Nigeria Wins The Women’s Football Tournament At The 2019 African Games

Since the start of the 2019 African Games, Nigeria has been dominating in both men’s and women’s football. Last night, the Nigeria women’s national under-20 team took that dominance all the way to the finals, beating Cameroon 3-2 on penalties to claim the gold medal.

winners #AfricanGames2019 #SoarFalconets pic.twitter.com/nPVyWdWcnD

— The NFF (@thenff) August 30, 2019

Nigeria and Cameroon were in Group B, and their first clash in the group stage ended 1-1. Nigeria then went on to show that they were the more accomplished team, nabbing the highest goal difference and, as if that was not enough, dominating Algeria 3-0 in the knockout stage.

At the finals, Cameroon was obviously looking to push the Falconets to settle for silver through penalties. But Nigeria’s Chiamaka Nnadozie, who set a record a few months ago at the 2019 Women’s World Cup, came through for the team by saving three successive penalty kicks.

With this win, Nigeria has recorded its third gold medal in women’s football in the history of the African Games.

APK: Cameroon U20W 0-0 Nigeria U20W [2-3 on PK]: The Falconets are champions of African Games after winning the gold medal through Chiamaka Nnadozie’s goalkeeping heroics after a penalty shootout win over the young Lionesses in Rabat.#AfricanGames2019 #CAMNGA #SoarFalconets pic.twitter.com/3sLPFunAtT

— The NFF (@thenff) August 30, 2019