Nigeria will face Canada for their opening Group B match at the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023 on Friday.
The game between the Super Falcons and the Tokyo 2020 Olympics champions will be the second Group B game after Australia pipped the Republic of Ireland to a 1-0 victory.
Friday morning’s match will be the first competitive match for the Super Falcons since their 1-0 loss to Zambia in the third-place match of the 2022 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations in Morocco last July.
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When and where is Nigeria vs Canada match?
The Super Falcons will play Canada in their Group B fixture on Friday, July 21 by 3:30 am (Nigerian time). There will also be a repeat broadcast at 8am (Nigerian time).
The match will take place at the Melbourne Rectangular Stadium in Australia.
How to watch/stream Nigeria vs Canada match?
You can watch the encounter on Nigeria’s first 24-hour Free-To-Air (FTA) national sports channel, Afrosport TV. You can watch Afrosport on channel 730 on Free TV or stream online for FREE via VIDIVU TV.
Afrosport TV’s affiliate broadcast partners across Nigeria – TVC Entertainment, Silverbird TV, NTA Sports, OSBC, WazobiaMax, CRBC Calabar, AKBC Akwa Ibom, SuperScreen, Kwara TV, BCA Umuahia and DBS Asaba will also show the match LIVE.
Head-to-Head record
Nigeria and Canada previously played each other four times on the international scene with the 11-time African champions registering just a win while the North Americans have two wins.
The most recent match between the two countries ended in a 2-2 draw in an international friendly in April 2022. The last time they played in the FIFA Women’s World Cup, Nigeria came out victorious by 1-0 in Germany 2011.
