Football
Nigeria’s U20 Women Team, Falconets, will depart Nigeria for Papua
New Guinea on Sunday, 6th November ahead of the 8th FIFA U20 Women's World Cup
final holding 13th November - 3rd December 2016.
The delegation of 21 players and officials led by Head Coach Peter
Dedevbo will fly out of the country aboard an Emirate Airlines flight from
Lagos on Sunday evening. The Falconets, runners-up at the last edition of the
championship (Canada 2014), defeated Liberia, Democratic Republic of Congo and
South Africa home and away to qualify for the World Cup.
The team Thursday evening lost 0-1 to the Super Falcons in their
last test match before departure for Papua New Guinea 2016. Nigeria will open
her World Cup campaign on November 13 against Japan before matches against
Canada and Spain respectively.
Falconets reached the quarter finals in Thailand 2004, Russia 2006
and Chile 2008, the semi finals in Japan 2012 and finished in second place in
Germany 2010 and Canada 2014.
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