Nigeria And United States In Group Of Death

The draw for the 2015 Fifa Women’s World Cup, which will take place from June 6 to July 5, 2015, was held on Saturday at Canadian Museum of History, Ottawa.

African champions Nigeria have been pitted in the Group of Death, and Fifa even acknowledged that on their official website.

The Falcons will start their World Cup campaign on June 8 against European powerhouse Sweden before intriguing clashes with Australia and the United States in that order.

The Ivory Coast will play in Group B along with Germany, Norway and Thailand while the remaining African representative Cameroon have been drawn in Group C of the tournament.

Nigeria Women’s National Team last qualified for the knock out rounds in 1999.

Draw

Group A: Canada, China, New Zealand, Netherlands
Group B: Germany, Ivory Coast, Norway, Thailand
Group C: Japan, Switzerland, Cameroon, Ecuador
Group D: USA, Australia, Sweden, Nigeria
Group E: Brazil, South Korea, Spain, Costa Rica
Group F: France, England, Colombia, Mexico

 Photo Credit : fifa.com