CAIRO, March 23 (Xinhua) -- The Egyptian Football Association (EFA) said on Friday that Egypt has been officially chosen to host the 2009 U-20 World Cup, local soccer news website filgoal.com reported.

    The EFA has received the confirmation from FIFA, Egypt will host the 2009 U-20 World Cup, EFA vice-president Ahmed Shobeir said.

    Six stadiums will be used in four host cities, namely Cairo (Cairo International Stadium, Military Academy), Alexandria (Borg Al-Arab, Harras Al-Hodoud), Port Said (Masri) and Ismailia (Ismaili).

    Egypt previously hosted the U-17 World Cup in 1997 while Nigeria were the last African country to host the U-20 tournament in 1999.

    FIFA U-20 World Cup is formerly known as the FIFA World Youth Championship. The new name will be used for the first time in 2007when Canada will host U-20 World Cup from June 30 to July 22.

    The U-20 World Cup has been awarded two years since the first tournament in 1977.