Nigeria's Super Falcons Seeded For Friday's AWCON Draws

Defending African women’s champions, Super Falcons are one of three top seeds for the Africa Women’s Cup of Nations (AWCON) draw on Friday with host country Morocco and Cameroon, runners-up at the last tournament the other teams.

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The Super Falcons will head Group C, Cameroon are in Group B, while hosts Morocco head Group A.

Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Burundi, Tunisia, Senegal, Botswana, Burkina Faso and South Africa are not seeded and so could battle the Falcons in the group stage of the 12-team tournament.

The top three teams will qualify to feature at the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand.

Izuchukwu Okosi

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Izuchukwu Okosi is a Nigerian sports and entertainment journalist with two decades of experience in the media industry having begun his media journey in 2002 as an intern at Mundial Sports International (MSI) and Africa Independent Television (AIT), owners of Daar Communications Plc.

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