U-23 Cup of Nations: Dream Team to face Mali and North African foes

Nigeria U-23 side, the Dream Team, have been drawn with Algeria, Egypt and Mali for a place in the 2016 Rio Olympics.

The results of the draw on Monday at the CAF headquarters in Cairo, Egypt showed that Nigeria will compete in Group B with the three countries at the forthcoming 2015 Africa U-23 Cup of Nations in Senegal.

Hosts Senegal will play South Africa, Zambia and Tunisia in Group A.

The final tournament will take place from November 28 to December 12, 2015, in the Senegalese cities of Dakar and M’Bour.

The top three teams will qualify automatically to represent Africa at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Nigeria are the most successful African side at the Olympics having won gold in 1996 in Atlanta, USA and silver eight years later in China.

Cameroon also won gold in 2000 while Ghana claimed bronze in 1992.

THE GROUPS

Group A

Senegal, South Africa, Zambia, Tunisia

Group B

Egypt, Algeria, Mali, Nigeria