Paris 2024: Morocco, Nigeria, South Africa, Zambia to contest Paris 2024 spots
The last two legs of the CAF Olympics Women’s football qualifiers take shape as South Africa, Nigeria, Zambia, and Morocco emerge as the four nations left on the continent’s arduous and narrow road to Paris 2024, CAFonline reports.
The four teams contesting for the two spots allocated to the continent at the Paris games this year will now be paired to determine who makes it to the Olympics for Africa.
Interestingly, Morocco, Nigeria, South Africa, and Zambia are the four teams that represented Africa at the last FIFA Women’s World Cup and are the final four hanging in the balance for a place in Paris later this year.
The Super Falcons latched on to their place in the last round after overcoming Cameroon 1-0 in a two-legged affair, while reigning African champions South Africa master-minded a 4-0 aggregate win over Tanzania to set up an intriguing clash with Nigeria.
On Wednesday evening, Zambiaa was in a pulsatile joust against Ghana.
Following a slim 1-0 away victory, the Copper Queens played host to the Black Queens in Ndola, where a late strike by the ever-green Barba Banda gave the Zambians a 3-3 draw that saw them advance 4-3 on aggregate.
In a North African battle, Morocco outclassed Tunisia 4-1 after initially edging their opponents 2-1 in Tunis a few days ago. The result shows Morocco, who made their FIFA World Cup debut in the recent edition, in an excellent position to achieve another global competition qualification feat.
South Africa faces Nigeria, while Zambia takes on Morocco in two-legged fixtures between 01 – 09 April 2024.
