Starlets to face Nigeria, South Africa and Zambia in group stage of AWCON 2018
What you need to know:
- Starlets qualified after Equatorial Guinea, who had eliminated them 3-2 on aggregate in the final qualification round in June, were disqualified by Caf for fielding an ineligible player
The best three sides from the eight-team biennial competition will advance to the 2019 Fifa Women's World Cup slated for June 7 to July 7 in France
Harambee Starlets has been pooled in Group "B" alongside Africa Women's Cup of Nations defending champions Nigeria in the 2018 edition scheduled for November 17 to December 1 in Ghana.
South Africa, who've qualified for previous three editions, and Zambia complete Group "B".
Hosts Ghana are in Group "A" with Mali, Cameroon and Algeria.
Starlets are making a second consecutive appearance at the women championship after making their debut in 2016 where they lost all Group "B" games. Kenya will hope to finish in the top two positions in the group to qualify for the semi-finals.
They returned for this 11th edition after Equatorial Guinea, who had eliminated them 3-2 on aggregate in the final qualification round in June, were disqualified by Caf for fielding ineligible players.
The best three sides from the eight-team biennial competition will advance to the 2019 Fifa Women's World Cup slated for June 7 to July 7 in France.
