22 March 2011
The national women’s team, Super Falcons will play their 2012 Olympic Games qualifying match against Namibia at the National Stadium, Abuja on Sunday, April 3.
Assistant General Secretary (Competitions) of the Nigeria Football Federation, Dr. Mohammed Sanusi said yesterday that the Federation had already communicated the venue and date of match to world football -governing body, FIFA.
“The match is an Olympics qualifier and we had to communicate early enough to the world football -governing body on date and venue. The match will be played at the National Stadium, Abuja on Sunday, April 3”, said Dr. Sanusi.
The Super Falcons, reigning champions of Africa have been training in Abuja ahead of the two-leg fixture, with the second leg coming up in Windhoek mid-April. Namibia overpowered Angola on aggregate in the earlier round while the Falcons drew a bye following the withdrawal of Congo.
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Originally posted here:
Nigeria/Namibia: Falcons to Play Namibia in Abuja