
Nigeria’s national U-23 team has been seeded top in Pot 2 for the Rio Olympic Games men’s football event with the draw scheduled for April 14, in Rio, Brazil.
According to FIFA, hosts Brazil will take the lead spot in Group A, with the teams allocated into four pots based on a ranking built according to performances at the past five Olympic Football Tournaments.
The ranking is judged basically with recent performance playing a major role while a bonus is given to those nations who finished their qualifying competition as continental champions.