The Confederation of African Soccer (CAF) has appointed match officers from Uganda and Burundi for Saturday’s essential FIFA U-20 Girls’s World Cup qualifying conflict between Senegal and Nigeria’s Falconets.
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The encounter, which serves as the primary leg of the penultimate qualifying spherical for the 2026 FIFA U-20 Girls’s World Cup in Poland, can be dealt with by Ugandan referee Diana Murungi.
She can be assisted by her compatriots Immaculate Ongiera and Elizabeth Nassolo, whereas Burundi’s Suavis Iratunga has been named because the fourth official.
CAF has additionally appointed Ghanaian official Christine Ziga as match commissioner, with Berthe Minka of Gabon assigned as referee assessor for the fixture.
In the meantime, Senegal’s U-20 girls’s nationwide crew, the Lionesses de Téranga, have arrived in Nigeria forward of the extremely anticipated encounter.
The Senegalese delegation touched down in Lagos on Tuesday evening earlier than continuing by highway to Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, which can host the match.
The West African facet is predicted to carry its first coaching session on Wednesday night as preparations intensify for the decisive qualifier.
Saturday’s match marks the primary leg of the third-round qualification sequence, with the combination winner set to advance to the ultimate spherical, the place a ticket to the 2026 FIFA U-20 Girls’s World Cup in Poland can be at stake.
The profitable crew from the Senegal–Nigeria tie will face the winner of the Guinea-Bissau versus Malawi fixture for one in every of Africa’s slots on the world event.
With either side eyeing a robust first-leg end result, the stage is about for a high-stakes contest because the Falconets look to take a major step in direction of one other World Cup look.
