Julius OkorieNigeria’s female U-20 team, the Falconets, will know their group opponents in this year’s FIFA U-20 World Cup to be hosted by Colombia, today, Wednesday, June 5.
The Falconets qualified for the competition alongside Ghana and Cameroon as the three African countries in the 24-team competition.
Join our WhatsApp ChannelWednesday’s draw will take place at Hall 74, Centro de Eventos, in the Colombian capital, Bogata and begins at 10:00 local time. The draw will define the group-stage matchups and subsequent pathways at the tournament’s 11th edition, the first to feature 24 teams, up from the 16 at the previous tournaments.
This will be the third FIFA tournament, held in the South American nation after the FIFA U-20 World Cup 2011™ and the FIFA Futsal World Cup 2016™. It will also be the second edition of the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup organised in the CONMEBOL region after Chile hosted the event in 2008.
Tickets for the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup Colombia 2024™, which will be played in Bogotá, Cali, and Medellínfrom August 31 to September 22, will go on sale on Thursday, June 6, at 08:00 local time.
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The 24 participating teams are: Argentina, Australia, Austria, Brazil, Cameroon, Canada, Colombia, Costa Rica, Fiji, France, Germany, Ghana, Japan, Korea DPR, Korea Republic, Mexico, Morocco, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Paraguay, Spain, USA and Venezuela.
The Falconets have been regular customers of the FIFA U-20 World Cup, qualifying for every edition of the tournament since its inception in 2002. The team have been runners-up twice, losing to Germany on both occasions in 2010 and 2014. They have also reached the quarterfinals, five times, hitting the exit doors in the group stage only twice at the maiden edition 2002 in Canada and the 2016 edition in Papua New Guinea.
Coach of the side, Christopher Danjuma, insists that his team fears no foes and is ready to battle for honours in the Colombia capital when the championship begins.
“We have no fear about any of the teams in the finals. Any team can be in our group. We know that to be the best, we have to beat the best,” said Danjuma, who took the team to the quarter-finals of the last edition in Costa Rica.
Julius Okorie is Chief Sports and Entertainment Correspondent for Prime Business Africa. He began his journalism career with the Champion Newspaper and Sporting Champion and later moved on to Daily Independent and the Nation Newspapers. Okorie joined Prime Business Africa in 2024 bringing on board 20 years of experience in writing investigative news on Sports and Entertainment. His well researched and highly informative articles on Sports Business and general entertainment are followed by a wide range of audience.
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