2019 Women’s World Cup Draw: Nigeria to face host, Norway

The Super Falcons of Nigeria have been drawn in Group A of 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup that would take place in France.

Recently, the Super Falcons emerged champions of Africa for a scintillating ninth time are drawn against hosts, France, Norway and Korea Republic.

The Super Falcons will have to put in a better performance to make any form of impact as they have been paired with far highly rated teams.

The French Women team are third in the world by FIFA rankings while the Korea Republic and Norway are ranked 13th and 14th respectively.

The opening game of the tournament will see France entertain Korea while the Super Falcons will begin their campaign against Norway.

The runners-up at AWCON 2018, South Africa, are drawn in tough Group B alongside superpowers the USA, China and Spain.

The third team representing Africa, Cameroon, are in Group E alongside Canada, New Zealand and the Netherlands.

Nigeria’s best appearance at the World Cup was a quarterfinal game in 1999 in the United States.