Eguavoen To Review Programme Ahead Of Olympic Qualifier.

Chief Coach of Nigeria's Under 23 team,Augustine Eguavoen has said that he would review his already submitted programme for the Eight Nations Olympic games qualifier billed to hold in Egypt.

Eguavoen informed that the review became imperative following the change in date of the qualifying championship. “O! Yes I would have to review my programme because it’s no longer the first week of December but the last week of November, so with this change my whole programme will change now”.

“I cannot give you a specific date right now but preparations will begin in earnest in the first week of October, what ever is the case I want to have at least five weeks of intense camping with a lot of friendly matches”


The former Super Eagles coach,who is presently in the ancient city of Benin, revealed that he would meet the technical committee of the Nigeria Football Federation this week to finalise plans and get formal approval for his programme.

On the award of the host right to Egypt, Eguavoen, said he believed that all the teams have equal chance of qualification because officiating at tournaments of this magnitude are very fair, so its up to the team's technical crew to put together a killer squad that would perform better at the tourney.

The Confederation of Africa Football on Monday handed Egypt the host right for the African men's final Olympic qualifying round.

The draw for the tournament will be held in September during Caf's Executive Committee meeting in the Egyptian capital Cairo, where the teams will be divided into two groups of four.

Alongside hosts Egypt, the other participating teams are Algeria, Gabon, Ivory Coast, Morocco, Nigeria, Senegal and South Africa.

The top three-placed teams automatically qualify for London while the fourth best team will engage a team from Asia in a play-off.

The London Olympics will take place from 27 July to 12 August 2012.