EKO HOT BLOG reports that Nigeria will face Australia, Ireland, and Canada in the group phase of the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup.
This followed the draw ceremony held in Auckland/Tâmaki Makaurau on Saturday.
Nigeria will play Canada in her first match of the competition to be staged in a total of nine cities (five in Australia and four in New Zealand), which will boast 32 teams – the biggest in the history of the FIFA Women’s World Cup since it began in China in 1991.
Joint hosts New Zealand will battle Norway, Philippines, and Switzerland in Group A.
Nigeria, alongside the United States of America, Brazil, Norway, Sweden, Germany, and Japan are the only seven countries to have featured in all previous editions of the FIFA Women’s World Cup, between China 1991 and France 2019.
The Falcons were on a tour of Canada six months ago, where they played two matches against Olympic champions Canada, losing one narrowly and drawing the other.
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