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Eaglets, Gabon Set For U-17 Final Qualifier
Nigeria’s Golden
Eaglets will battle Gabon in the final round of the African U-17 Championship after both teams scaled through at the expense of DR Congo and Ethiopia respectively.
Eaglets beat DRC 4-0 in Abeokuta last Sunday to advance 5-0 on aggregate having won the first game 1-0 in Kinshasa, while Gabon trounced Ethiopia 3-0 after they held their opponents to a goalless draw in the reverse tie.
The overall winners of the match-up between Nigeria and Gabon will qualify for next year’s African Junior Championship to be staged by Niger Republic in February.
In other qualifiers, Benin went through 1-0 on aggregate after they held host Mali to a goalless draw, Cameroon eliminated Burkina Faso 2-0 on aggregate, Angola stopped Mozambique 3-2 after two legs and Cote d’Ivoire went through at the expense of war-torn Libya after they won the first leg in Abidjan 4-0 and the return match was cancelled.
The final qualifiers will be played n September.