Nigeria’s U20 Women National Team, Falconets, will depart Nigeria for Morocco on Thursday to take part in the Women’s Football Tournament of the 12th All-Africa Games scheduled for Rabat, Morocco from 17th – 29th August.
The Falconets will battle Cameroon, South Africa and Zambia in Group B of the tournament.
Host nation Morocco, Equatorial Guinea, Mali and Algeria are in Group A.
Nigeria’s women’s team won the gold medal at the Women’s Football Tournament of the 8th All-Africa Games hosted by Nigeria in October 2003, repeating the feat in Algiers four years later. But the girls failed to qualify for the 10th All-Africa Games in Maputo in 2011 before finishing in fourth place in Brazzaville, Congo four years ago.
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Nigeria’s first match is against South Africa at the Stade Academie Mohammed VI on Sunday at 8 pm Morocco time (9 pm in Nigeria).
The Falconets will afterward keep a date with Cameroon at the same venue and time on Wednesday, 21st August before rounding off their group stage campaign against Zambia at the Stade Boubker Ammar-Sale on Saturday, 24th August starting by 7pm (8pm in Nigeria).
See the full list of the 18 Falconets for the tournament:
Udukobong Peter (Ibom Angels);
Bashirat Amoo (Confluence Queens);
Joy Duru (Nasarawa Amazons);
Chiamaka Nnadozie (Rivers Angels);
Gift Monday (FC Robo);
Grace Igboamalu (Nasarawa Amazons);
Folashade Ijamilusi (FC Robo);
Dooshima Tarnum (Nasarawa Amazons);
Zainab Olapade (Sunshine Queens);
Esther Momoh (Confluence Queens);
Akudo Ogbonna (Sunshine Queens);
Catherine Kenneth (Rivers Angels);
Patricia Innocent (Sunshine Queens);
Christiana Obia (Osun Babes);
Cynthia Aku (Rivers Angels);
Omowunmi Oshobukola (Sunshine Queens);
Precious Christopher (Confluence Queens);
Rebecca Ajimuda (Edo Queens)
