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West Africa dominates Africa’s U20 World Cup slots

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Three of the four teams that will represent Africa at the 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup are from West Africa as Nigeria, Senegal and The Gambia all qualified for the semi-finals of the ongoing Africa U-20 Cup of Nations in Egypt.

Tunisia who beat Congo in a fiecely contested quarter finals on Friday are the last and only team outside West Africa to make the cut.

The semi-final berth also secures passage to the FIFA U20 World Cup to be hosted in Indonesia. 

The Gambia produced the most elegant performance of the quarterfinals as they marched to a 5-0 victory over South Sudan with Adama Bojang scoring a hat-trick on Friday.

The other game of the day saw Tunisia defeating Congo 5-4 on penalties, after extra-time ended 3-3, to also secure their place in the semi-final.

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On Thursday, Senegal defeated Benin 1-0 to advance while Nigeria also won by a similar scoreline against Uganda to progress to the last four.

The two semi-final matches will be played on Monday, 6 March 2023.

Senegal take on Tunisia in the first match at the Suez Canal Authority Stadium in Ismailia at 16h00 local time (14h00 GMT).

The other semi-final game will see The Gambia facing Nigeria at the Cairo International Stadium at 19h00 local time (17h00 GMT).

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Kunle Solaja is the author of landmark books on sports and journalism as well as being a multiple award-winning journalist and editor of long standing. He is easily Nigeria’s foremost soccer diarist and Africa's most capped FIFA World Cup journalist, having attended all FIFA World Cup finals from Italia ’90 to Qatar 2022. He was honoured at the Qatar 2022 World Cup by FIFA and AIPS.

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