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The delegation of the Nigerian National Under-20 Team, Falconets, has landed in the Austrian city of Tirol The 9th FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup will be held in France on next month.
A contingent of 25 players and 11 officials, led by the Deputy Director of the Nigerian Football Federation (Technical), Siji Lagunju, former Nigerian international. Danjuma and his assistants – Wemimo Mathew, Mansour Abdullahi, Lateef Yusuf and Precious Dede – left the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja aboard a flight from Air France on Friday night, and passed through by Paris and Munich before arriving in Tyrol
The final list of 21 players will emerge before the end of the training camp, with the four players who will fail to make the last end to Nigeria.
Lagunju confirmed that the 2010 and 2014 FIFA World Cup finalists will spend 12 days at the final training camp in Tyrol, where they will be staying at the Explorer Hotel.
He said: "The Falconets must play two friendlies during the training camp
" These are against FC Bergheim Austria and Wacker Innsbruck FC Austria.
"The delegation will leave Austria for France on August 2nd before the final which will start on Sunday August 5th."
U20 girls remain Nigeria's most successful women's team at world level , won two silver medals at the FIFA World Cup ™ (Germany 2010 and Canada 2014) and a bronze medal (Japan 2012) and reached the quarter-finals in Thailand (2004), Russia (2006) and Chile (2008)
The four official host cities of the 9th FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup are located in Brittany: Concarneau, Dinan / Léhon, Saint-Malo and Vannes. The Stade de la Rabine in Vannes will host the opening match on August 5th and the last match of the competition on August 24th.
Nigeria will face Haiti, China and Germany in Group D of the 16 nations final, while Group B has North Korea, England, Mexico and Brazil while that the United States, Japan, Paraguay and Spain are fighting in Group D.
The opening match of the Falconets is against Germany (who beat Nigeria in the finals of 2010 and 2014) at the Marville Stadium in Saint-Malo on August 6th, before the clashes with Haiti at the same place on August 9th. To qualify for the finals, the Falconets dismissed Tanzania's under-20 team, 9-0, swept Morocco 6-2 overall and inflicted violence on their team. South African counterparts 8 -0 on two legs I n January this year
25 PLAYERS FOR THE FINAL CAMPING
Goalkeepers: Mercy Vincent, Onyinyechukwu Okeke, Rita Akarekor, Chiamaka Nnadozie
Defenders: Glory Ogbonna, Sunday Opeyemi, Lilian Tule, Mary Ologbosere, Joy Duru, Blessing Ezekiel, Oluwakemi Famuditi
Midfielder: Christy Ucheibe, Bashirat Amoo, Peace Efih, Adebisi Saheed, Mary Saiki, Kikelomo Odueke
Forwards: Rasheedat Ajibade, Anam Imo , Joie Joy, Chidinma Okeke, Charity Reuben, Aishat Bello, Gift Monday, Grace Igboamalu.
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