REFEREES from Burkina Faso and Togo will take charge of the 2022 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier between the Super Falcons and Cote d’Ivoire in Abuja on Friday.
The first leg of the final qualifying round will be played at the Moshood Abiola National Stadium in the Federal Capital Territory and the officials are already in town.
Confederation of African Football named Jacqueline Nikiema as referee, with her fellow Burkinabe Rahamatou Traore as assistant referee 1 and Abra Sitsofe Agbedanou from Togo as assistant referee 2. Another Togolese, Edoh Kindedji, is the fourth official.
Christine Enyonam Ziga from Ghana is the match commissioner while Tempa N’dah Francois will serve as the referee assessor.
The reverse fixture is billed for the Stade Robert Champroux in Abidjan next Wednesday, with the winners on aggregate progressing to the 12th Women’s Africa Cup of Nations in Morocco in July.
The Super Falcons have won the competition nine times and have never missed an edition. But they face tough opponents in Cote d’Ivoire, who stopped them from qualifying for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics women’s football event.
While Nigeria overcame perennial rivals Ghana 2-1 in the previous round, the ruthless Ivorians battered Niger Republic 20-0 on aggregate.
