The Nigeria women's national under-20 football team, nicknamed the Falconets, represents Nigeria in international youth women's football competitions. Its primary role is the development of players in preparation for the senior women's national team. The team competes in a variety of competitions, including the biennial

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and

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, which are the top competitions for this age group. The team has qualified for every edition of the

and has been runners-up twice, losing to

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on both occasions, in

2010 The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...

and

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Fixtures and results

; Legend

2024

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Personnel

The coaching squad for the

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was announced by the

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on 14 August 2022.

Current squad

Squad for the

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The final squad was announced on 21 August 2024. Head coach:

Christopher Danjuma Christopher Musa Danjuma is the head coach of Nasarawa Amazons in the Nigeria Women Premier League. Since August 2017, he has been doubling as the coach of Nigeria women's national under-20 football team following his recommendation and subsequen ...

Competitive record

FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup record

African U-20 Women's World Cup Qualification record

Football at the African Games record

Honours

Intercontinental *

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**Runners-up:

**Fourth place:

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Continental *

**Winners:

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2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and Its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...

**Qualified for World Cup: 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2018, 2022, 2024 *

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**Gold medalists:

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References

* http://dailypost.ng/2015/09/24/falconets-to-depart-for-kinshasa-on-thursday/ * * * * * * * *

External links

Official Nigeria Football Federation website
under-20 African women's national under-20 association football teams

Head-to-head record

The following table shows Nigeria's head-to-head record in the

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