The Confederation of African Football has appointed Kenyan official, Josephine Wanjiku, as referee for next week’s FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup qualifier between Nigeria’s U-17 girls, Flamingos, and their South African counterparts, Bantwana.

The Flamingos and Bantwana will clash starting 2pm Nigeria on Saturday, 8th March for the first leg of a second-round fixture, at the Lucas Moripe Stadium in Pretoria.

Both teams will battle things out in the return leg at the Remo Stars Stadium, Ikenne-Remo on Saturday, 15th March, with the winner on aggregate progressing to the third round of the qualification campaign.

This year’s FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup will be hosted by Morocco, from October 17 to November8, with Africa to present 5 teams, including host nation Morocco at the finals, which has also been expanded to a 24-nation championship.