AWCON Qualifiers: Black Queens out as Nigeria booked place in the next round of qualifiers

The Nigeria national women’s team is through to the final round of qualifiers for the African Women’s Cup of Nations to be held in Morocco next year.

The Super Falcons survived a huge scare from one of their fierce rivals on the continent, Ghana to edge closer to qualifying for Morocco 2022.

The Black Queens won the second leg in Accra by a lone goal but lost by 2-0 in Lagos in the first ending them 2-1 aggregate scoreline in favor of the Super Falcons.

Uche Kanu scored the two goals that gave the Falcons the edge going into the second leg and even though Princess Adueba got a goal for the Black Queens in the return leg, it was not enough to deny the Falcons from progressing.

Many had erroneously suggested that Ghana’s Black Queens were the only obstacle before the Super Falcons in their quest for qualification for Awcon 2022.

The tournament will also determine Africa’s representatives at the 32-team FIFA Women’s World Cup finals in Australia and New Zealand in 2023.

That next round could most likely be against the Lady Elephants of Cote d’Ivoire, who mauled their counterparts from the Niger Republic 9-0 in the first leg.

The final round of qualifiers comes up in February next year.

Source: ghanasportspage.com