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AWCON: Falcons draw Ghana, Mali, Kenya
Nigeria’s Super Falcons will begin their title defence against Ghana, Mali and Kenya after the team was drawn in Group B of the African Women Cup of Nations.
The Falcons have dominated women’s football in Africa having been crowned champion a total of nine times, Equatorial Guinea are the only other nation to have won the continental title.
Hosts Cameroon are in Group A and will face Egypt in the opening match of the finals on 19 November in Yaounde.
South Africa and Zimbabwe, who both played at the Rio Olympics, complete the teams in the group.
The final is set for 3 December with Limbe as the other host city.
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Kenya are making their first ever appearance at the women’s finals and have reached the final of the East and Central African regional event in Uganda.
Ghana have never won the women’s continental title but have been the losing finalists on three occasions – 1998, 2002 and 2006.
The other team in the group, Mali, earned their place in the finals when former winners Equatorial Guinea were disqualified for fielding an ineligible player.
Group A: Group B:
Cameroon Nigeria
Egypt Mali
South Africa Ghana
Zimbabwe Kneya
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