As Nigeria’s Super Falcons look to return to the pinnacle of African women's football, coach Edwin Okon has called up 30 female internationals to partake in the showdown.
Drawn in Group A of the AWC, the Falconets will face host Namibia, Zambia and the Ivory Coast in the Group stage game.
Okon called up five goalkeepers, nine defenders, eleven midfielders and five strikers for the final phase of preparations for the 2014 AWC.
Here is the full list:
Goalkeepers: Ibubeleye Whyte (Rivers Angels), Precious Dede (Ibom Queens), Charity John (Rivers Angels), Juliet Obi (State House FC), Ohieriaku Christy (Oshogbo Queens)
Defenders: Blessing Edoho (Pelican Stars), Ebere Ngozi (Rivers Angels), Mariam Ibrahim (Nasarawa Amazons), Josephine Chukwunonye (Rivers Angels), Onome Ebi (FK Minsk,Belarus), Osinachi Ohale (Houston Dash,USA), Ugochi Njoku (Rivers Angels), Gloria Ofoegbu (Rivers Angels), Sarah Nnodim (Delta Queens)
Midfielders: Ngozi Okobi (Delta Queens), Onyinyechi Ohadugha (Rivers Angels), Chiwendu Ihezue (Pelican Stars), Stella Mbachu (Rivers Angels), Asisat Oshoala (Rivers Angels), Cecilia Nku (Rivers Angels), Evelyn Nwabuoku (Rivers Angels), Halimat Ayinde (Delta Queens), Loveth Ayila (Rivers Angels), Gloria Iroka (Rivers Angels), Rosemary Okezie (Nasarawa Amazon)
Attackers: Desire Oparanozie (En Avent De Guingamp, France), Francisca Ordega (Pitea IFF, Sweden), Esther Sunday (FK Minsk, Belarus), Uchechi Sunday (Rivers Angels), Perpetua Nkwocha (Sunana SK, Sweden).
Notable amongst the call-ups is four-time African Women's Footballer of the Year award winner, Perpetua Nkwocha, who plays for Swedish Damallsvenskan club, Sunnanå SK; and Asisat Oshoala - who won the Best Player award at the 2014 FIFA Under-20 Women’s World Cup in Canada last month.