StarTimes Charges Falconets to Go for Gold, Assures Live Telecast

As the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup kicks off tomorrow, official broadcast partner of the completion- StarTimes have urged the Super Falconets to do the country proud by bringing the cup home.

The biannual tournament will last till August 24 as 16 teams battle for glory.

According to Startimes, all 32 matches will be brought to Nigerians live and in HD on StarTimes World Football and Sports Focus for the entertainment of its subscribers across Africa.

In a goodwill message to the Falconets, StarTimes urged the team to do Nigeria proud by bringing home the cup. The Falconets begin their campaign with a huge test against Germany at the Stade de Marville in Saint-Malo on Monday, August 6. Germany edged Nigeria to lift the trophy twice in 2010 in Germany and 2014 in Canada.

Non-subscribers are not left out as all the matches can be watched live and in HD on StarTimes mobile App, which can be downloaded from the Android and iOS app store with over two million downloads since it became available in Nigeria.

Nigeria’s Group D opponents Haiti will be taking part in their first ever FIFA women’s tournament. The other African flag-bearers, Ghana were thrown into the same Group A as hosts France, New Zealand and The Netherlands.

Ghana will go up against hosts France in the tournaments opening match in Vannes on Sunday, August 5. Concarneau is the other city that host matches during the championship.

Group B is headed by Korea DPR and also has England, Mexico and Brazil, while USA , Japan, Paraguay and Spain will battle it out in Group C.