Nigerian Referees For World Cup Qualifier In Burkina Faso

Nigerian women referees will take charge of a 2016 FIFA Under 20 Women’s World Cup qualifying match between Burkina Faso and Ethiopia.

The match, earlier set to be played last weekend, has now been rescheduled for this weekend by the Confederation of African Football.

The rescheduling was as a result of a recent putsch in Burkina Faso, but normalcy has since returned to the country.

CAF’s confirmation of this weekend for the match in Ouagadougou also means that the 2016 African Nations Championship final qualifier between Nigeria and Burkina Faso, set for Ouagadougou on October 25, remains unaffected.

The Nigerian women football referees are,Uloma Nwogu, Hulda Nwokocha, Mimisen Iyorhe and Folusho Ajayi.

The match is the third round, first leg of the race to the 2016 FIFA Women’s World Cup in Papua New Guinea.

The winner of the fixture between Burkina Faso and Ethiopia will clash with the winner between Equatorial Guinea and Ghana.

While the winner between Nigeria and Democratic Republic of Congo will confront the winner between Zambia and South Africa, for Africa’s two slots at the finals in Papua New Guinea.