The Confederation of African Football has appointed Mrs Maniyela
Edu Okomo from Equatorial Guinea as Referee for this weekend’s 2016 Olympics
qualifying match between the Super Falcons of Mali and the Female Eagles of
Mali.
Okomo’s compatriots Margarita Engono Abang and Juliana Onva
Okomo will serve as 1st and 2nd Assistant Referees, while Mrs Fatou Seye Ndeye
from Senegal will serve as Reserve Referee.
Mrs Delly Mankou Elise from Congo Brazzaville will be the Match
Commissioner.
The match is the opener to the African qualifying campaign for
the Women’s Football Tournament of the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro,
and has been brought forward by two weeks as a result of a special appeal by
the Nigeria Football Federation.
The NFF had appealed on the ground that the African champions
must depart for a training camp in Toronto, Canada by May 19 in order to
prepare adequately for the 7th FIFA World Cup finals starting on June 6.
The Mali Football Federation did not object, and CAF gave the
go-ahead for the first leg to take place in Abuja on Saturday, with the return
in Bamako a week later.
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