Tuesday, August 14, 2012


Falconets off to Japan today for U-20 World Cup

Nigeria’s U-20 Women's national team, Falconets will today leave for Japan, the venue of the 2012 FIFA U-20 World Cup.                           

The team left Nigeria on August 1st for South Korea on a two-week training tour where they played three friendly matches besides training sessions to equip them for the World Cup scheduled to begin on August 19th through September 8.                           

The girls won the two friendly matches played in Korea thus far and are poised to feature in their third and final game today ahead of their short trip to neighbours Japan on Tuesday.

Falconets are pooled in Group B alongside, South Korea, Italy and Brazil and they open their account on Sunday August 19th with a match against Korea. They play Brazil next on August 22nd before their last group match against Italy on August 26th.                                            

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