Dare wishes Super Falcons victory in Morocco

“Also at stake in Morocco for the semi-finalists are slots to the FIFA Women World Cup in Australia and New Zealand next year”

By Uzor Odigbo

Sports Minister, Sunday Dare, has charged the Nigerian senior national women’s football team, the Super Falcons, to go for victory at the African Women Cup of Nations in Morocco.

The Super Falcons are in Group C of the 12th African Women Cup of Nations in Morocco alongside South Africa, Botswana and Burundi.

They begin the defence of their title against rivals South Africa on Monday, the 4th of July, 2022.

Dare told the team in a press release from his office to put their past record of successes in the tournament behind them and fight with temerity, discipline and purpose to pick their tenth title which will cement Nigeria’s dominance in women’s football on the continent.

Also at stake in Morocco for the semi-finalists are slots to the FIFA Women World Cup in Australia and New Zealand next year.

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The Minister wished the team the best of luck, urging them to be worthy ambassadors of the country.

Super Falcons is the nickname for the Nigeria national women’s football team.

 It represents Nigeria in international women’s football and is controlled by the Nigeria Football Federation.

The team is by far Africa’s most successful international women’s football team winning a record eleven Africa Women Cup of Nations titles, with their most recent title in 2018, after defeating South Africa in the final.

The team is also the only women’s national team from the Confederation of African Football to have reached the quarterfinals in both the FIFA Women’s World Cup and Football at the Summer Olympics.

They are also one of the few teams in the world to have qualified for every edition of the FIFA Women’s World Cup, with their best performance at the 1999 FIFA Women’s World Cup where they reached the quarterfinals.