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Super Falcons coach, Edwin Okon, will lead Nigeria’s delegation to Saturday’s 7th FIFA Women’s World Cup finals draw in Canada.

Okon, who led the Falcons to their seventh African title in Namibia in October, will be joined by team administrator, Ruth David and media officer, Gracious Akujobi.

The draw ceremony for the championship will be held in Canada’s capital city, Ottawa, on Saturday, with 24 participating teams to be divided into six groups of four teams each.

Host Canada, United States of America, Mexico,  Costa Rica, Colombia, Brazil, Norway, Sweden, England, Japan, Australia, Netherlands, Germany, France, Spain, Switzerland, Cote d’Ivoire, Nigeria, Cameroon, China, Korea Republic, Thailand and New Zealand have already qualified for the finals.

The last spot will be taken by the winner of the intercontinental play-off between Ecuador and Trinidad and Tobago.

Both teams played a goalless first leg in Quito, with the return leg taking place at the Hasely Crawford Stadium in Port of Spain on Tuesday, December 2.

The finals will be staged between June 6th – July 5th, 2015 in six Canadian cities of Edmonton (State of Alberta), Moncton (State of New Brunswick), Montreal (State of Quebec), Vancouver (State of British Columbia), Ottawa (State of Ontario) and Winnipeg (State of Manitoba).

The Super Falcons have featured in all six previous editions of the FIFA Women’s World Cup in 1991 (China), 1995 (Sweden), 1999 and 2003 (USA), 2007 (China) and 2011 (Germany), with a quarter final berth in 1999 Nigeria’s best effort so far.