Paris 2024: Ethiopia open camp for Super Falcons clash in Addis Ababa

By Oyediji Oluwaseun Babatunde

The Ethiopian women’s national team has opened camp in preparation for the forthcoming Paris 2024 Olympic Qualifiers with their Nigerian counterparts.

The players resumed camp at Jupiter Hotel in Addis Ababa and have commenced preparation for the clash against the nine-time African champions.

The Lucy’s will be playing the Second Round of the Qualifiers against the Super Falcons with the first leg on October 15 in Addis Ababa and the return leg on October 31 in Abuja.

The East Africans held their first training on Wednesday morning, while they had a light training at the Ethiopian Sports Academy later in the evening.

The team recently invited 25 home-based players for the keenly awaited clash.

Ethiopia has not qualified for the Olympics ahead of the Qualifiers.

The team eliminated Chad in the first round of the series as nine-time African champions Nigeria drew a bye.

Nigeria has qualified for the women’s football event of the Olympics on three occasions in 2000, 2004, and 2008.

Oluwaseun Oyediji

Oluwaseun Babatunde Oyediji is a multi-media sports journalist with over 10 years experience in Information Communication Technology (ICT), women's football, and beach soccer reportage.The prolific writer is the Media Assistant to Nigeria Beach Soccer League and Africa Beach Soccer Union as well as contributor on Nigeria Women Football League (NWFL) website.He has covered multiple national and international football tournaments including Championship of African Nations (CHAN 2020), CAF Women's Champions League (2023), and Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON 2023).Since 2021, Oyediji has covered the NWFL Premiership especially the season ending Super Six Playoffs.A member of Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN), Ogun state chapter is also the image maker of the Remo Sports Development Council under the leadership of Chief Falilat Ogunkoya and David Osuolale.

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