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Women Scorpions begin training ahead of AWCON qualifiers

Aug 26, 2021, 1:21 PM

The Gambia National Women’s Team, the Queen Scorpions, began preparations for the start of the African Women’s Cup of Nations (AWCON) qualifiers in October 2021.

They will play Sierra Leone away in the first leg before the second and deciding match in Banjul four days later.

The winner over the two legs will play either Cameroon or the Central African Republic for a place in Morocco 2022.

In order to better prepare the team technically for the matches, Head Coach Mariama ‘Bom’ Sowe has invited a provisional list of 34 players currently training at the National Technical Training Centre (NTTC) in Old Yundum.

After three weeks, the list will be trimmed down to the players that would make up the final selection for the double legged encounter.

The players selected for the qualifiers are: