By Ben Efe
Nigeria’s Super Falcons are expected to fly out tonight to start their campaign at the 2015 FIFA Women World Cup starting June 6 in various venues across Canada. Their first

Super Falcons

assignment will be to play a friendly match against the hosts Canada on May 25.

The team has been camped in Abuja ahead of the tournament. They played an All Africa Games qualifier against Mali, which they won with an 9-1 aggregate scores. That was the only pre-tournament match they have played since winning the African women championship last October in Namibia.

“The May 25 friendly against Canada has been confirmed. The Nigeria Football Federation is still working on one or two more games to boost the confidence of team,” one of the coaches said yesterday as they prepared to fly.

On June 8 in Vancouver, the Super Falcons will test their intentions with Sweden and then take on Australia on June 12 in Winnipeg. Finally, on June 16 they will play the USA in Vancouver in the groud pairings. Coach Edwin Okon is hopeful that will not be the end of their stay in Canada.

Cameroon who finished behind the Falcons at the AWC arrived Canada on Friday. They were the first team to arrive for the party.

The 24 national teams arrive in Canada between 15 May and 5 June, with the opening group matches across Canada.