Nigeria’s National Women’s Team, the Super Falcons have qualified for the Olympic games in Rio next year as their opponents for the qualifying fixture, Mali withdrew from the qualifiers.
The Super Falcons were meant to clash with their Malian counterparts on the 9 of May in Akwa Ibom before playing the
return leg one week from the 9 of May in Mali. The Malians however withdrew from the fixture yesterday as was announced by a spokesperson for the NFF, thereby giving the Super Falcons an automatic ticket to the Olympic games as
the clash with Mali was meant to be the final series of the qualifiers. The Super Falcons who were full of confidence heading into the match having defeated
Mali 9-1 on aggregate in their most recent encounter to qualify for the African Women’s Championship would now have
ample time to prepare for the tournament itself.
Mali are yet to offer an explanation for their withdrawal at this time and the Falcons are set to take advantage of the
free time to better prepare for the FIFA Women’s World Cup which kicks off next month.
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