Super Falcons Miss 2027 World Cup After South Africa Defeat

The Super Falcons have failed to qualify for the 2027 FIFA Women’s World Cup after losing 2-1 to South Africa in their WAFCON play-off match in Morocco.

The defeat means Nigeria will miss the Women’s World Cup for the first time after featuring in every previous edition of the competition.

Thembi Kgatlana and Refiloe Jane scored for South Africa before Christy Ucheibe pulled one back for Nigeria from the penalty spot in added time.

The Falcons had earlier lost to Cameroon in the quarter-finals, ending their run of reaching at least the semi-finals in every previous WAFCON edition.

South Africa will now advance to the intercontinental play-off tournament, while Nigeria’s disappointing WAFCON campaign comes to an end.