U17WCQ: Flamingos crush South Africa to advance to next round

Nigeria’s U-17 women’s team, the Flamingos, secured a commanding 5-1 aggregate victory over South Africa’s Bantwana to progress to the next phase of the 2025 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup qualifiers.  

Having secured a 3-1 win in the first leg, the Flamingos reinforced their superiority with a 2-0 triumph at the Remo Stars Stadium in Ikenne, Ogun State, on Saturday.

The decisive performance showcased their dominance, as they moved closer to securing a spot at the global tournament.

Harmony Chidi and Aishat Animashaun help Flamingos cook Bantwana in Ikenne

Harmony Chidi opened the scoring with a 37th-minute strike before Aishat Animashaun doubled the lead for Bankole Olowookere’s girls just eleven minutes into the second half.

The Flamingos will square off against the winner between Botswana and Algeria in the final round of qualification.

Four countries from the final round of qualifiers will team up with the host nation Morocco as Africa’s flagbearers at the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup.

The competition is billed to take place from 17 October to 5 November. The Flamingos were drawn bye into the second round of the World Cup qualification battle owing to their impressive outing at the last edition of the tournament in which they ended third.