Monday, April 6, 2009

Flying Eagles draw Spain

Nigeria's Flying Eagles have been drawn against Spain for this year's FIFA World Youth Championships in Egypt.
At the draw, held on Sunday night in Luxor in Egypt, Samson Siasia's wards were pitched in Group B and will play in Cairo along with their Group A counterparts.

The draw was conducted by Fifa Director of Competitions Jim Brown, assisted by Shawki Gharieb, assistant coach of Egypt's national team, Aya Medany, the female modern pentathlon world champion, and a trio of distinguished former Egypt internationals: Hazem Emam, Hady Khashaba and Taher Abou Zeid.

The Fifa Organising Committee earlier approved a request of the Egyptian Local Organising Committee to seed and assign to a particular venue to the hosts along with the European and South American champions, as only European and South American teams have emerged as champions in the history of the Fifa U-20 World Cup.

Group A (Cairo)
Egypt
Trinidad & Tobago
Paraguay
Italy

Group B (Cairo)
Nigeria
Venezuela
Spain
Tahiti

Group C (Suez)
USA
Germany
Cameroon
Korea Republic

Group D (Ismailia)
Ghana
Uzbekistan
England
Uruguay

Group E (Port Said)
Brazil
Costa Rica
Czech Republic
Australia

Group F (Alexandria)
United Arab Emirates
South Africa
Honduras
Hungary

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