CAF has appointed Josephine Wanjiku as referee with her compatriots Mary Njoroge, Elizabeth Njoroge and Juma Lucy Awino to serve as assistant 1, assistant 2 and fourth official respectively for the FIFA U17 Women’s World Cup qualifying fixture between the U17 girls of South Africa, known as Bantwana and Flamingos of Nigeria, Nigeriasoccernet.com reports.
Cindy Barbara Dludlu from eSwatini will be the commissioner, with Moroccan Khadija Rezzag in the role of referee assessor.
Both teams will battle things out in the return leg at the Remo Stars Stadium, Ikenne-Remo, on Saturday, 15th March, with the winner on aggregate progressing to the third round of the qualification campaign.
This year’s FIFA U17 Women’s World Cup will be hosted by Morocco, 17 October to 8 November, with Africa to present 5 teams (including host nation Morocco) at the finals, which has been expanded to a 24-nation championship.
Meanwhile, Nigeria’s U17 girls, the Flamingos, will fly out of the country to South Africa for the first of their two-leg FIFA U17 Women’s World Cup qualifying fixture against the U17 girls of South Africa, known as Bantwana.
The match, for which the Confederation of African Football has selected Kenyan officials to oversee, will kick off at 3pm South Africa time (2pm Nigeria) on Saturday, 8th March at the Lucas Moripe Stadium in Pretoria, South Africa’s administrative capital.
By Oluwadamilola Olaleye