National Teams
Paris 2024 Qualifiers: Uganda referees to take charge of Nigeria vs Cameroon
By Oyediji Oluwaseun Babatunde
Ugandan officials will take charge of the clash between Nigeria’s senior women’s national team and their counterparts from Cameroon on Friday.
The game billed to be held in Douala is the first leg of the third round of the women’s football qualifiers for the Paris 2024 Olympics.
Ugandan official Shamirah Nabadda will serve as the centre referee. Her compatriots Lydia Nantabo, Jane Mutonyi, and Diana Murungi will serve as assistant referee 1, assistant referee 2, and fourth official respectively.
Khadija Rezzag from Morocco will be the referee assessor while Lukusa Kanjinga from the Democratic Republic of Congo will be the commissioner.
The Super Falcons last participated in the women’s football event of the Olympics in Beijing, China in 2008 when they lost their three group games against Korea Republic, Germany, and Brazil.
Their next opponent in the qualifiers, Cameroon stopped them from qualifying for London 2012 Olympics.
Equatorial Guinea and Cote D’Ivoire stopped the nine-time African champions from making it to Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020 Olympics respectively.
Under assistant coach Justine Madugu, the team saw off Ethiopia in the second round of qualifiers and have Cameroon in sight with the winner facing either South Africa or Tanzania in the deciding round.
