The young Scorpions finished as runners-up in the annual sub-regional football championship after slipping to Senegal U-20 team 1-0 in a final played at the Stade Olympiquein Nouakchott, Mauritania on Sunday.
The Gambia U-20 team booked their place in the 2023 Africa U-20 Youth Championship to be hosted in Egypt, after defeating Mali 4-2 on post-match penalty shootouts in their semi-final clash.
The young Scorpions will now turn their attention to the continent’s cadet biggest football festivity following the completion of the 2022 WAFU Zone A U-20 football tournament.
The Gambia U-20 team won bronze medals in the 2021 Africa U-20 Youth Championship following their 4-2 post-match penalty shootouts win over Tunisia in their third and fourth play-offs match played in Nouakchott, Mauritania.
