WAFCON: Super Falcons fall to Cameroon, face South Africa for World Cup playoff spot
Nigeria’s Super Falcons have been knocked out of the 2026 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations after suffering a 1-0 quarter-final defeat to Cameroon in a fiercely contested encounter in Casablanca on Sunday.
The loss ended Nigeria’s hopes of securing an automatic ticket to the 2027 FIFA Women’s World Cup in Brazil, with the defending champions now forced into a playoff route to keep their World Cup dreams alive.
The Super Falcons will face South Africa’s Banyana Banyana for a place in the intercontinental playoff, which offers another opportunity to qualify for the FIFA Women’s World Cup.
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