Ivory Coast mauled their counterparts from the Niger Republic 9-0 in the first leg encounter on Wednesday, 20th October, before finishing off the demolition on Monday winning 11-0 to take the aggregate to 20-0, to book a date with the nine-time African Champions.
Few years after the Ivorians stopped the Super Falcons’ from qualifying for the 2020 Olympic Football event in Tokyo, Japan, the two sides are bound to meet once a again in another decider game, in February 2022 for the final round of the Africa Women’s Cup of Nations qualifiers.
Playing against the super Falcons on 7th October, 2019 in Agege Stadium, Lagos, the Ivorians forced the Falcons to a 1-1 draw after the first leg in Abidjan had ended barren and progressed to the next round of the Olympics qualification on away goal rule.
Super Falcons will look to revenge their Olympic qualification exit or risk missing out on another big qualification. The struggling giant if Africa suffered a 1-0 defeat against the Queens of Ghana in the second leg of the qualifiers, but it wasn’t enough to stop them from booking their place in the final qualifying round of the competition.
The second qualifying round will be played between February 14–23, 2022, and the winner of the two legged clash will pick a slot to be among the 11 teams to join hosts Morocco.
The AWCON participating teams have been increased from eight in the previous tournaments to 12, as the Confederation of African Football (CAF) seeks to further develop the women’s game, as well as bring the tournament in sync with the increased slots for the Women’s World Cup for Africa from three to four automatic slots for the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup.
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