African Champions, Super Falcons of Nigeria will continue their preparations for the 8th FIFA Women’s World Cup in France today with another friendly against Spain’s first division club, UMF Selfoss.
After the second game, the African champions will continue their preparations with a massive encounter against Canada on Monday, 8th April.
After these set of friendly games in Spain, the nine-time African champions will prepare to take part in the eight-nation WAFU B Women’s Tournament in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire in May.
According to the tournament organizers, the WAFU B Women’s tournament will hold from the 8th to the 18th of May in the Ivorian capital, with the senior women teams of hosts Cote d’Ivoire, Nigeria, Ghana, Mali, Senegal, Togo, Burkina Faso and Niger Republic taking part.
The draw for the WAFU B Tournament has been scheduled for Tuesday, 16th April.
After the WAFU B tournament, the Super Falcons will move to the Avita Resort in Bad Tatzmannsdorf in Austria. From Austria, the Falcons will fly into France, where they take on Norway, Korea Republic and tournament hosts France in the group stage of the 8th FIFA Women’s World Cup finals, holding between 7th June and 7thJuly.