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Super Falcons begins World Cup preparations with China tourney

Nigeria Football Federation has unveiled plans for Super Falcons preparations for the 2019 Women's World Cup in France.

The African queens have been drawn against hosts France, South Korea and Norway in Group A, and they will be hoping to surpass their 20-year long quarter-final feat at the quadrennial football championship.

The Super Falcons, who secured a record ninth African Women Cup of Nations title in Ghana, are expected to play up to 10 warm games - in what could be the team's best ever World Cup build up.

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First, Thomas Dennerby's ladies will compete in a four-nation tournament in China scheduled to be held from January 17-20, 2019 and will feature alongside hosts, Romania and South Korea.