Super Falcons to Learn 2028 Los Angeles Olympic Qualifier Draw Opponents as CAF Ceremony Set for Cairo

Nigeria’s Super Falcons will discover their opponents for the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Games qualifying campaign on Wednesday, as the Confederation of African Football holds its official draw at its Cairo headquarters. The ceremony is scheduled to begin at 12:00 PM local time and will be broadcast live on CAF TV for viewers across the continent.

According to CAF’s confirmed arrangements, a total of 35 national teams have entered the qualification series. The competition will be structured across five rounds, with only two African nations ultimately earning berths in the women’s football tournament at the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Games.

Among the nations in contention are traditional continental powerhouses including Morocco, South Africa, Ghana, Cameroon, and Zambia, as well as a broad field of emerging sides. The full list of participating countries also includes Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Central African Republic, Congo, Côte d’Ivoire, DR Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mali, Senegal, Tanzania, Tunisia, and Zimbabwe, among others.

Nigeria enters the qualification process as Africa’s most decorated women’s football nation and will be targeting another appearance on the Olympic stage. The Super Falcons most recently competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, where they were one of two African representatives alongside Zambia’s Copper Queens. Currently ranked 36th in the world, Nigeria will be expected to progress deep into the qualification rounds.

With just two spots available across five qualifying rounds involving 35 teams, the margin for error is extremely narrow. The expanded pool of participants is likely to produce competitive matchups throughout the campaign, with several emerging nations capable of causing upsets against more established sides.

The draw represents the formal start of what will be a lengthy road to Los Angeles for all competing nations. For the Super Falcons, it marks the beginning of a fresh qualification cycle under renewed scrutiny, given Nigeria’s historical dominance on the continent and the expectations that accompany it. How the bracket falls on Wednesday in Cairo will have significant implications for the difficulty of each nation’s qualifying path.