Saturday 21 February:
Niger 2 – 1 Guinea
Nigeria 3- 1 Zambia
Issoufou Boubacar open scoring for Niger in the 6th minute while Naby Bangoura equalized for Guinea in the 28th minute. Ismael Rabiou Lara scored the second goal for Niger in the 40th minute.
Victor Osimhen scored the first two goals for Nigeria in the 36th and 48th minute while Kelechi Nwakali made it 3 – 0 for Nigeria in the 45 one minuted added time before the end of first half. Patson Daka scored a consolatory goal for Zambia in the 61st minute.
The final table below:
Group A
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
1 | Nigeria | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 62 | +4 | 7 | ||
2 | Guinea | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | |
3 | Zambia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 3 | |
4 | Niger | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 3 |
Nigeria and Guinea has qualified for both the semi finals of this tournament and also the U-17 world cup.