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Africa’s top-ranked team, Nigeria will host reigning African champions South Africa in the first leg of their Women’s Olympic Football Tournament final qualifying fixture at the MKO Abiola National Stadium, Abuja April 5 according to the Confederation of African Football.
The encounter will kick off at 4pm, with Algeria’s Ghada Mehat named as referee. Mehat’s compatriots Asma Feriel Ouahab and Lamia Atman will be in the roles of assistant referee one and fourth official respectively, while Mariem Cheddad from Mauritania will serve as assistant referee two.
Senegalese Fadouma Dia, a former FIFA referee, will be the referee assessor while Ghanaian Christine Ziga will serve as commissioner.
The return leg will be held four days later in South Africa at a venue to be decided. According to CAF, Tunisian official Dorsaf Ganouati will be the referee for the fixture.
She will be assisted by compatriots Houda Afine (assistant referee 1) and Emna Ajbouni (fourth official) with Egyptian Yara Atef Abdelfattah as assistant referee 2.
Agar Mezing from Cameroon will be the referee assessor while Cindy Dludlu from eSwatini will be commissioner.
The Falcons saw off the challenge of Cameroon’s Indomitable Lionesses in the penultimate round of the race, with a single goal over the two legs scored by Esther Okoronkwo at the MKO Abiola National Stadium, while Banyana Banyana trounced Tanzania 4-0 over two legs in Dar es Salaam and Nelspruit.
The winner over two legs in early April will join 15 other senior women’s teams from across the globe for the Women’s Olympic Football Tournament starting in Paris on July 16.