Nigeria Football
Nigeria to play three-time champions at FIFA U-20 World Cup
Nigeria women’s national under-20 football team, Falconets, have been drawn in the same group as three-time champions, Germany, at the 2018 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup draw held at Rennes Opera House on Thursday 8 March.
China and Haiti are the other countries in Falconets group. The falconets who were runners-up in 2010 and 2014 will be hoping they better their best ever performances, and their worst where they failed to make it past group stages in 2016.
The opening match of the competition will be played between the hosts France and Ghana in Vannes on 5 August.
The draw in full
Group A
France, Ghana, New Zealand, Netherlands
Group B
Korea DPR, England, Mexico, Brazil
Group C
USA, Japan, Paraguay, Spain
Group D
Haiti, China, Nigeria, Germany