Group A of the

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consisted of the teams from

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Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its Provinces and territories of Canada, ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, making it the world's List of coun ...

Nigeria Nigeria, officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf of Guinea in the Atlantic Ocean to the south. It covers an area of . With Demographics of Nigeria, ...

and

France France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the Atlantic Ocean#North Atlan ...

. The games were played on 26 June, 30 June and 5 July 2011. The top two teams advanced to the

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Standings

Matches

Nigeria vs France

Germany vs Canada

Canada vs France

Germany vs Nigeria

France vs Germany

Canada vs Nigeria

At 22:13 CEST, in the 72nd minute, the match was interrupted due to a

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of the stadium's

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s. The match resumed at 22:24 CEST. Though the elapsed time was initially counted in the match report, FIFA later amended the minutes of the match events to exclude the stoppage of play caused by the power outage.

References

External links

Group A on fifa.com
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2010–11 in Nigerian football