Poland 2026: Falconets’ Coach Aduku To Attend World Cup Draw In Łódź On Friday

…Falconets in pot 2 as Germany misses out for the first time

Nigeria U20 women’s Head Coach Moses Aduku and Team Administrator Kelechi Omeke will attend Friday’s eagerly anticipated draw ceremony for the 12th FIFA U20 Women’s World Cup finals. The event will take place at the EC1 Cultural Centre in Łódź, Poland.

Nigeria, Benin Republic, Ghana, and Tanzania emerged last weekend as Africa’s four representatives at the 24-nation tournament, scheduled to be staged from 5th to 27th September in the Polish cities of Łódź, Katowice, Sosnowiec, and Bielsko-Biała.

All 24 qualified teams have been allocated into four pots of six teams each, from which six groups of four teams will emerge, as the FIFA U20 Women’s World Cup final tournament continues to captivate a global audience.

Poland 2026 elevates the excitement with as many as six new debutants (hosts Poland, Portugal, New Caledonia, Ecuador, Tanzania, and Benin Republic), while Germany, who defeated Nigeria in the final matches of the 2010 and 2014 tournaments, will be absent for the first time ever.

Europe’s flag will be flown by hosts Poland, France, Italy, England, Portugal, and Spain, while China, South Korea, Japan, and North Korea represent Asia. North and Central America will feature Mexico, USA, and Costa Rica, with Brazil, Ecuador, Argentina, and Colombia representing South America, and New Zealand and New Caledonia representing the Oceania region.

The Falconets, ever-present at the competition, have been drawn in Pot 2 alongside USA, Canada, Colombia, Mexico, and New Zealand, while Ghana, making their eighth appearance, will be in Pot 3 with South Korea, England, Argentina, China, and Italy.

Pot 1: Poland, Japan, Spain, North Korea, Brazil, France Pot 2: USA, Nigeria, Colombia, Mexico, Canada, New Zealand Pot 3: South Korea, England, Ghana, Argentina, China, Italy Pot 4: Portugal, Ecuador, Costa Rica, Benin Republic, Tanzania, New Caledonia