{"id":1821,"date":"2026-07-16T01:22:40","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T00:22:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mediaconversation.com\/?p=1821"},"modified":"2026-07-16T01:22:41","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T00:22:41","slug":"super-falcons-set-for-ghana-friendly-ahead-of-wafcon-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mediaconversation.com\/?p=1821","title":{"rendered":"Super Falcons Set for Ghana Friendly Ahead of WAFCON 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>By Ossai Dominion<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nigeria&#8217;s senior women&#8217;s national team, the Super Falcons, will face Ghana&#8217;s Black Queens in an international friendly as part of preparations for the 2026 Women&#8217;s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) in Morocco. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) confirmed the fixture, which is scheduled to take place at the Stade El Arbi Zaouli in Casablanca on Saturday, with kick-off at 4 p.m. local time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The encounter is expected to provide Head Coach Justin Madugu with another opportunity to assess his squad&#8217;s readiness before the continental championship begins. The Super Falcons, Africa&#8217;s most successful women&#8217;s national team, are aiming to defend their WAFCON title and extend their dominance on the continent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The clash with Ghana is one of the final warm-up matches for Nigeria before the tournament. The long-standing rivalry between both West African nations is expected to produce a competitive contest, with both teams using the game to fine-tune tactics and evaluate players ahead of the championship.<br>Football fans will be watching closely as the Super Falcons continue their preparations, hoping the team carries winning momentum into the 2026 Women&#8217;s Africa Cup of Nations in Morocco. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Ossai Dominion Nigeria&#8217;s senior women&#8217;s national team, the Super Falcons, will face Ghana&#8217;s Black Queens in an international friendly as part of preparations for the 2026 Women&#8217;s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) in Morocco. The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) confirmed the fixture, which is scheduled to take place at the Stade El Arbi Zaouli [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":1822,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"iawp_total_views":7,"footnotes":""},"categories":[119,14],"tags":[154,502],"class_list":["post-1821","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","category-trendingnews","tag-sports","tag-wafcon"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mediaconversation.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1821","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mediaconversation.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mediaconversation.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mediaconversation.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mediaconversation.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1821"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mediaconversation.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1821\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1823,"href":"https:\/\/mediaconversation.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1821\/revisions\/1823"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mediaconversation.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1822"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mediaconversation.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1821"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mediaconversation.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1821"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mediaconversation.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1821"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}