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Nigeria has the largest Christian population in Africa according to Pew Research Center and it has the sixth largest Christian population in the world although the Christians in Nigeria are roughly about 40%-49.3% of the country's population. [72] [73] [74] According to a 2011 Pew report, over 80 million Nigerians are Christians.
Qualification for the 2024 Women's Africa Cup of Nations began on the week of 20–26 September 2023 and concluded on the week of 29 November – 5 December the same year. Its draw was held at the Mohammed VI Football Academy in Salé , Morocco on 6 July 2023 at 18:00 CET ( UTC+1 ).
FIFA members are eligible to enter the FIFA Women's World Cup and matches between them are recognized as official international matches. Based on their match results over the previous four-year period, the FIFA Women's World Rankings, published monthly by FIFA, compare the relative strengths of the national teams.
The list of religious populations article provides a comprehensive overview of the distribution and size of religious groups around the world. This article aims to present statistical information on the number of adherents to various religions, including major faiths such as Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, and others, as well as smaller religious communities.
As of 2020, the Nigerian women's national team is ranked 38th according to FIFA's world ranking chart. Mercy Akide, a striker who played on the 1999 women's national team, is considered the most famous name in African women's football. Her spectacular playing in the 1999 Women's World Cup won her a college scholarship to a school in Tennessee ...
Islam is one of the two largest religions in Nigeria. Nigeria also has the largest Muslim population in Africa. [1] In 2018, the CIA World Factbook estimated that 53.5% of Nigeria's population is Muslim. [2] Islam is predominantly concentrated in the northern half of the country, with a significant Muslim minority existing in the southern ...
Apple Valley-born Michelle Alozie and the Nigeria Women’s World Cup 2023 soccer team beat the Australian squad at Lang Park in Brisbane, Australia.
The first women's tournament started in 2003 in Abuja, Nigeria and was won by Nigeria. Between 1991 and 2015 , age limit for men teams was under-23, same as the age limit in football competitions at the Summer Olympics but since 2019 , age limit for men teams was under-20.