Super Falcons Face South Africa in World Cup Qualification Play-Off

Nigeria’s Super Falcons still have a chance to qualify for the 2027 FIFA Women’s World Cup despite their quarter-final defeat to Cameroon at the 2026 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations.

The 10-time African champions lost 1-0 to Cameroon and missed out on one of Africa’s four automatic World Cup qualification slots.

Nigeria will now compete in the continental play-offs alongside South Africa, Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire.

The Super Falcons are scheduled to face South Africa on Thursday, with victory securing one of the two available places in the next stage of qualification.

The two successful African teams will advance to the FIFA inter-confederation play-off tournament, where they will compete with teams from other regions for the remaining World Cup places.

The first phase of the global play-offs is expected to take place in November and December 2026, while the final phase is scheduled for February 2027.

Only three teams from the global play-off process will qualify for the 2027 Women’s World Cup in Brazil.

Nigeria has qualified for every edition of the FIFA Women’s World Cup since the tournament began in 1991.