Africa’s representatives, Nigeria and Zambia, will kick off their campaigns on the opening day of the Women’s Olympic Football Tournament Paris 2024 on Thursday, alongside ten other teams.
Nigeria vs. Brazil Venue: Stade de Bordeaux, Kick-off: 19:00
Nigeria will participate in the Women’s Olympic Football Tournament for the first time since 2008.
Nigeria is the most experienced African nation at the Games, having competed three times in the past. Brazil has won both previous meetings against Nigeria.
They won 4-3 after extra time in the 1999 Women’s World Cup quarter-final and 3-1 in the group stage of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.
USA vs. Zambia Venue: Stade de Nice, Kick-off: 21:00
The U.S. Olympic Women’s Soccer Team starts their 2024 Summer Olympics journey on July 25 against Zambia at Stade de Nice in Nice, France. The game will be at 9 p.m. local time / 3 p.m. ET.
The USA’s only previous Olympic match against an African team was a 3-1 victory against Nigeria at Sydney 2000.
During Tokyo 2020, Zambia’s captain Barbra Banda made history by becoming the first player to score hat-tricks in back-to-back Olympic matches.
She scored three goals in each of the group-stage matches against the Netherlands and China PR.
Zambia secured its place in the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris by defeating Morocco 3-2 on aggregate in the 2024 CAF Women’s Olympic Qualifying Tournament.
Meanwhile, host nation France will play against Colombia, while World champions Spain will face Japan in a rematch of their FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023 group-stage meeting, which Japan won 4-0.
Germany will compete against Australia from Group B as Canada takes on New Zealand.
