It is a ridiculous situation, said an official of the Nigeria Football Federation, when speaking to the Guardian. Where has it happened, in any confederation, anywhere in the world, for there to be a one-and-a-half-year gap between the end of a qualifying series and the main tournament?
It is unacceptable that the Confederation of African Football (Caf) cannot schedule its tournaments properly and promptly, which is creating a huge mess for women's national team football in the continent. Caf is supposed to fix the time for its competitions and consult Fifa in good time to ensure they are confirmed in the international match calendar.
They knew about the Olympics and they should have come up with a solution, to avoid the schedule clash. Except for Nigeria and Zambia, the continent's two representatives at the Olympics, why did the tournament not take place this July?
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