Liberia U20 men’s national team have been confirmed as one of the eight participants for the 2022 WAFU ‘A’ tournament in Nouakchott, Mauritania. It will serve as a qualifying tournament for the 2023 Africa U20 Cup of Nations that will be held in Egypt. The junior national team have never been to the U20 nations cup after missing out in a few qualifiers that they participated in. Mauritania, The Gambia, Guinea, Liberia, Mali, Cape Verde, Senegal and Sierra Leone are the eight teams that will participate in the upcoming tournament. During the last edition of the WAFU ‘A’ U20 nations cup held in the median edition held in Liberia 2018, the junior Lone Star, under the guidance of former Head Coach Christopher Wreh, progressed to the final, but were defeated by 2-1 by The Gambia at the SKD Sports stadium.

Source: Daily Observer June 21, 2022 01:34 UTC