Super Falcons’ coach, Thomas Dennerby, is confident that Nigeria will come unscathed from the pool and reach the semifinals of African Women’s Cup of Nations.
The Confederation of African Football conducted the draws for the tournament, which holds between November 17 and December 1 with three other countries as Nigeria’s group opponents.
Speaking against the backdrop of the draw held on Sunday in Accra, Dennerby said: “It’s an interesting group.
“I have seen South Africa play so I have a good picture of that team.
“They are in great shape.
“I don’t know much about Zambia and Kenya honestly but they are good teams.
“We’ll find out and analyze them very soon but of course we have a good chance to qualify from our group.”
On the invitation of 48 players to camp ahead of the tourney, the coach said: “If you say 21 players to make the final squad, that will be too much but we have two different camps with the domestic players first, then the professionals (foreign based) who will start camping on the 29th (on Monday) in Lagos.
“We’ll have 28 domestic players who will have the opportunities to show what they can offer the national team before the professionals start on the 29th.
“We hope to get the best team before the squad list is released in November.”
Hosts Ghana, Cameroon, Mali and Algeria make up Group A and three teams will represent Africa at the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup in France.
The African flag bearers at the Women’s World Cup will emerge from the CAF AWCON next month.