As CAF picks Bronze Winning to Complete 16 -team at u17 AFCON, the thought of this approach may give the five-time world champions (Golden Eaglets) the opportunity to participate in the FIFA U17 World Cups, as the Nigeria 17 national team finished third behind eventual winners, Burkina Faso and runners, up Cote D’Ivoire who pick the region’s automatic ticket at the WAFU B championship held in Ghana.

Nigeria hope to participate in Morocco AFCON u17 from March 30th to April 19, 2025, as CAF allotted two of the extra four slots to the Gambia, who finished third in WAFU Zone A, as well as Tunisia. And the other two slots will be filled by the two top teams from the UNIFFAC region qualifier qualifiers, which will be hosted by Cameroon from February 16-28. Five countries; Cameroon, Gabon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo and Congo will participate in the championship without Nigeria participating in UNIFFAC.