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Nigeria’s Flamingos will take on Algeria in the final qualifying round for the 2025 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup.
The pairing was confirmed after Algeria defeated Botswana in the second round.
The North Africans thrashed Botswana 4-0 in the second leg, second round of the qualifiers on Sunday to go through 5-2 on aggregate.
On Saturday, the Flamingos booked their place into the next round thanks to a 2-0 win against South Africa in the second leg in Ikenne, Ogun. The Bankole Olowookere-led side advanced 5-1 on aggregate.
In other final qualifying round fixtures, Kenya will face Cameroon, Zambia will battle Benin Republic and it will be Cote d’Ivoire vs Guinea.
Four teams, alongside hosts Morocco, will qualify for the 2025 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup.
This year’s tournament, which will be contested by 24 tesms, will hold from 17 October to 8 November.
By James Agberebi
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So Ghana did not make it to the second round despite wafu cup victory against Nigeria..
The Ghanaian team I saw against the flamingos were a very good team.
They’re the current wafu champions and should be going to the world Cup!
The Black Maidens of Ghana were disqualified from the qualifiers following a ban imposed by CAF due to age-cheating allegations filed by the Moroccan Federation after the 2022 World Cup qualifiers.
Greenturf
I think Ghana are still serving suspension for age cheat in U-17 Women’s World Cup. They were not entered in the qualifiers for this year’s tournament.
Algeria WU17 !!! If South Africa could not stop my daughters, so tell me who are you?
Congratulations in advance my daughters. World Cup here we come.
The popularity of women football in North Africa is on the rise. Indeed, Morocco dumped the Super Eagles out of contention for gold in the 2023 Wafcon.
In last year’s CAF Women’s Champions League, TP Mazembe, coached by a North African (Lamia Boumehdi) condemned Edo Queens to third place playoff.
So, I think we should approach this match against Algeria with caution.
I still expect the Flamingos to win handsomely across 2 legs but complacency could be punished.
Algeria scored copious goals across 4 matches in this qualifiers and will be out to cause an almighty upset.
In the likes of Chidi Harmony and Animashaun, we have capable legs to stamp our authority.
I think the team needs a bit of flair injection. This used to be provided by the likes of Taiwo Afolabi who has now graduated.
That said, I am looking forward to the last round of qualifiers.