Super Falcons midfielder Christy Ucheibe
Super Falcons midfielder Christy Ucheibe has apologised to Nigerians and admitted the team has no excuse for their failure to secure automatic qualification for the 2027 FIFA Women’s World Cup, after the defending champions were eliminated from the 2026 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations by Cameroon.
Nigeria suffered a 1-0 quarter-final defeat to the Indomitable Lionesses at the Larbi Zaouli Stadium in Casablanca on Sunday, with Myriam Maeva Nyadjou’s thunderous 19th-minute strike proving enough to end the Super Falcons’ hopes of defending their continental crown and securing one of the four automatic World Cup tickets available through the WAFCON semi-finals.
Ucheibe acknowledged that the Super Falcons had given their best against Cameroon but admitted their efforts were not enough on the night.
“We gave everything we had, but unfortunately it wasn’t enough. There is no excuse. We are very disappointed because we wanted to go further and qualify automatically for the World Cup,” she said.
