Spread the wordAfter quarter-final exit at the Women Africa Cup of Nations finals in Morocco, the Super Falcons are determined to make the best of a second window of opportunity to reach next year’s FIFA Women’s World Cup finals, as they confront arch-rivals Banyana Banyana of South Africa in Casablanca on Thursday. The strike knocked then Cup-holders South Africa cold, in a game each time had earlier scored once from the penalty spot. South Africa’s Banyana Banyana have been victorious over the Super Falcons in three editions of the Women Africa Cup of Nations – 2012, 2018 and 2022. Two years earlier, the Banyana had edged the Falcons 2-1 in the two teams’ opening match of the 2022 Women AFCON in Morocco. Super Falcons, Banyana in history4 Mar 1995: Nigeria 4 South Africa 1 (WCq)19 Mar 1995: South Africa 1 Nigeria 7 (WCq)25 Nov 2000: South Africa 0 Nigeria 2 (WAfcon)18 Dec 2002: Nigeria 5 South Africa 0 (WAfcon)30 Mar 2003: South Africa 0 Nigeria 3 (Friendly)11 Oct 2003: Nigeria 1 South Africa 0 (AfGames)12 Mar 2004: South Africa 2 Nigeria 2 (Oq)28 Mar 2004: Nigeria 1 South Africa 0 (Oq)9 July 2007: South Africa 2 Nigeria 2 (AfGames)18 July 2007: South Africa 0 Nigeria 4 (AfGames)28 July 2008: Nigeria 5 South Africa 0 (Oq)12 Aug 2008: South Africa 0 Nigeria 1 (Oq)22 Nov 2008: South Africa 0 Nigeria 1 (WAfcon)4 Nov 2010: South Africa I Nigeria 2 (WAfcon)3 June 2012: South Africa 1 Nigeria 1 (Friendly)23 June 2012: Nigeria 0 South Africa 0 (Friendly)7 Nov 2012: South Africa 1 Nigeria 0 (WAfcon)22 Oct 2014: South Africa 1 Nigeria 2 (WAfcon)29 Nov 2016: Nigeria 1 South Africa 0 (WAfcon)18 Nov 2018: South Africa 1 Nigeria 0 (WAfcon)1 Dec 2018: Nigeria 0 South Africa 0 (WAfcon) – Nigeria triumphed 4-3 penalties21 Sept 2021: Nigeria 2 South Africa 4 (Aisha Buhari Cup)4 July 2022: South Africa 2 Nigeria 1 (WAfcon)5 April 2024: Nigeria 1 South Africa 0 (Oq)9 April 2024: South Africa 0 Nigeria 0 (Oq)22 July 2025: Nigeria 2 South Africa 1 (WAfcon)