Super Falcons head Coach Thomas Dennerby has named former Nigeria captain Evelyn Nwabuoku and midfielder Amarachi Okoronkwo in his final squad for the 2019 Women’s WAFU Cup of Nations tournament in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, Punchng report.
Dennerby had 26 players in camp to prepare for the tournament, which has now been reduced to 20.
The tournament is billed to hold from May 8 to 18.
The Falcons, who finished in third place at the last edition of the competition in 2018, will play in Group B alongside Burkina Faso, Niger Republic and Mali.
Hosts Ivory Coast will tackle Senegal, Togo and Ghana in Group A.
Meanwhile the Falcons will fly out of Nigeria on Tuesday aboard an Air Ivoire flight, to arrive Abidjan in the afternoon, according to a report on thenff.com.
Dennerby stated last week that the WAFU Women’s Cup tournament was important for the home-based professionals, as it would determine the number of those that would be included in his list for the final training camp at the Avita Resort in Bad Tatzmannsdorf, Austria ahead of the Women’s World Cup in France.
The Falcons will take on Burkina Faso in their first match of the WAFU Cup on Thursday, before tackling their counterparts from Niger on Saturday. Their last match of the group phase, against Mali, comes up on Tuesday.
