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RIVALRY RENEWED AS GHANA VS NIGERIA FIXTURES HIGHLIGHT AFRICAN WOMEN CUP QUALIFIERS

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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.

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Following are the draw results:

First round

M1 – Uganda v Ethiopia

M2 – Kenya v South Sudan

M3 – Eritrea v Burundi

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M4 – Djibouti v Rwanda

M5 – Malawi v Zambia

M6 – Tanzania v Namibia

M7 – Zimbabwe v Eswatini

M8 – Angola v Botswana

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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

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M14 – Congo v Gabon

M15 – Central African Republic v Cameroon  

M16 – Sierra Leone v Gambia

M17 – Liberia v Senegal

M18 – Mali v Guinea

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M19 – Guinea Bissau v Mauritania

M20 – Burkina Faso v Benin

M21 – Nigeria v Ghana

M22 – Niger v Cote d’Ivoire

Second Round

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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

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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

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Winner M21 v Winner M22

Aggregate winners qualify to join hosts Morocco in the final tournament.

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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