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Super Falcons arrive Abidjan for WAFU Women’s Cup
Nigeria’s Super Falcons are ready to face the rest of West Africa as they have arrived Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire for the second edition of the Women’s WAFU Cup of Nations.
The players and their coaches left the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport Abuja on Tuesday and are already in host country.
Cote d’Ivoire will take on Togo in the competition’s opening game on Wednesday, while the Black Queens of Ghana and Senegal will do battle in the second game of the day.
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Falcons will kick off their campaign when they face Burkina Faso in their first Group B game on Thursday.
The Thomas Dennerby ladies will later come up against Niger and Mali in their other group games.
The team is using the competition as part of preparation for the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup in France.
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