AYC Qualifier: CAF names Senegalese referees for Nigeria/Lesotho clash

The overall winners in the fixture will advance to the 2015 AYC.

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The Confederation of African Football, CAF, has named Senegalese officials for the first leg of the final qualifying round fixture between Nigeria and Lesotho for the African Youth Championship, AYC.

In the officials’ list by the Nigeria Football Association, NFA, on Wednesday in Abuja, Daouda Kebe was listed as centre referee.

The first leg match in the under-20 male football encounter will take place on August 16 at the Ahmadu Bello Stadium in Kaduna.

According to the list, Kebe would be assisted by compatriots Nouha Bangoura, El Hadji Gueye and Daouda Gueye as the first assistant, second assistant, and fourth official respectively.

The match commissioner is Bruno Didavi from Benin Republic.

The Nigerian team, the Flying Eagles, had stopped Tanzania 6-1 on aggregate in the earlier round.

On their part, Lesotho edged much-fancied Angola 4-1 after two legs in the second round of qualifying matches.

The overall winners in the fixture will advance to the 2015 AYC scheduled for Senegal from March 8 to 22.

(NAN)