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Nigeria’s Falconets have been drawn in Group F alongside Spain, China, and New Caledonia for the 2026 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup.
The draw for the 12th edition of the biennial tournament was held on Friday in Lodz, Poland.
The Falconets will be hoping to clinch their first-ever title after finishing as runners-up on two previous occasions.
Hosts Poland have been joined in Group A alongside Argentina, Benin and Mexico, while reigning champions Korea DPR have been placed in Group E with Colombia, Costa Rica and Portugal.
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Ghana are in Group C with France, Korea Republic, and Ecuador.
The other African representatives, Tanzania, have been drawn into a tough group alongside Brazil, England, and Canada.
The 2026 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup which will be Poland’s first-ever major global women’s tournament, will be contested across four host cities: Bielsko-Biała, Katowice, Lodz and Sosnowiec.
The competition will run from September 5 to 27, 2026.
Full Groups
Group A: Poland, Mexico, Argentina, Benin
Group B: Brazil, England, Canada, Tanzania
Group C: France, Korea Republic, Ghana, Ecuador
Group D: Japan, USA, New Zealand, Italy
Group E: Korea DPR, Colombia, Costa Rica, Portugal
Group F: Spain, Nigeria, China PR, New Caledonia
By Adeboye Amosu
6 Comments
If Nigeria coach like make he go to this competition without good strikers.
There is need for him to fortify the team with foreign players.
He must also pick players that are fast with good stamina. As we could see in the last edition one of the reasons for knocking Nigeria girls out was that the players from countries like Italy, Spain, England, and Germany were stronger and easily packed Nigeria girls off the ball with their stamina.
With the number of Nigeria appearance in this competition, we should be going for the cup not just to join the number.
Please, deo said the squad is fantastic. No need to change a winning team with only 14 weeks now to the world cup. Let our girls be. For 24 years, it’s better to have participation money from FIFA.
We should know that super falcons have so many foreign born paying huge money to switch allegiance to us. So falconets are just to reward nitwits for supporting NFF by exposing our girls to clubs outside Nigeria not necessarily best leagues in the world.
By the way, are you the one to start rebuilding the squad between now and September? Will you fix friendlies before then? We have our best squad jor.
There’s always 2 years time to implement fresh ideas. We have the best falconets since sliced bread.
Who championship help? North korea is rising from nowhere winning under 17 and under 20 and are less experienced (appearances) than falconets and flamingos.
Why should NFF care about the next Oshoala when hopefully the current crop can magically join barcelona or Liverpool to hone their “raw talent” after exposure.
Stop saying talent abound in Nigeria. No time between competitions to visit all 36 states for ordinary camping and molding of players that are here for just few weeks a year.
We’ve qualified for so many championships, so that’s basically our yearly target.
On falconets 2026 performances we stand. You can’t shame the shameless sir
Frankly Speaking, I am surprised that the Coach is playing without attackers. Only six players of this current squad are qualified to be called Falconets.
With what I have seen of this team, if we go to the world cup with this squad, we will come back with basket of goals.
The coach better search for good players within and outside Nigeria to build a formidable squad for the world cup. After the Super Falcons, the next Nigerian Female team is the Falconets. Therefore our football administrators should give them all the necessary support to have a formidable squad for the world cup.
But if we are just going there to participate and add to the numbers, then go with this present squad.
I am really ashamed of this coach. If these are the best girls he has for under 20. Indeed, it is a big shame.
Sly, please, I beg you politely to keep my name out of that negativity hole of despair that you call your mouth.
North Korea came out of nowhere, North Korea are less experienced than the Falconets and Flamingos! To dignify those statements with a response is to wallow in the gutter of ignorance and disgrace with you. However, let me dive into this mud of ignorance, not to swim in it with you, but to prevent you from sinking.
You see, my dear pessimist, North Korea is to U-17 and U-20 women’s football what any of Germany, Brazil, France, Italy, Spain and Argentina is to men’s senior football.
North Korea have won the U20 women’s football 3 times: 2006, 2016, 2024. While the same North Korea have won the U17 women’s world cup a record 4 times: 2007, 2015, 2017, 2024. Nigeria have never won any of U17 or U20 once!
At tiis age grade women’s level, North Korean ladies are unplayable, unreachable, unstoppable, unassailable, on top of being invisible at times.
To open that downbeat despondent mouth of yours to compare North Korea with Nigeria’s Falconets and Flamingos (even in our best days) only serves to show how you like to ‘fly by the seat of your pants’, ‘get out over your skis’, ‘shoot from the hip’, ‘misyearn with glee and gusto” all as part of this relentless effort to make yourself seem more astute than you are.
Me, I said the current Falconets squad is fantastic? Okay, I felt some of their performances were fantastic, does that equate to the entire squad being fantastic? Mr Pessimistic ITS ( I too sabi).
I don’t blame you. After comparing Nigeria to North Korea in age grade Women’s football, I should have known better than to expect intelligence in your discourse, olodo.
Yes, I support the Flamingos, and Falconets and I will always encourage them. These are young ladies who rarely get paid well, if at all. Yet they are ready to die on the pitch. Okay the selection process is dubious but is it the girls’ fault? The girls who made the cut, by hook or by crook, tend to give 100% on the pitch and you have to applaud them for that.
I suggest you get a new perspective on life, get a fresh new positive outlook and stop blaming your life woes and frustrations on young ladies giving their best on the pitch despite being paid poorly, if at all.
I concur with you on North Korea’s record. They’re giants at this level and there is no doubt about that. On the continent now, we are refusing to assert our dominance.
My point is Nigeria used to rub shoulders with them in U-20 finals.
Now after 24 years, we are in “group of death” because we are not pulling our weight, that’s why it feels bad we are not learning any lessons except just participating.
We can disagree on the rest. No need to drag your name into it again.
I’m so happy foreign female talent poaching is not in short supply.
Sly, cut the girls some slack. I think you should learn to make a distinction between the players and the NFF.
Please, direct your frustration at the NFF but support girls who are often paid peanuts for risking life and limb for fatherland.
To be honest, other African countries are investing in women’s football with finance, infrastructure and morale. We have remained stagnant in Nigeria, making me “sympathetic” to the ladies.
Please, learn to distinguish the NFF from the players. The players are doing their best under the circumstances.
I recently spoke with one of the backroom staff of the Flamingos who said they haven’t been paid for their work at the last World Cup!