Nigerian referees selected for qualifiers

Nigerian women referees have been appointed to take officiate the 2016 FIFA Under-20 Women’s World Cup qualifying match between Burkina Faso and Ethiopia in Ouagadougou on Saturday October 3.

The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) confirmed that Uloma Nwogu will be the referee, with Hulda Nwokocha as first assistant and Mimisen Iyorhe as second assistant.

Another Nigerian Folusho Ajayi will be the reserve referee.

The match was rescheduled following a failed coup in Burkina Faso, but calm has since returned to the country.

The game is the third round, first leg of the race to the 2016 FIFA Under-20 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 DR Congo will confront the winner between Zambia and South Africa.

Two countries will represent Africa at the finals.