Nigeria’s Falconets will kick-start their 2025 WAFU B U20 Women’ Cup marketing campaign with a high-profile conflict towards arch-rivals and defending champions Ghana on Saturday in Cotonou, Benin Republic.
This 12 months’s version runs from November 7 to 12 and options solely three collaborating nations — Nigeria, Ghana, and hosts Benin — following the late withdrawal of Ivory Coast and Burkina Faso.
The competitors will now undertake a round-robin format, with every crew taking part in the others twice. The crew with essentially the most factors on the finish of all matches will likely be topped champions.
Head coach Moses Aduku, who took cost of the Falconets in July, will likely be trying to information his younger squad to glory and reclaim the regional title Nigeria misplaced to Ghana in 2023.
The Falconets have been in camp in Porto-Novo, fine-tuning their methods and health ranges forward of Saturday’s 10 a.m. kickoff towards the Black Maidens.
Aduku, a former coach of Bayelsa Queens and Edo Queens, beforehand served as assistant through the Falconets’ 2022 FIFA U20 Girls’s World Cup marketing campaign in Costa Rica. The WAFU match additionally serves as very important preparation for Nigeria’s 2026 World Cup qualifying journey.
The Falconets not too long ago superior to the third spherical of the qualifiers after defeating Rwanda 5–0 on combination. Up subsequent, they face Senegal, who eradicated Algeria 6–0.
Ghana, who started their title defence with a 2–0 win over Benin, will as soon as once more present a stern take a look at for Aduku’s decided aspect.
