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Nigeria Awaits Women’s Olympic Draw

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Nigeria’s Super Falcons will discover their path to the 2028 Los Angeles Olympic Games today when the Confederation of African Football, CAF, conducts the draw for the women’s Olympic qualifying tournament in Cairo, Egypt.

The draw, which marks the start of Africa’s qualification campaign for the Los Angeles Games, will be held at CAF headquarters by 1pm on Wednesday and streamed live on the CAF YouTube channel.

Report says, a total of 35 national teams have entered the qualification race, reflecting the scale of competition across the continent.

The list includes Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Comoros, Congo, Côte d’Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritius, Morocco, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

CAF has structured the qualifying pathway into five rounds, with only two African teams ultimately securing tickets to the women’s football tournament at the 2028 Olympic Games, scheduled to run from July 11 to 29, 2028 in Los Angeles and other cities across the United States.

The United States will enter the tournament as defending champions, while Africa will be aiming to improve on recent performances after Nigeria and Zambia claimed the continent’s sole qualification spots at the last CAF Olympic qualifying tournament for Paris 2024.

The draw will determine Nigeria’s early route in a competition that demands consistency across multiple knockout rounds, with little margin for error given the limited qualification slots available to Africa.

The women’s football event at the 2028 Olympics will feature 16 teams in total, with 15 nations joining hosts the United States through continental qualifying competitions across six confederations.

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South Africa Wins WAFCON CUP

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Bayana Bayana of South Africa have been crowned the new champions of the Women Africa Cup of Nations, WAFCON.

The South Africa female National team defeated Host Nation Morocco by 2 goals to 1 in the final of the 2022 WAFCON played at the Prince Moulay Abdellah stadium.

South Africa took the lead in the 63rd minute through a strike from Hildah Magaia before she struck again in the 71st minute to double the lead.

The Atlas Lioness of Morocco pulled a goal back in the 80th minute through Rosella Ayane.

Despite late pressure by the Host Nation, the Bayana Bayana were able to hold on to win the game and clinch their first ever WAFCON title.

Oluwakayode Banjo

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WAFCON 2022: Nigeria Out of Race

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The Super Falcons of Nigeria have been nocked out of the 2022 Women Africa Cup of Nations.

The team on Monday lost 5-4 on penalty to the host Nation, Morocco in the second semifinals match of the day.

The regular 90minutes and extra 30minutes had ended 1-1.

Morocco will now face South Africa in the final of the competition while Nigeria will engage Zambia in the third place match.

South Africa’s Banyana Banyana defeated their Zambian counterparts by two goals to one in the first semifinals game earlier in the day.

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Morocco begins WAFCON Campaign with a 1-0 Victory Over Burkina Faso

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Morocco began their Women Africa Cup of Nations, WAFCON, campaign with a win against debutants Burkina Faso on Saturday at the Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium in Rabat.

Mariam Ouattara failed to deal with a Ghizlane Chebbak 29th minute free-kick which creeped under her into the back of the net to give the host a 1-0 victory in front of a packed stadium.

Inexperience and naivety were Burkina Faso’s undoing on the night. Not a clear cut chance on goal and passes not sticking, they had to rely on their goalkeeper to keep them in the game

Morocco goalie, Khadija Er-Rmichi also saved twice in the 77th to keep her side in the lead.

Morcco will now turn their attention to next group opponent Uganda while Burkina Faso faces Senegal.

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2022 AWFCON: Nigeria Draws South Africa

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Nigeria’s Super Falcons have South Africa as their Group C rivals in the 2022 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON), as well as Botswana and Burundi.

They were drawn in the same group at the official draw ceremony held at the Complex Mohamed VI in Rabat, Morocco on Friday.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Group A of the women football competition billed for July in Morocco has the hosts, Burkina Faso, Senegal and Uganda.

Group B has Cameroon, Zambia, Tunisia and Togo.

NAN reports that it is the first time 12 teams will be participating in the tournament with Togo, Burundi, Burkina Faso and Botswana as debutants.

The tourney kicks off in Rabat on July 2 with the final match to be played on July 23.

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