Nigeria’s U-15 boys’ and women’ groups will face acquainted West African rivals after being drawn into aggressive teams for the 2025 African Secondary School Championship zonal qualifiers billed for Côte d’Ivoire.
The draw for the fourth version of the event was performed on Friday, November 21, 2025, on the WAFU-B headquarters in Abidjan.
Within the boys’ class, Nigeria has been positioned in Group B, the place they may battle hosts Côte d’Ivoire and regional neighbours Benin Republic for a coveted spot within the finals. Group A homes Burkina Faso, Ghana, and Togo.
The women’ U-15 draw additionally handed Nigeria a aggressive path, as they slot into Group A alongside Côte d’Ivoire and Benin Republic. Group B options Togo, Ghana, and Burkina Faso.
With solely the zonal winners advancing to the continental showpiece, the qualifiers promise high-intensity soccer as groups showcase a few of the finest rising abilities in West Africa.
The 2025 African Secondary School Championship finals are scheduled for December 1–4 in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, with six WAFU-B nations anticipated to take part throughout each classes. The competitors, organised by the Confederation of African Soccer (CAF), continues to function a significant platform for scouting and creating elite younger footballers.
Ghana enters the qualifiers as one of many favourites, buoyed by its robust exhibiting within the final version, the place its women’ staff clinched the continental title and the boys’ aspect completed third—a efficiency that has intensified expectations for one more dominant run.
Nigeria, a conventional powerhouse in youth soccer, will hope to navigate the robust groupings and safe qualification for the finals as the hunt to unearth the area’s subsequent technology of stars begins.
