Nigeria’s Flamingos Plays Goalless With Algeria, Qualifies For World Cup
The Flamingos will now be one of Africa’s five representatives (including hosts Morocco) at this year’s FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup finals taking place from October 17 to November 5.
The Flamingo players celebrating
Under-17 female football team of Nigeria, The Flamingos, on Friday played a goalless draw with Algeria to qualify for the 2025 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup in Morocco.
In their determination to win their last match of the qualifying series, the team absorbed the pressure of the Algerian girls in the return leg played at Stade Mustapha Tchaker in Blida in Algeria.
In spite of the wintry conditions in Blida on the outskirts of the Algerian capital, Algiers, the Nigerian girls dug their feet into the ground and achieved a scoreless draw that qualified them for this year’s Women’s World Cup finals.
The Flamingos will now be one of Africa’s five representatives (including hosts Morocco) at this year’s FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup finals taking place from October 17 to November 5.
The final competition will feature 24 teams for the very first time.
Since the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup competition was launched in New Zealand in 2008, Nigeria failed to make the finals only once during the 2018 tournament hosted by Uruguay.
