From 12:00 pm (local time) onwards, in the confines of the Canadian Museum of History, nations competing in the seventh edition of the tournament, which is set to run from 6 June to 5 July 2015, will find out which opponents lie in wait for them next year.
Meanwhile, Coach Edwin Okon, who led the Super Falcons of Nigeria to clinch a seventh African title in Namibia in October, will be joined by team administrator, Ruth David and team media officer, Gracious Akujobi for the draws.
According to the Okon, "Every coach wants easy tolerable group, but in our case, I fear no opponent, I also know that any group we find ourselves will be easy for us.
The coach also added, Falcons will be going to the World Cup with a mind set to compete very well and defend the image of Nigeria in particular and Africa in general.
Already qualified for the finals are host Canada, United States of America, Mexico, Costa Rica, Colombia, Brazil, Norway, Sweden, England, Japan, Australia, Netherlands, Germany, France, Spain, Switzerland, Cote d'Ivoire, Nigeria, Cameroon, China, Korea Republic, Thailand and New Zealand.
The finals will be staged 6th June 5th July, 2015 in six Canadian cities, viz: Edmonton (State of Alberta ), Moncton (State of New Brunswick ), Montreal (State of Quebec ), Vancouver (State of British Columbia ), Ottawa (State of Ontario ) and Winnipeg (State of Manitoba ).
Nigeria has featured in all six previous editions of the FIFA Women's World Cup in 1991 ( China ), 1995 ( Sweden ), 1999 and 2003 ( USA ), 2007 ( China ) and 2011 ( Germany ), with a quarter final berth in 1999 the Super Falcons' best effort so far.
Qualified Teams
Cameroon
Côte d'Ivoire
Nigeria
Australia
China PR
Japan
Korea Republic
Thailand
England
France
Germany
Netherlands
Norway
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Canada
Costa Rica
Mexico
USA
New Zealand
Brazil
Colombia
Ecuador
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