{
    "title": "Canada to face Nigeria on 5 July",
    "modified_at": "2026-05-05 17:48:39",
    "published_at": "2011-07-04 11:00:00",
    "url": "https://news.canadasoccer.com/canada-to-face-nigeria-on-5-july",
    "short_url": "http://prez.ly/85Fd",
    "culture": "en",
    "language": "EN",
    "subtitle": "There is still one match left: Canada faces Nigeria this Tuesday 5 July at the FIFA Women\u2019s World Cup Germany 2011. The match kicks off at 20.45 (local time) at Rudolf-Harbig-Stadion in Dresden, Germany. The match concludes Canada\u2019s fifth participation in the biggest women\u2019s football tournament in t\u2026",
    "slug": "canada-to-face-nigeria-on-5-july",
    "body": "<p>There is still one match left: Canada faces Nigeria this Tuesday 5 July at the FIFA Women&rsquo;s World Cup Germany 2011. The match kicks off at 20.45 (local time) at Rudolf-Harbig-Stadion in Dresden, Germany. The match concludes Canada&rsquo;s fifth participation in the biggest women&rsquo;s football tournament in the world.<br>\u200b<br>\u200b<br>\u200b<br>\u200bThe Canada-Nigeria match will kickoff at 14.45 ET / 11.45 PT live on CBC (English), Radio-Canada (French) and Telelatino (Spanish). The match will also be streamed live in Canada at cbcsports.ca and radio-canada.ca.<br>\u200b<br>\u200b<br>\u200b<br>\u200bBoth sides will be fighting for third place in Group A and the highest possible rank in the final tournament standings. Unfortunately, both continental champions have already been eliminated and will not advance beyond the group phase.<br>\u200b<br>\u200b<br>\u200b<br>\u200bCanada (five) and Nigeria (six) have participated in multiple FIFA Women&rsquo;s World Cups, with one previous encounter at Sweden 1995 (a 3:3 draw in Helsingborg). The two countries have met in previous FIFA U-20 Women&rsquo;s World Cups, with Canada winning 2:0 in 2002 and Nigeria winning 3:2 in 2006. Ten players remain from that last FIFA U-20 Women&rsquo;s World Cup match in 2006, six from Canada and four from Nigeria.<br>\u200b<br>\u200b<br>\u200b<br>\u200bCanada, whose title sponsor is Winners and whose presenting sponsor is Teck, is looking to rebound from back-to-back losses against two of the world&rsquo;s top teams (Germany on 26 June and France on 30 June). The 5 July match will be Canada&rsquo;s third and final group match before it returns home and begins preparations for the 2012 CONCACAF Women&rsquo;s Olympic Qualification Tournament.<br>\u200b<br>\u200b<br>\u200b<br>\u200bThe FIFA Women&rsquo;s World Cup Germany 2011 runs this 18 June to 17 July in nine German cities. This is Canada&rsquo;s fifth participation in a FIFA Women&rsquo;s World Cup. Canada has also qualified as the host country of the next FIFA Women&rsquo;s World Cup in 2015.</p>",
    "author": {
        "first_name": "Integration",
        "last_name": "Integration"
    },
    "format_version": 5
}