Nigeria get tough opponents ahead of FIFA World Cup in Poland

- FIFA U20 World Cup draws pair Nigeria in Group D alongside Qatar, Ukraine and USA for this year's FIFA World Cup in poland

- The Flying Eagles will hope they can stun the world and lift the title at the end of the competition

Nigeria's U20 national team have been drawn in Group D alongside USA, Ukraine and Qatar for the 2019 FIFA U20 World Cup staging in Poland later this year.

The Flying Eagles reached this year's edition of the championship after finishing fourth at the recently concluded Africa U20 Cup of Nations in Niger.

Coach Paul Aigbogun's boys lost to their South African counterparts in the loser's finals after failing to beat Mali in the semifinals.

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Nigeria will be returning to the competition after missing out of the last edition staged in South Korea, and England winning the title.

Aigbogun's men will hope they can lift the title for the first time having lost to Argentina in the final of the 2005 edition in the Netherlands.

Meanwhile, Ghana are the only African country to have triumphed in this age grade competition after overcoming Brazil in the final of the 2015 edition in Egypt.

Legit.ng earlier reported that Nigeria’s Flying Eagles suffered a second successive penalty shoot-out loss after falling 3-5 to South Africa in Saturday’s bronze medal match.

The encounter saw the Flying Eagles and their counterparts eager to take something home from the tournament during the losers final at the Stade General Seyni Kountchey which ended goalless after the end of 90 minutes.

Coach Paul Aigbogun made some changes in his team to afford some players playing time for the first time in the competition.

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