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Supersand Eagles off to Paraguay for FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup

Players and officials of the Beach Soccer National Team, Supersand Eagles, will jet out of the country tomorrow to Paraguay for this year’s FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup finals.

Players and officials of the Beach Soccer National Team, Supersand Eagles, will jet out of the country tomorrow to Paraguay for this year’s FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup finals.
 
The two –time African champions picked a ticket for the 10th edition of the global finals after finishing second behind Senegal at the Beach Soccer Africa Cup of Nations staged in Egypt in December last year.
 
This year’s FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup will hold November 21 to December 1 in Asuncion, capital of Paraguay. Match venue is the ‘Los Pynandi’ World Cup Stadium, named after the Paraguayan national beach soccer team and located at the headquarters of the Paraguayan Olympic Committee in Greater Asuncion.
 
“We are travelling early to Asuncion in order to participate in an eight-nation pre-competition tournament that will take place in Asuncion, November 12 to 16. After the tournament, the team will continue intensive training ahead of our first match against Portugal on November 22,” Team Administrator, Sunday Okayi, told thenff.com.
 
The pre-competition tournament will involve Oman, Tahiti, Paraguay, Nigeria, Belarus, United Arab Emirates, Senegal and one other team to be confirmed.Nigeria, winners of the African title in 2007 and 2009, and quarter–finalists at the World Cup in 2007 and 2011, have a mountain to surmount in Group B against Brazil (ranked world number one), Portugal (ranked world number two) and Oman (ranked number 14 in the world). Nigeria is ranked 21st in the world.
 
Host nation Paraguay will tackle Japan in the tournament opening game on November 21. After their first game against Portugal on November 22, the Supersand Eagles take to the beach against Oman on November 24 and then against Brazil two days later.
 
Head Coach, Audu Adamu ‘Ejo’ has listed veterans Abu Azeez and Victor Tale in his final squad of 12, with Emmanuel Ohwoferia, Emeka Ogbonna, Godspower Igudia, Dami Paul and Taiwo Adams also in.Godwin Tale (Victor’s younger brother), Egan-Osi Ekujimi, Babatunde Badmus, Godwin Iorbee and Hameed Kareem are the other names on the list. Hosts, Paraguay are in Group A alongside Japan, Switzerland and the U.S., while Group B has Uruguay, Mexico, Italy and Tahiti.In Group C are Belarus, United Arab Emirates, Senegal, and Russia, while also in Nigeria’s Group D are Brazil, Oman and Portugal.

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