Nine time African champion, Super Falcons will fly out to Cyprus on Sunday, as they get set to commence  hostilities in this year’s edition of a 12-team invitational competition in the tiny island nation as part of preparation for the upcoming Women’s World Cup in France later in the year.

Falcons’ coach, Thomas Dennerby has rolled out a list of 24 players that will don Nigeria’s green-and-white colours at the 12th Cyprus International Cup, where they will open hostilities against Austria on Wednesday, before  facing Slovakia and Belgium in Group C.

Asisat Oshoala and Ngozi Ebere are back in Thomas Dennerby’s squad, after they both missed the team’s trip to China for a similar competition last month, where they lost to the hosts and settled for bronze in the third place match against Romania, who earlier lost to South Korea.

The nine-time African champions will now aim to take top spot at the Cyprus Cup competition, which will hold from Wednesday, February 27 to March 6 in the Medittarenean country.

After battling Austria, the 39th ranked Falcons will play Belgium (21st) and Slovakia (45th) to reach the next stage of the annual invitational.

Dennerby affirmed that is another step forward in his preparations for the FIFA Women’s World Cup in France, adding: “We must prepare very hard and then take it one match at a time during the finals.”