The Falconets will face the west African nation in
the first round qualifier of the 2016 Fifa U20
Women’s World Cup billed for Papua New Guinea
Nigeria U20 Women team will challenge Liberia in
the first round qualifier of the 2016 Fifa U20
Women’s World Cup Cup in Papua New Guinea.
The Liberians dismissed their Sierra Leonean
opponents to set up a clash with last World Cup’s
runners-up, Falconets.
July 11, 2015 will be the date of the first leg billed
for Monrovia with the Confederation of African
Football appointing Guinea’s Aissatou Keita as the
centre referee and will be assisted by compatriots
Fantagbe Kaba, Manty Keita and Isatou Touray as
Assistant Referee 1, Assistant Referee 2 and
Reserve Referee respectively.
Fatou Camara from Mali will serve as match
commissioner.
Should the country scale through this stage, they
will meet either Namibia or RD Congo/Gabon in the
second round before qualifying for the final round
where they are likely to face South Africa for one
of the two African tickets to the world tournament.
Nigeria have qualified for all seven editions of the
competition and have placed second twice (2010
and 2014).
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