The Gambia will face equal and tough
contenders in the finals of the 8th African U-17 championshipbilled for March 19thto April 3rd , 2009 in Algeria.
According
to the draw held yesterday in Algiers, the darling Scorpions are pitted
in group A alongside Cameroon, Guinea and host Algeria and will play their first opening
game with Guinea on Thursday March 19, 2009 in Zeralda.
The Darling
Scorpions second encounter will be against Cameroon, on Sunday March 22, 2009.
In their
final group game schedule for Wednesday 25th March, the 2005 African champions
will play hosts, Algeria, who will be making their debut appearance in this
competition at home soil.
Group B
features, two newcomers, Malawi and Niger together with Burkina Faso and Zimbabwe.
This will
be the first time the biennial championship will be held in North Africa since its inception in 1995 in Cameroon without defending champions, the
Golden Eaglets of Nigeria who were bundled out at the first round by Benin.
