Super Falcons to play 10 warm-up games before World Cup
The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has unveiled the Super Falcons’ warm-up schedule in preparation for the Women’s World Cup.
According to a statement released by the NFF on Thursday, the team will participate in a four-nation invitational tournament in China from January 17 to 20 and will also compete in the Cyprus Women’s Cup from February 25 to March 7.
The team is expected to fly out of Nigeria to China on Monday.
China, Romania and Korea Republic are the other teams taking part in the tournament.
The women’s national team is also expected to play two friendly matches with Spain and Canada prior to a final training camp in Austria.
The Jamaican national team has also written to the NFF expressing interest in playing the Super Falcons.
Nigeria, the only African country to have featured in all previous editions of the World Cup, will tackle host nation France, Korea Republic and Norway in Group A of this summer’s finals.
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