NINE times women AFCON champions, the Super Falcon of Nigeria, have been drawn into group C of the 12th Women AFCON tournament taking place 2nd – 23rd July in Morocco.
Nigeria and South Africa will be the biggest game of the group stage as they met in a competition in Ghana, with the South Africans winning by the odd goal. Both teams again met in the final, which ended scoreless after regulation and extra time.
The Super Falcons eventually triumphed 4-3 on penalties to win their 9th title.
GROUP A
Morocco
Burkina Faso
Senegal
Uganda
GROUP B
Cameroon
Zambia
Tunisia
Togo
GROUP C
Nigeria
South Africa
Burundi
Botswana
All the four semi finalists at the championship will represent Africa at the first –ever 32 –team FIFA Women’s World Cup finals, to be hosted by New Zealand and Australia in the summer of next year.
