Falconets,
the Nigeria’s U-20 women’s team, have qualified for the second round of the
2018 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup qualifying series after walloping Tanzania 6-0
in Dar es Salaam on Sunday in the second leg of the first round to advance 9-0
on aggregate.
The
9th edition of the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup tournament will be hosted by France
from 5 August to 28 August, 2018.
The
Falconets were 4-0 up in the first half with Rasheedat Ajibade scoring a brace
in the opening 26 minutes.
Folashade
Ijamilusi made it 3-0 in the 35th minute before Anam Imo scored Nigeria’s
fourth goal three minutes later.
Cynthia
Aku completed the rout in the 83rd minute with a cool finish.
Nigeria
will face Morocco in the second round of the qualifying series, while the
Falconets are away in the first leg in Rabat.
The
second round first leg matches will hold on the 3rd of November
while the second leg will take place on 18 November 2017 and the third round
first leg holds between 12th and 14th of January 2018 with the second leg
between 26th and 28th January 2018.
The
Falconets will face South Africa in the final round if they beat Morocco.
The
Nigeria U-20 team have appeared at all seven editions of the tournament and
reached the final twice in 2010 and 2014.
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