not qualify for Turkey 2013.
The 24 finalists, who include England, Colombia, France and Korea Republic, USA, Cuba and Australia, will be drawn into six first round groups to be based in seven Turkish cities.
The tournament, which kicked off in 1977 in Tunisia, will be played from June 21 to July 13 in Turkey.