{"id":12080,"date":"2026-11-07T20:45:44","date_gmt":"2026-11-07T20:45:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/07\/nsc-hails-flamingos-historic-u-17-world-cup-victory\/"},"modified":"2026-11-07T20:45:44","modified_gmt":"2026-11-07T20:45:44","slug":"nsc-hails-flamingos-historic-u-17-world-cup-victory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/07\/nsc-hails-flamingos-historic-u-17-world-cup-victory\/","title":{"rendered":"NSC hails Flamingos\u2019 historic U-17 World Cup victory"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\">The National Sports Commission has congratulated Nigeria\u2019s U-17 women\u2019s national team, the Flamingos, after they defeated <a href=\"https:\/\/punchng.com\/just-in-flamingos-beat-japan-2-1-to-win-u-17-womens-world-cup\/\">Japan 2-1 to win<\/a> the 2026 FIFA U-17 Women\u2019s World Cup in Morocco on Saturday.\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The Flamingos secured the historic victory with goals from Awawu Bashiru and Oluebube Umejiaku, becoming the first African nation to win the women\u2019s U-17 World Cup.\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">In a statement on Saturday, the commission described the triumph as a remarkable achievement, noting that it marked a defining moment for Nigerian and African women\u2019s football.\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The NSC also highlighted that Nigeria had become the first African country to win the FIFA U-17 World Cup in both the men\u2019s and women\u2019s categories.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The victory further made the Flamingos the first team in the history of the women\u2019s competition to lose their opening match and go on to lift the trophy.\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cThe National Sports Commission congratulates the Nigeria U-17 Women\u2019s National Team on this remarkable achievement, which marks a defining moment for Nigerian and African women\u2019s football,\u201d the statement read.\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The commission added, \u201cCongratulations, Flamingos. Nigeria celebrates you. Africa celebrates you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Nigeria\u2019s victory adds to the country\u2019s achievements in youth football, with the Golden Eaglets having won the men\u2019s FIFA U-17 World Cup five times, in 1985, 1993, 2007, 2013 and 2015.\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The Flamingos\u2019 triumph is Nigeria\u2019s first title in the women\u2019s U-17 competition since its establishment in 2008.\n                    <\/p>\n<p>Source: <\/p>\n<div class=\"nSourse\">Punch Newspapers &#8211; Latest News<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The National Sports Commission has congratulated Nigeria\u2019s U-17 women\u2019s national team, the Flamingos, after they defeated Japan 2-1 to win the 2026 FIFA U-17 Women\u2019s World Cup in Morocco on&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12080","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12080","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12080"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12080\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12080"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12080"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12080"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}