(Super Falcons. Photo by EIE Nigeria)
According to PUNCH Sports Extra, the Confederation of African Football will hold the draw for the women’s Olympic qualifying tournament in Cairo, Egypt, today, and Nigeria’s Super Falcons will learn their route to the 2028 Los Angeles Olympic Games.
Africa’s qualifying campaign for the Los Angeles Games will begin with the draw, which will take place at CAF headquarters around 1pm on Wednesday and be broadcast live on the CAF YouTube account.
The level of competition throughout the continent is reflected in the 35 national teams who have entered the qualifying race.
The list includes Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Comoros, Congo, Côte d’Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritius, Morocco, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
Only two African teams were able to secure tickets to the women’s football event at the 2028 Olympic Games, which are set to take place in Los Angeles and other American cities from July 11 to July 29, 2028. CAF organized the qualification road into five phases.
Africa will be looking to improve on prior results after Nigeria and Zambia secured the continent’s only qualification berths at the most recent CAF Olympic qualifying tournament for Paris 2024, while the United States will enter the competition as the reigning champions.
Given the small number of qualifying spots available to Africa, the draw will decide Nigeria’s early path in a competition that requires consistency across several knockout rounds.
16 teams will compete in the women’s football competition at the 2028 Olympics, with 15 countries competing in continental qualifying events across six confederations to join the hosts, the United States.