Women’s World Cup: Nigeria, Australia match sold out

The 7th FIFA Women’s World Cup match between Nigeria and Australia at the Winnipeg Stadium in the city of Winnipeg on 12 June, 2015 has been sold out, organizers confirmed on Friday.

The 29,000–seater venue is located in the capital city of the State of Manitoba, which is located in the centre of Canada. Super Falcons will take on The Matildas starting from 4:00 p.m. Canadian time, with USA taking on Sweden at the same venue three hours later.

Nigeria, champions of Africa, would have played Sweden at the same venue four days earlier, and will also play USA in Vancouver on 16 June in their last match of Group D.

Meanwhile, Super Falcons captain and midfielder Evelyn Nwabuoku has said her side will not disappoint against their Malian opponents.

Falcons will be the guests of the West Africans foes in the All Africa Games (AAG) final round first leg clash on Saturday at the Stade Modibbo Keita in Bamako.

Nwabuoku said her side’s target is to win convincingly in Bamako to make the decisive fixture in Nigeria a mere formality.

“We’re going to Bamako to win and win convincingly so as to make the reverse fixture down here in Abuja, Nigeria, a mere formality.

“However, we just want to focus on the first leg match before we start talking of the return leg.

“We’re still smarting from the side’s non-qualification of the championship in the immediate past edition so we’re determined to do whatever it takes to qualify for the AAG in Congo Brazzaville.

“We don’t know much about the Malians but we strongly believe we’ve what it takes to fight them to a standstill on the field of play.

“The players are in perfect shape, team spirit is quite high and we’re all raring to go.

“We just want the prayers and support of Nigerians to have a good day on match day.

“There is no cause for alarm as we’re poised not to disappoint Nigerians on Saturday,” said the Nigeria Women Premier League (NWPL) side Rivers Angels captain to supersport.com.

The winners of both legs will qualify for the football event of the 2015 All Africa Games in Congo Brazzaville.

Both countries will still fight for a place in the 2016 Rio Olympic Games football event.