Perennial rivals Nigeria and Cameroon will clash in the third round of the qualifiers for the 2024 Olympic Games, DAILY POST reports.
The Super Falcons booked a place in the third round after a 4-0 win against the Lucy of Ethiopia in the second leg of their second round contest at the Moshood Abiola Stadium, Abuja on Tuesday. The nine-time African champions won the tie 5-1 on aggregate. The Indomitable Lionesses of Cameroon overturned a 2-0 first leg deficit to scale through at the expense of Uganda. The East Africans won the second leg 3-0 after extra-time.
The third round fixture will be played in February, 2024. The Super Falcons have won five and drawn one of their head-to-head meetings against Cameroon. They defeated the Lionesses 1-0 the last time both teams met at the 2022 FIFA Women's Cup of Nations. The overall winners of the third round clash between Nigeria and Cameroon will then have to playoff against the winners of another third round clash between South Africa and Tanzania to book the flight to Paris next summer.
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