Super Falcons to know AWCON foes on Friday

Super Falcons to know AWCON foes on Friday

Hassan Abdulsalam 20:37 - 17.11.2024

The 13th edition of the AWCON is scheduled for Saturday, 5 July to Saturday, 26 Jul 2025.

Nigeria's senior women's national team, the Super Falcons, will know their opponents for the 2024 Women's Africa Cup of Nations (AWCON) during the draw ceremony on Friday, November 22nd, in Morocco.

The event will take place at the Mohamed VI Complex, where the 12 qualified teams for the tournament's 13th edition will be grouped into three groups of four teams each.

Super Falcons returned home to Nigeria after three defeats in three games.

The Confédération Africaine de Football (CAF) has announced that the 13th edition of the AWCON is scheduled to take place from Saturday, July 5th to Saturday, July 26th, 2025.

A total of 12 teams qualified for the group stages; Algeria, Botswana, Ghana, Mali, Morocco (host), Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa (Reining champions), Tanzania, The Democratic Republic of Congo, Tunisia and Zambia.

The Super Falcons of Nigeria are nine-time champions, having won in 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2016, and 2018.

Three-time finalists Ghana and one-time bronze medallists DR Congo made a successful return to the competition.

The Leopards eliminated two-time champions Equatorial Guinea with a 2-1 victory after a first round that ended in a draw.

South Africa's Bayana Bayana are the current champions of the AWCON having triumphed in 2022, defeating host Morocco by two goals to one.

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