AFCON
RIVALRY RENEWED AS GHANA VS NIGERIA FIXTURES HIGHLIGHT AFRICAN WOMEN CUP QUALIFIERS
It is Nigeria versus Ghana as the race to Africa Women Cup of Nations, Morocco 2022 was charted this Monday afternoon in Egypt.
Sports Village Square recalls that both countries are eternal rivals in all aspects of football and the women football tournaments have hightened the rivals since they first clashed on 6 February 1991 in Lagos.
CAF Headquarters in October 6 city near Cairo, Egypt, hosted the draw for the qualification series, that saw a record of 45 member associations taking part in the qualifiers’ series.
Morocco, the host country of the final tournament who automatically qualified as hosts. So, 44 teams will take part in the qualifiers.
It will be the first edition organized under the format of 12 teams.
CAF Senior Manager of Women Football & Futsal Heba Sarwat conducted the draw, assisted by Egyptian footballer Nadine Ghazy.
Following are the draw results:
First round
M1 – Uganda v Ethiopia
M2 – Kenya v South Sudan
M3 – Eritrea v Burundi
M4 – Djibouti v Rwanda
M5 – Malawi v Zambia
M6 – Tanzania v Namibia
M7 – Zimbabwe v Eswatini
M8 – Angola v Botswana
M9 – Mozambique v South Africa
M10 – Algeria v Sudan
M11 – Egypt v Tunisia
M12 – Equatorial Guinea v DR Congo
M13 – Sao Tome and Principe v Togo
M14 – Congo v Gabon
M15 – Central African Republic v Cameroon
M16 – Sierra Leone v Gambia
M17 – Liberia v Senegal
M18 – Mali v Guinea
M19 – Guinea Bissau v Mauritania
M20 – Burkina Faso v Benin
M21 – Nigeria v Ghana
M22 – Niger v Cote d’Ivoire
Second Round
Winner M1 v Winner M2
Winner M3 v Winner M4
Winner M5 v Winner M6
Winner M7 v Winner M8
Winner M9 v Winner M10
Winner M11 v Winner M12
Winner M13 v Winner M14
Winner M15 v Winner M16
Winner M17 v Winner M18
Winner M19 v Winner M20
Winner M21 v Winner M22
Aggregate winners qualify to join hosts Morocco in the final tournament.