By Victor Kanayo
Nigeria’s Super Falcons and other African women teams will be paired to start battle for Paris 2024 Olympics tickets, on Tuesday May 30, 2023.
This was disclosed by continent’s soccer body, Confederation of African Football (CAF) in a statement.
According to CAF, the draw ceremony for the qualifiers will take place in Cairo, Egypt capital.
Olympics Qualifying Kick-off Dates
The statement revealed that the qualifying series which will be spread in four rounds, will kick off in July 2023 and climax in April 2024.
The statement added that the first round qualifier is scheduled between July 10 and 18, while the second round will take place on October 23 to 31, 2023.
For the third round of qualifier, CAF fixed it on February 19 to 28 in 2024, the same way the fourth round will be on April 1 to 9 of the Olympic year to determine the countries that will head to France.
Paris Moment
The women’s Olympics finals tournament is expected to be staged between July 25 and August 10, 2024.
Nigeria – Men and Women Deluge Of Failures
The Super Falcons have failed to qualify for the last three editions of the Olympic Games.
It is about the same way Nigeria’s men U23 team have been left of the party, the latest being the failure of the team to book a place in the upcoming African U23 Cup of Nations.
The U23 AFCON tournament is meant to the final qualifying opportunity for men teams ahead of the Olympics.
