Colombia 2024: Falconets March To Third Round

Colombia 2024: Falconets March To Third Round

Ibrahim Lateef 

The Falconets are throughout to the next round of the African qualifying series for next year’s FIFA U20 Women’s World Cup finals, BSNSports.com.ng reports.

Falconets made it to the next round without kicking a ball after the Mauritius Football Association notified the Confederation of African Football of the withdrawal of their U20 Women National Team from the qualifiers. 

“Kindly note that CAF was informed of the withdrawal of Mauritius FA from the African qualifiers of FIFA U20 Women's World Cup 2024. Consequently, Nigeria is qualified to the next round of the competition and the missions of all officials of matches 37 & 38 are cancelled,” read a communication from CAF to the Nigeria Football Federation.

The Falconets were to fly to Mauritius next week for the first leg in Saint Pierre against the Mauritius U20 girls, with the return leg scheduled for the MKO Abiola National Stadium, Abuja on Saturday, 14th October.

With this situation, 2022 World Cup quarter-finalists Nigeria now progress to the next round of the qualification series.