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NIGERIA’S FLAMINGOS AWAIT WINNERS OF DR CONGO AND RWANDA IN U17 WOMEN’S WORLD CUP QUALIFICATION SERIES

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Like their elder sisters – Falcons and Falconets, the Nigerian U17 sides, Flamingos are drawn by in the opening round of the qualifying series for their age graded World Cup.

The Nigerian side will enter the race in the second of four-round series.  They are programmed to face the winners of the DR Congo and Rwanda opening round clash as per the draw conducted at the CAF headquarters in  Egypt on Monday for the African qualifiers of the FIFA U-17 Women World Cup, India 2022.

CAF Director of competitions Khaled Nassar conducted the draw, assisted by Egyptian footballer Nadine Ghazy.

Twenty nine teams will take part in the qualifiers which will determine CAF’s three places in the U-17global women’s event.

The first round includes the 10 less ranked teams and the remaining 19 will be exempted. 10 teams will play the first round to qualify five teams.

This qualifying phase will be contested in the form of four rounds organized in home and away matches.

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Following are the results:

First Round:

(1st leg: 13, 14, 15 January 2022 – 2nd leg: 27, 28, 29 January 2022)

M1 – Eritrea v South Sudan

M2 – Equatorial Guinea v Kenya

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M3 – DR Congo v Rwanda

M4 – Senegal v Sierra Leone

M5 – Benin v Mauritania

Second Round

S1 – Winner M1 v Cameroon

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S2 – Zambia v Namibia

S3 – Djibouti v Burundi

S4 – Tanzania v Botswana

S5 – Winner M2 v South Africa

S6 – Uganda v Ethiopia

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S7 – Egypt v Guinea Bissau

S8 – Winner M 3 v Nigeria

S9 – Liberia v Guinea

S10 – Winner M 4 v Ghana

S11 – Niger v Sao Tome

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S12 – Winner M 5 v Morocco

Third Round

T1 – Winner S1 v Winner S2

T2 – Winner S3 v Winner S4

T3 – Winner S5 v Winner S6

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T4 – Winner S7 v Winner S8

T5 – Winner S9 v Winner S10

T6 – Winner S11 v Winner S12

Fourth Round

Winner T1 v Winner T2

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Winner T3 v Winner T4

Winner T5 v Winner T6

Aggregate winners qualify to represent Africa in the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup India 2022

Kunle Solaja is the author of landmark books on sports and journalism as well as being a multiple award-winning journalist and editor of long standing. He is easily Nigeria’s foremost soccer diarist and Africa's most capped FIFA World Cup journalist, having attended all FIFA World Cup finals from Italia ’90 to Qatar 2022. He was honoured at the Qatar 2022 World Cup by FIFA and AIPS.

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