hosted the world U-20 championship (1999), and the globe U-17 (2009), and did remarkably well as host.However, the fortunes of the Nigerian national teams dwindled recently; in 2008, the Super Eagles got their worst Nations' cup outing in Ghana,
where they failed to win silverware for the initial time since 1984. The U-20 team failed to get beyond the second round in Egypt (2009); while the U-17 failed to qualify for fifa ultimate team coins the African championship,