Nigeria and South Africa seal places at FIFA Women’s World Cup | OneFootball

Nigeria will compete at the 2023 FIFAWWC. (Photo by Alex Bierens de Haan/Getty Images)

Nigeria and South Africa have qualified for next year’s World Cup, after reaching the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations semi-finals.

They join fellow Africans Morocco and Zambia in booking their berths for the tournament in Australia & New Zealand, following narrow quarter-final victories.

Nigeria got the only goal of the game against Cameroon, Rasheedat Ajibade making the breakthrough before the hour mark.

South Africa progressed with a similar result against Tunisia, as Jermaine Seoposenwe’s 14th-minute effort proved decisive.

South Africa’s match-winner, Jermaine Seoposenwe. (LIONEL BONAVENTURE/AFP via Getty Images)

It isn’t yet over for the beaten quarter-finalists, as on 17 July Senegal play Tunisia and Botswana face Cameroon, with the winners advancing to the inter-confederation play-offs.

Meanwhile in the WAFCON2022 semi-finals on 18 July, Zambia go up against South Africa and hosts Morocco meet Nigeria.

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