For the past three Olympic Games: London 2012, Rio 2016, and Tokyo 2020), the Super Falcons have failed to qualify, with their last appearance coming in Beijing in 2008.
Nigeria’s Super Falcons have been drawn to face either Ethiopia or Chad in the second round of the 2024 Paris Olympic football qualifier, slated to kick off in July.
The draw for the qualifiers was held at the Confederation of African Football (CAF) headquarters in Cairo, Egypt, on Tuesday.
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Ethiopia Women to clash with Chad Women in first round
The 2024 Olympics qualifying rounds for Africa will begin in July 2023 and end in April 2024, with the fixtures taking take place in a home-and-away style over four rounds.
Among the teams to have gotten a bye past the first round are Nigeria, who will await the winner of the Ethiopia vs Chad game.
The two surviving teams after the fourth round will be Africa's two representatives in Paris.
Olympics qualifiers CAF Women's match schedule
- First round: 10–18 July 2023
- Second round: 23–31 October 2023
- Third round: 19–28 February 2024
- Fourth round: 1–9 April 2024
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Nigeria are drawn in Group B of the Women's World Cup, alongside Australia, Canada and the Republic of Ireland.
First round fixtures
- Guinea Bissau vs Benin
- Guinea vs Ghana
- Burkina Faso vs Mali
- Cote d’Ivoire vs Sierra Leone
- Namibia vs Equatorial Guinea
- Uganda vs Rwanda
- Ethiopia vs Chad
- Congo vs Tanzania
- Mozambique vs DR Congo.
Second round fixtures
- Guinea Bissau/Benin vs Guinea/Ghana
- Burkina Faso/Mali vs Zambia
- Cote d’Ivoire/Sierra Leone vs Tunisia
- Namibia/Equatorial Guinea vs Morocco
- Uganda/Rwanda vs Cameroon
- Ethiopia/Chad vs Nigeria
- Congo/Tanzania vs Botswana
- Mozambique/DR Congo vs South Africa
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The Super Falcons will launch its campaign on July 21 against Canada, before taking on co-host Australia on July 27 and then, the Republic of Ireland four days later.
For the past three Olympic Games: London 2012, Rio 2016, and Tokyo 2020), the Super Falcons have not been able to qualify, with their last appearance at the World Games coming in Beijing, in 2008.
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