The Super Falcons of Nigeria has on Saturday, 25 October 2014 defeated Lioness of Cameroon 2-0 to win the 2014 of the African Women Championship (AWC) in Windhoek, Namibia.
The two goals from Desire Oparanozie and Asisat Oshoala were all Nigeria needed to sail the falcons to winning the title the seventh time.
Oparanozie put the Super Falcons in a lead in the 12th minute of the game with a free-kick, which was spiced with the brilliant goal from Oshoala at the forty third minutes of the game, sealing the victory at the first half of the match.
Nigeria has won the AWC title seven out of the entire nine edition of the tournament as Equatorial Guinea are the only other winners, in 2008 and 2012, but failed to qualify for 2014 tournament.
By reaching the AWC finals, Nigeria and Cameroon had already qualified for 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup finals which is scheduled to hold in Canada as they will be joined by Cote d’Ivoire who had also defeated South Africa 1-0 in the third-place match.
The Falcons has enjoyed an all-encompassing victory from the beginning of the tournament which kicked off on Saturday, 11 October, 2014.
