Stephen Dunmoye
The Mauritius U20 Women Football team has withdrawn from the ongoing African qualifying series for 2024 FIFA U20 Women’s World Cup finals.
The Country’s Football Association notified the Confederation of African Football, CAF about the moves.
The statement released read, “Kindly note that CAF was informed of the withdrawal of Mauritius FA from the African qualifiers of FIFA U20 WWC 2024.
Consequently, Nigeria is qualified to the next round of the competition and the missions of all officials of matches 37 & 38 are cancelled,” read a communication from CAF to the Nigeria Football Federation.
The Falconets were to fly to Mauritius next week for the first leg in Saint Pierre against the Mauritius U20 girls, with the return leg scheduled for the MKO Abiola National Stadium, Abuja on Saturday, 14th October.
With this situation, 2022 World Cup quarter-finalists Nigeria now progress to the next round of the qualification series.
