Falcons beat Senegal, qualify for 2016 AWCON

African women football champions Nigeria will defend their title later this year after securing a ticket to play at the 2016 edition of the competition scheduled to hold in Cameroon.

Rita Chikwelu and Osas Igbinovia both scored as the Super Falcons beat Senegal 2-nil on Tuesday evening to qualify 3-1 on aggregate having played out a 1-1 draw in the first leg in Dakar last week.

Also through to the competition are Hosts, Cameroon, Zimbabwe, Equatorial Guinea, Ghana and Egypt.