Women’s Olympic Football Tournament: Falcons To Land In Bordeaux Thursday
Nine times African Champions and 2004 quarter-finalists in Athens Olympics, Nigeria’s Super Falcons are scheduled to arrive in Bordeaux ,France on Thursday night.
The countdown begins for their first outing at the Women’s Olympic Football Tournament in 16 years.
The nine-time African champions, who must
negotiate an interesting group that also includes
Brazil, Spain and Japan, will depart Spain aboard
an Air France flight to arrive in Bordeaux minutes before 11pm.
The delegation of 18 players, four alternate
players and officials is scheduled to arrive at
the team’s Hotel Mercure abode minutes before mid-night.
Quarter-finalists at the Athens 2004 Olympics, the
Super Falcons last featured at the Women’s Olympic Football Tournament in China in 2008, when they lost 0-1 to Korea Democratic People’s Republic, 0-1 to Germany and 1-3 to eventual silver medallists Brazil.
Women’s football began as a demonstration sport at the Atlanta Olympic Games in 1996. The Super Falcons made their entry in 2000 in Australia, where they lost 1-3 each to China,
who were eventual winners Norway,
and eventual silver medal-,
lists USA.
