Nigeria likely to host FIFA 2020 Women U-20 World Cup - report

Nigeria is likely to host the FIFA Women U-20 World Cup for the year 2020, according to Premium Times. The Nigerian media organization reported that officials from the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) are already planning an inspection exercise to Nigeria to evaluate if the country would be fit to host the second biggest women football event on the FIFA calendar.

If the country gets the FIFA approval it will be after ten years that Nigeria will host a FIFA World Cup event. The breakthrough came following months of pressure on FIFA by the Nigerian Football Federation whose president is said to be working hard to bring as many FIFA and CAF competitions to the country.

It was also reported that the world football governing body is planning to spend as much as $ 4 million on the event which will reduce the financial burden from the shoulders of Nigeria if finally given the hosting rights.

The news came a day after NFF president, Amaju Pinnick, stepped down as 1st Vice President of the Confederation of African Football.

The FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup is an international association football tournament, organized by FIFA for national teams of women under the age of 20. The tournament is held in even-numbered years. It was first conducted in 2002 as the FIFA U-19 Women's World Championship with an upper age limit of 19.