Nigeria’s U-20 women’s football team, the Falconets, will find out their path to glory at this year’s FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup in Poland when the draw holds on Friday in the European country, PUNCH Sports Extra reports.
Led by coach Moses Aduku, the Falconets qualified for the tournament last weekend after a 3-2 aggregate win over Malawi women’s national under-20 football team. They won the first leg 2-0 in Ikenne before losing the return leg 2-1 in Lilongwe.
According to the Nigeria Football Federation, Aduku and team administrator Kelechi Omeke will attend the draw at the EC1 Cultural Centre in the city of Łódź.
Nigeria, Benin women’s national under-20 football team, Ghana women’s national under-20 football team and Tanzania women’s national under-20 football team emerged at the weekend as Africa’s four representatives at the 24-team tournament, set to hold from September 5 to 27 in the Polish cities of Łódź, Katowice, Sosnowiec and Bielsko-Biała.
The qualified teams will be drawn into six groups of four teams each as the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup continues to captivate a global audience.
Poland 2026 promises even greater excitement with as many as six debutants — hosts Poland, Portugal, New Caledonia, Ecuador, Tanzania and Benin Republic — while Germany , who edged Nigeria in the finals of the 2010 and 2014 tournaments, will miss the competition for the first time ever.
Europe will be represented by hosts Poland, France, Italy, England, Portugal and Spain, while China, South Korea, Japan and North Korea will represent Asia.
North and Central America will have Mexico, United States and Costa Rica , while Brazil, Ecuador, Argentina and Colombia will fly South America’s flag. New Zealand and New Caledonia will represent Oceania.
The Falconets, ever-present at the competition, have been drawn in Pot 2 alongside the USA, Canada, Colombia, Mexico and New Zealand, while Ghana, making their eighth appearance, will be in Pot 3 with South Korea, England, Argentina, China and Italy.
Pot 1 contains hosts Poland, Japan, Spain, North Korea, Brazil and France, while Portugal, Ecuador, Costa Rica, Benin Republic, Tanzania and New Caledonia make up Pot 4.
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